North Woods guard Cade Goggleye (3) goes up for a shot in the first half against Heritage Christian Academy. Photo: LEILA NAVIDI • leila.navidi@startribune.com
Underdogs at the state tournament a year ago, No. 2 seed North Woods wore the favorite tag well, dismantling Heritage Christian Academy 74-36 in the Class 1A quarterfinals Thursday at Williams Arena.
The Grizzlies (30-1) of Cook ran to a double-digit lead with 9:30 to go in the first half and denied the Eagles any chance to get closer. TJ Guggenberger and Tate Olson made three-pointers and Cade Goggleye drained a pair from deep to build the 16-5 advantage.
“[Assistant] Coach [Jerry] Chiabotti told me to just keep shooting and it paid off,” said Goggleye, whose buzzer-beater from beyond half court to win last year’s quarterfinal game was aired on ESPN.
Underdogs at the state tournament a year ago, No. 2 seed North Woods wore the favorite tag well, dismantling Heritage Christian Academy 74-36 in a Class 1A quarterfinal Thursday at Williams Arena.
The Grizzlies (30-1) of Cook got to work right away, running out to a double-digit lead at 16-5 and never letting the Eagles get closer.
North Woods junior guard Cade Goggleye led all scorers with 23 points.
The Eagles (13-18) were state tournament newcomers out of Maple Grove.
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