New Prague ends Albert Lea’s season

The Albert Lea Tigers boys’ basketball team’s season came to an end Wednesday with a 68-43 loss at the New Prague Trojans in the quarterfinals of the Section 1AAA tournament.

The second-seeded Trojans (21-6, 10-4 Missota) led 9-0 early and 34-23 at halftime before outscoring the seventh-seeded Tigers (6-19, 3-15 Big Nine) 34-20 after the break.

“I thought our effort was there,” Tigers coach Lucas Kreuscher said. “New Prague is a good team.”

Each senior scored in the game as the Tigers were paced by Alik Smed with 10 points and Kyle Ooms with eight.

The Trojans host Red Wing (16-11, 7-7 Missota) Saturday in the Section 1AAA semifinals.

Albert Lea

Alik Smed 10, Kyle Ooms 8, Cameron Solie 6, Cameron Hove 6, Aaron Klatt 6, Silas Randall 2, Josh Eisenbraun 2, Marc Kruger 2, Makael Lunning 1