Reports from Wednesday 1.29.2025 action.
D1 HIGH FIVE
Olivia Olson, Michigan, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 30
Lauren Jensen, Creighton, Lakeville North 22
Molly Mogensen, Creighton, Farmington 22
Jocelyn Land, Butler, Holy Family 14
Abby Schulte, North Dakota State, Maple Grove 14
Totals: 102
Four of the five are AAAA grads. Four of the five played in the state tournament (Land the exception on both counts). Land & Olson are the most recent HS grads at 2024.
These five topped the D2 102-71….but, to be fair, the D1 slate of games had more contests. The D2 listing below had two and was exclusively Northern Sun based. There could have been more D2 action, but I did not track any other MN players involved.
D2 HIGH FIVE
Emma Miller, UM Crookston, St. Michael-Albertville 25
Maria Counts, UM Duluth, Providence 15
Vivica Bretton, Winona State, Rochester Lourdes 14
Lexi Karge, UM Duluth, Mankato East 11
Grace Counts, UM Duluth, Providence 6
TOTALS: 71
The Counts sisters won titles in HS. Miller got to the finals her senior year with STMA. Bretton was part of the Lourdes squad that was a finalist due to the virus outbreak in 2020.
Compared to D1 the class breakdown skews smaller with one AAAA; one AAA and three AA.
POINT PARADE-3
Parade starts at 25. If there is a player missing email kja8067@gmail.com
AAA-1
Rae Ehrman, Eden Prairie 25
AAA-0
AA-2
Catherine Walker, Breck 28
Samantha Wills, Visitation 25
A-0
RANKED RESULTS
Winner High 82 Eden Prairie
Winner Low 39 ISM/Chesterton
Loser High 52 Waconia
Loser Low 26 Math & Science
Biggest Margin 30 Eden Prairie v Waconia
Smallest Margin 3 Duluth East v Mpls Southwest
Most Combined: 134 Eden Prairie v Waconia
Least combined: 65 ISM/Chesterton v Math & Science
Margins 30 or more 1
Margins 5 or less 1
Average 48.60
Winner Average 57.00
Loser Average 40.20
Average margin 16.80
Average combined: 97.20
Ranked Upsets: none
AAAA Ave 57.25
AAA Ave 38.50
AA Ave 47.00
A Ave 39.00
AAAA
#3 Eden Prairie 82, Waconia 52
A OPPONENT ACTION
How do the A teams stack up when it comes to opponents
School | AAAA | AAA | AA | A | Other |
Goodhue | 0 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
Hillcrest Lutheran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
Mountain Iron-Buhl | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
Mayer Lutheran | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
Kittson County Central | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
Central MN Christian | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
Breckenridge | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Hancock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
Braham | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Totals | 0 | 10 | 51 | 115 | 2 |
Clearly Goodhue faces the toughest schedule in the AAA/AA based Hiawatha Valley League. Mayer Lutheran, Breckenridge and Braham are the next three up with Breckenridge based in the AA Heart O’Lakes Conference and Braham in a tweener AA/A conference—the Great River. Mayer Lutheran, closer to the metro, schedules bigger schools for their non-conference slate. Mountain Iron-Buhl would be up next with six bigger opponents so far. KCC sees a couple of AA teams twice. Hillcrest Lutheran has only had a steady diet of A opponents. SESM, CMC, Hancock all have close to 90% of their opponents in Class A. That contrasts with Goodhue with about 10%.
DAY AHEAD
There are an even 100 scheduled for Thursday.
RANKED v RANKED
#3AAA Benilde-St. Margaret’s at #5AAA Orono
#4AA Minnehaha at #9AAAA Lakeville North
#6AA Caledonia at #1A Goodhue
#9AA Proctor at #10A Braham
OTHER RANKED
AAAA #1 Maple Grove; #6 Prior Lake
AAA #4 Alexandria
AA #10 Jordan
A #2 Hillcrest Lutheran; #4Mountain Iron-Buhl; #6 Kittson County Central