Section boys basketball roundup for March 5-7: Strong efforts send Osakis into 8AA semifinals

Section boys basketball roundup for March 5-7: Strong efforts send Osakis into 8AA semifinals

OSAKIS — The Osakis boys basketball team has played meaningful basketball entering the postseason. The Silverstreaks’ run continued into the semifinal round of the section playoffs. Osakis, seeded at No. 3 in the Section 8AA playoffs, opened the postseason with a 75-42 victory over No. 14 Menahga on Thursday, March 5, before outlasting No. 11 Hawley 63-52 in the quarterfinal round on Saturday, March 7. All four top seeds in the Section 8AA playo…