The future was also in play over the weekend when two girls made history by becoming the first Minnesota basketball players to reach 2,000 points in ninth grade.
Maddyn Greenway of Providence Academy and Tori Oehrlein of Crosby-Ironton passed the 2,000-point milestone. Greenway got there first with a free throw in the second half of her team's 126-94 victory over Minnehaha Academy on Friday. She finished the game with 60 points, the third-highest single-game total for a girl in Minnesota history.
Providence Academy coach Conner Goetz hinted at Greenway's still-far-off pro future when he pondered her Friday performance.
"She typically hasn't performed well against Minnehaha. This one came out of nowhere," Goetz said. "She missed her first couple of shots, but [Brooke Hohenecker] hit threes to open the lane for [Greenway] to get going. Once she did, she started hitting long, WNBA-range threes and got into the lane."
Greenway's less-far-off future came a bit into focus further into the weekend. She tweeted this Sunday night: "Had a fun time in Knoxville! After a great talk with the coaches, I am super excited to receive an offer from the University of Tennessee!"
The Class 2A, No. 1 Lions (21-2) made runs at records as a team Friday, They tied the second-highest single-game team scoring record with those 126 points, and the 220 total points between the Lions and Class 2A, No. 5 Redhawks set the state record for a regulation game and stands second including overtime games.
Greenway finished the game with a triple-double, adding 11 assists and 12 rebounds. Teammate Grace Counts also had a triple-double with 20 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds. Hohenecker set a school record with seven three-pointers.
Greenway took over the state lead in points scored with 722 this season. She is followed by Oehrlein and Minnehaha Academy sophomore Addi Mack. Mack scored 45 points to help the Redhawks keep up with Greenway and the Lions.