WATERTOWN-MEYER TOOK ON LITCHFIELD IN THE QUARTERFINALS OF THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE TOURNAMENT

Watertown-Mayer High School came into the game with a record of 28-2 took on the Litchfield Dragons who had a record of 24-4 in the boys' state quarterfinals of the 2012 Minnesota State High School League boys' state tournament.

Litchfield got out to a quick 9-2 lead with 12:00 left in the first half.

Litchfield's Jon Tering was all over the floor. He was able to knock down shots from anywhere he wanted to in the opening half. His teammates did a good job of getting him the ball.

Watertown-Mayer was not able to get their shots to fall in the first half.

Litchfield was able to dominate Watertown-Mayer on the defensive end. They made it very difficult for them to hit shots in the first half.

In a lopsided first half Litchfield was up by the score of Litchfield 20 and Watertown-Mayer 8. Litchfield shot 5-17 from the field that included going 1-5 from behind the three-point line. Watertown-Mayer shot 3-12 from the field. That included going 2-5 from behind the three-point line.

In a very sloppy second half Litchfield continued their thrashing of Watertown-Mayer.

Watertown-Mayer showed some life late in the game. The score with 5:39 left in regulation was Litchfield 34 and Watertown-Mayer 26. WM closed the gap to only 8 points which was brought some spark back into the game as fans were hoping for a comeback victory. However, it was not enough as Watertown-Mayer tried to make a run late in the game but they came up short.

In a game that started out at a quick pace Litchfield came away with the 51-40 victory over Watertown Mayer.