Park girls go 1-2 in regular season finales

Park dropped a heartbreaker at Woodbury Friday in a regular season finale, losing 57-55.

Woodbury led 36-29 at the half. Park rallied and outscored the Royals 26-21 after intermission but couldn’t quite pull out the victory.

Park ended the regular season at 5-13 in the Suburban East Conference – finishing in ninth place -- and 10-16 overall. Woodbury ended at 7-11 in the conference and 12-14 on the season.

Sophomore guard/forward Olivia Czarnota scored 16 points, junior guard Graycie Smith 15 and freshman forward Mesa Jameson 11 to lead Park offensively.

Park drew the fifth seed in the Section 3AAAA playoffs and will open with a game at Hastings (15-11) Wednesday starting at 7 p.m. Hastings defeated Park 50-33 back on Dec. 27 this season.

Eastview (23-3) is the top seed in the section and will host the Park-Hastings winner in the semifinals on Saturday, March 1. Second-seeded Eagan (17-9) will host seventh-seeded Burnsville (2-24) and third-seeded Rosemount (13-13) will host sixth-seeded Bloomington Jefferson (7-19) in the other half of the section bracket.

Park 67, North St. Paul 47

Park broke out of its offensive doldrums in a big way on Senior Night Wednesday with a rousing 67-47 home court win over visiting North St. Paul in a non-conference contest.

It was the second highest point total of the season for the Wolfpack, bested by only a 69-38 win over Apple Valley on Dec. 20.

Mesa Jameson drained a season high 23 points to lead Park. Tea Alvarenga added a dozen points and Graycie Smith 11.

Park led 38-21 at the half, then outscored North St. Paul (8-13) 29-26 after the break.

Roseville 59, Park 30

Park’s offensive struggles continued Tuesday in a 59-30 loss at Cottage Grove to visiting Roseville.

It was the third straight game the Wolfpack have been held under 40 points.

Roseville led 35-17 at the half then outscored Park 24-13 after intermission.

Tenley Nelson’s 12 points led the Wolfpack offense. Graycie Smith scored seven.