MN Class A Championship Fertile-Beltrami vs Cherry

Recap

MN Class A Championship Fertile-Beltrami vs Cherry

Minneapolis, MN — The Cherry Tigers beat the Fertile-Beltrami Falcons 78-40 in the State Class A Boys Basketball Championship game on Saturday.

Cherry put the Falcons behind the eight ball early as the Tigers scored the first 11 points to take a quick double digit lead. Masen Nowacki hit two mid range jumpers put Fertile-Beltrami on the board four minutes in 11-4. Cherry would then go on a 14-2 run taking a 24-6 lead and forcing Neil Steffes to take his first timeout at the 7:52 mark. From there, Fertile-Beltrami would put together a solid couple of minutes and had a chance to cut the deficit to single digits as they trailed 28-17 but they were unable to do so and Cherry outscored the Falcons 15-4 from that point taking a 43-21 halftime lead.

Fertile-Beltrami scored the first five points of the second half in an effort to chip into the deficit but Cherry would again answer with a 10-0 run and would essentially put the nail in the coffin en route to their championship win. Cherry wins the game 78-40.

Fertile-Beltrami finishes their season 27-7 and graduate four seniors: Caiden Swenby, Derek Sorenson, Masen Nowacki, and Cody Opdahl.

Fertile-Beltrami Falcons Coach Neil Steffes recaps the season and Championship Game.

MSHSL Official Game Stats
https://www.mshsl.org/sites/default/files/2024-03/2024%20BBB%20A%20Champ%20Fertile%20Cherry.pdf