The team portion of the state tournament will feature 22 of the 28 schools that played badminton in 2024. This means that the top 10 schools will NOT play on Monday, May 13. There will be six matches on Monday with those winners moving on to the Tuesday, May 14 Sweet 16 and Quarterfinals rounds hosted by the top four seeds. Win twice on Tuesday and move on to the team semifinals and championship/third place to be held at Edina on Wednesday, May 15.
But before that we have the conference tournaments. St. Paul and Minneapolis hold their singles & doubles tournaments on Wednesday and Thursday. Minneapolis separates the two with singles on Wednesday. St. Paul will crown both on Thursday. The action is at Edison and Harding respectively. The St. Paul tournament is usually a harbinger of the state titlists. The EMAC also holds a conference tournament on Thursday, but it is team based. That is a one-day affair at Hmong College Prep Academy. The Suburban schools do not hold any tournament event……that may change in the coming years.
I have completed my viewing of all 28 schools. Why did it last until the seventh week? That is when Fridley first visited schools for matches. There were a few conference champ match ups (or co-champs) last week Edina beat Washington in the Presidential Triangular hosted by the Hornets. Math & Science topped the Minneapolis co-champ, and another president, Roosevelt on Wednesday.
This week: besides the big conference wide tournaments there is the Twin Cities match up. Both St. Paul and Minneapolis have co-champions. The team that has not appeared in the match up the longest gets to go. Washington will represent St. Paul and Henry will host on Tuesday.
later today (Sunday) I should be able to get out the two first doubles matches from Thursday (Edina v Washington) and Friday (North St. Paul v Como Park).
STANDINGS
SAINT PAUL
| SCHOOL | CW | CL | TW | TL |
| Johnson | 9 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| Washington | 9 | 3 | 12 | 4 |
| Highland Park | 8 | 4 | 10 | 6 |
| Como Park | 8 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| Harding | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Central | 2 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| Humboldt | 1 | 10 | 4 | 12 |
MINNEAPOLIS
| SCHOOL | CW | CL | TW | TL |
| Roosevelt | 11 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
| Henry | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Washburn | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Edison | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| South | 3 | 9 | 3 | 10 |
| North | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 |
| Southwest | 1 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
SUBURBAN
| SCHOOL | CW | CL | TW | TL |
| Edina | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Kennedy | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| Eden Prairie | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| North St. Paul | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| Tartan | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Fridley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Burnsville | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
EMAC+
| SCHOOL | CW | CL | TW | TL |
| Math & Science | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Hmong CPA | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Community of Peace | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Hiawatha | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Twin City Academy | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Eagle Ridge* | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Prairie Seeds* | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
CW conference wins; CL conference losses
TW total wins; TL total losses
*Not technically part of the EMAC
There will be a two-part team ranking. The six schools not participating in the state tournament will be separated from the rest. The #23 in the separation is not necessarily where they would finish if all 28 were attending.
The FINAL team poll will be released on Wednesday, May 8 in the morning. Then the team brackets will be officially decided.
TEAM
- Edina
- Johnson
- Washington
- Como Park
- Highland Park
- Harding
- North St. Paul
- Eden Prairie
- Central
- Humboldt
- Kennedy
- Tartan
- Math & Science
- Roosevelt
- Henry
- Burnsville
- Edison
- South
- North
- Eagle Ridge
- Hiawatha
- Twin City Academy
Line of Separation
- Hmong College Prep
- Community of Peace
- Washburn
- Prairie Seeds
- Southwest
- Fridley
SINGLES
- Phlower Vang, Highland Park
- Kimberly Tobar, Harding
- Tenzin Tsephel, Edina
- Xee Lee, Como Park
- Lennon Folstad, Central
- Hazel Dang, Edina
- Ariel Fang, Washington
- Ruth Thaw Gyi, Johnson
- Wah Chri, Humboldt
- Tsheng Yang, Highland Park
- Amelia Larson, Edison
- Sophia Mitchell, Roosevelt
- Morgan Aufdenkamp, Kennedy
- Sebrina Xiong, Tartan
- Mayson Yelk, Central
- Savanna Yang, Johnson
DOUBLES
- Ivy Peterson / Sanna Coma, Edina
- Dao Sangwang/ Goldy Moua, Johnson
- Say Paw / Gay Ler Htoo, Washington
- Linda Chang / Kasey Yang, Harding
- Natalie Portwood / Katie Murray, Burnsville
- Lucy Dosch/ Clara Rynkiewich, Central
- Jolena Young/ Claire Yang, North St. Paul
- Bety Shiferaw / Edi Damiyo, Highland Park
- Juman Alkhatib / Bergen Pickett, Edina
- Lisa Truong/ Tsuki Solheid, Como Park
- Sammie Yang/ Anastasia Vang, Johnson
- Violet Solem Valentine / Alice Verbrugge, Highland Park
- Emiliah Lee / Samira Abdi, Washington
- Kasey Yang / Alisa Chang, Harding
- Ayida Akaleword / Maire McCartney Jeffries, Roosevelt
- Adri Tacheny / Pranu Vedere, Math & Science