Robotics is in Grand Forks! And basketball news (**UPDATED)

Here's the latest robotics team update, posted at the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper website: https://shorturl.at/qbima. This web article will be updated later this afternoon.
You can read more about the 2025 robotics competition at this website: https://frcnorthland.org. To find B-B-E's robotics team's homepage, click here: https://www.thebluealliance.com/team/4238/2025.

Thursday afternoon update:
In B-B-E's first qualification match of today, which started at about 2:10 p.m., the Resistance Robotics team's Red Alliance lost a giant battle by a score of 79-70. It was close! Three ranking points earned by the Blue Alliance compared to just one ranking point by Red Alliance proved to be the key difference in scoring.

They have less than one hour to prepare for the second match of today. As of now, their next match is queued for 3:04 p.m. Further updates are posted to that web article at the newspaper website.

This link should work to be able to watch a livestream from Grand Forks: https://www.thebluealliance.com/gameday#chat=funroboticsnetwork&layout=0&view_0=2025ndgf-0.

Another update to The Voice newspaper website's robotics article will be added between 3 and 4 p.m. today. After two matches are complete, B-B-E sits in 37th place out of 52 total teams in Grand Forks. Their next match is at about 4:35 p.m., and it will be the 20th overall match of the qualification round.

That web article at the Bonanza Valley Voice website will be updated again before 5 p.m., at which point you can read how the third match went and find out when B-B-E's fourth match will start.

In college basketball news from Rochester, MN...
With about 3 minutes to go in the third quarter, Anoka-Ramsey holds a 37-27 lead over the Northland Community and Technical College women's basketball team. The Golden Rams and NCTC Pioneers are squaring off in the NJCAA Division III national tournament quarterfinals. At this point, B-B-E Class of 2023 graduate Tiyana Schwinghammer has scored 10 points.

A defensive struggle played out in the first quarter, after which Anoka-Ramsey led 11-3. The Pioneers (22-5) trailed 24-17 at halftime.

Northland scored the last bucket of the third quarter with 11 seconds to go on a jumper by Josie Iverson, and they trail 42-31 going into the fourth. Update: with under 2 minutes to go, the Golden Rams have a 54-44 lead. Final score: Anoka-Ramsey 61, Northland 48. The Pioneers (22-6) fall into the national tournament's consolation bracket to battle back for as high as fifth place.

In the Class 1A girls' basketball state tournament today...
The No. 7-seeded MACCRAY Wolverines girls' basketball team pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the entire tournament when they tagged No. 2-seeded and heavily favored Mayer Lutheran a 55-51 loss in today's state quarterfinals. The Wolverines improve to 24-5 overall and now face No. 3-seeded Sleepy Eye St. Mary's in Friday's state semifinals back at Williams Arena. Tip-off for that state semifinal game is set for 2 p.m. Against Mayer Lutheran, MACCRAY's Brielle Janssen poured in 27 points while playing all 36 minutes of the contest. She also hauled down 14 rebounds and had 6 assists. MACCRAY led 29-26 at halftime. The key difference in the game was found beyond the three-point line: MACCRAY shot 9-for-25 on three-pointers, while the Crusaders made just 2 of 17 attempts from long range.

The Goodhue Wildcats blasted Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 76-47 in another state quarterfinal today. Goodhue led 31-16 at halftime. The Wolves shot 4-for-17 on three-pointers, and Goodhue made 12 of 27 three-point attempts.

In another state quarterfinal game today, No. 4-seeded West Central Area won 61-54 against No. 5-seeded Cromwell-Wright. The game was tied twice, but Cromwell-Wright never held a lead. At halftime, WCA led 24-20. The Knights improve to 25-6 overall and now face No. 1-seeded Goodhue at noon tomorrow at Williams Arena. Field goal shooting was nearly identical (both teams made 6 three-pointers), but the Knights went 15-of-20 at the line compared to the Cardinals making 10 of 14 free throws.