Red Lake County Rebels Head to State!
Tue, 03/18/2025 - 9:46am
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By Eric Mickelson
I was lucky and happy to be at the Ralph Engelstad Arena (with most of the communities of RLF, Oklee, Plummer and Brooks!), Friday, March 14th, to watch our hometown RLC Rebels take on the KCC Bearcats in the Section Championship game. After a somewhat sluggish first half the Rebel Boys dominated the 2nd half marching on to a victory, by a score of 68-40. At one point the Rebels went on a 21-0 run in that 2nd half! Basketball is often a game of runs and that run put a nail or two into the coffin for KCC giving the Rebels a berth in the State Tournament!
The Bearcats led 28-25 at the half, but to start the second half, the hot hand of Ethan Majeres nailed a three pointer to tie the game. The teams battled back and forth before the Rebels hot shooting let them run away from the Bearcats! Ethan Majeres hot three point shooting and great defense from the Rebels team helped lead to a great celebration! Connor Duden had the task of guarding KCC standout Ty Vig, not an easy task. But Dudens defense held down KCCs offensive attack helping lead the Rebels on to victory.
I mentioned hot shooting for the Rebels. They ended the game with 13 three pointers, 6 coming from senior Ethan Mageres. At the close of the game when the awards ceremony began the Rebels student section began chanting MVP…MVP…MVP as Majeres accepted his medal!
As usual the Rebels had a balanced attack and their team effort led them to this great accomplishment of a State Tournament Birth. Connor Duden let the Rebels with 20, Ethan Majeres with 18 (six three-pointers!), Will Gieseke 13, Owen Chervestad 7, Ethan Johnson 4, Luke Peterson 2, Thor Thomson 2, Benji Bramer 2. The Rebels will advance to playing at the Target Center at 5:00PM on Thursday, March 20, vs The Goodhue Wildcats who represent Region 1A.
Tickets must be purchased on-line. (,https://www.axs.com/.../mshsl-2025-boys-basketball…)is the link I used. Lock your door when you leave and we’ll see you in the cities for some more Rebel fun!