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The last county girls basketball team left standing fell.  Kingsland bowed to top-ranked L/P 75-46 in a 1A quarterfinal.   Kristi Fett (41 pts, 18 rebs), a 6’5” senior center, was too much for the Knights.  Kingsland finishes at 14-14.  It is the tenth time this year they have been at .500.  The girls 1A final four was composed of all formerly “West” teams.  One-seed #1 L/P beat 4-seed #9 GM (23-6) 60-37.  Two-seed #3 Hayfield beat 3-seed #4 Goodhue (21-8) 42-26.  L/P (27-1) is set to play Hayfield (25-4) for the section title.  L/P’s only loss is to Crestwood (Cresco), which dominated its way (26-0) to its first ever Iowa Class 3A state title.  Nate Haugerud had a career-high 23 points and 14 rebounds as FC’s boys beat G-E in a 1A play-in contest.  The Falcons then tested 3-seed W-K, but fell 51-44.  FC finishes at 8-20.  Lanesboro fell to Hayfield 60-56 in another 1A play-in game.  The Burros finish at 2-24.  Houston beat M-C 69-55 in a play-in game.   It was the ‘Canes third win over the Cougars this year.  M-C finishes at 8-18.  Chatfield’s boys lost at #4 Caledonia in a 1AA 1st Round game 85-50.  The Gophers finish at 4-22.