D1

There were 19 teams in action on Saturday.

* Liv McGill, Florida, Hopkins 27-W

*Ivane Tensaie, UTEP, Concordia Roseville 26-W

*Avery Koenen, North Dakota State, Montevideo 19-W

*Nunu Agara, Stanford, Hopkins 18-W

Kylie Waytashek, Valparaiso, Royalton 18-L

Totals:

There are now 58 players that have made the D1 High Five Listings. Waytashek is the newest addition, and she made it off the bench in Saturday’s game. Tensaie set a new personal best with 26. Agara made the list for the eighth time, the top mark this year.

AA led with three entries; AAAA had two. Four players made the state (Waytashek the exception). The Hopkins duo won state titles.

D2

There were 25 teams in action on Saturday.

Natalie Bremer, MSU Mankato, Lake City 35-W

Taryn Hamling, Minot State, Grand Rapids 28-W

Tori Miller, Rockhurst, Goodhue 20-L

Anna Lenzen, Mary, Chaska 16-L

Emma Miller, UM Crookston, St. Michael-Albertville 16-L

Totals: 115 points, 2-3

There are now 42 players that have made the D2 High Five listings. Lenzen is the newest member. Bremer, Hamling and Miller all reached their personal bests on Saturday.

There were two AAAA players, two from AA, and one A. All five made the state during their careers with a state title for Lenzen.

D3

There were 10 teams in action on Saturday.

Brianna Nusbaum, St. Mary’s MN, Spring Lake Park 33-W

Maddy Grove, UM Morris, Morris 29-L

Kyla Overskei, UW Eau Claire, Maple Grove 20-W

Taylor Clarey, UW River Falls, Rochester Century 19-W

Macie Miller, UW Eau Claire, Bloomington Kennedy 18-W

Totals: 119 points, 4-1

All five players are new and that increases the D3 High Five total to 16.

Nusbaum has the highest score in the D3 listing.

Three of the players are from AAAA, one from AAA and one from AA.

HIGH SCHOOL

AAAA

#3IA Dowling Catholic 46, #1 Hopkins 45

#2 Minnetonka 66, #2AA Minnehaha 51

#8 Maple Grove 61, #7 Eastview 58

#10 St. Michael-Albertville 87, #10 Lakeville South 63

AAA

#4 Hill-Murray 86, #9 Delano 84

#3WI Stevens Point 59, #5 Cretin-Derham Hall 56

#2 Orono 69, #6 DeLaSalle 56

#10 Byron 81, Visitation 50

AA-none

A

Totino-Grace 70, #10 Mayer Lutheran 62

RANKED RESULTS

Winner High 92 Chisholm

Winner Low 36 International School

Loser High 84 Delano

Loser Low 18 Bloomington Kennedy

Biggest Margin 63 Chisholm v Two Harbors

Smallest Margin 1 Dowling Catholic, IA v Hopkins

Most Combined: 170 Hill-Murray v Delano

Least combined: 66 International School v Minneapolis Edison

Margins 30 or more 7

Margins 5 or less 7

Average 58.30

Winner Average 67.40

Loser Average 49.20

Ranked Average 64.467

Nonranked Average 55.657

Average margin 18.20

Average combined: 116.6

Ranked Upsets: 2

AAAA Ave 60.273

AAA Ave 58.133

AA Ave 51.857

A Ave 62.250

Only four teams in A and the average with Chisholm’s 92 bumped the whole average to 62.25 and that is 1.977 better than AAAA.

WEEK THAT WAS

UNBEATEN

There are plenty of teams that have not lost…and plenty of teams that have not even played.

AAAA: 13 undefeated; 5 yet to play.

AAA: 22 undefeated; 6 yet to play.

AA: 39 undefeated; 31 yet to play.

A: 36 undefeated; 46 yet to play

STREAKING

A switch at AAAA as Hopkins was knocked off with a loss to Dowling Catholic Saturday 46-45. That means Waconia moves to the leader spot.

AAAA: 4 Waconia

AAA: 15 Benilde-St. Margaret’s (12 from 2025 +3 2026)

AA: 3 St. Clair and Windom

A: 9 West Central (9 from 2025 + 0 in 2026)

QUEST FOR

QRF—not in operation yet & will not be up until some point in December.

TOP 10S

AAAA: 9/11-.818

AAA: 4/10-.400

AA: 2/10-.200

A: 4/10-.300

Overall, it is 19/41 (there were ties in last week’s poll) .463.

#1S IN EACH SECTION

I actually went backward in AAA this week.

AAAA: 3/8-.375

AAA: 1/8-.125

AA: 0/9-.000

A: 1/10-.100

SEEDING THE STATE

AAAA

1. Minnetonka (2)
2. Hopkins (6)
3. Lakeville North (1)
4. Rosemount (3)
5. Maple Grove (5)
6. Elk River (8)
7. Blaine (7)
8. Roseville (4)

AAA

1. Benilde-St. Margaret’s (6)
2. Marshall (2)
3. Cretin-Derham Hall (3)
4. Hill-Murray (4)
5. Becker (5)
6. Stewartville (1)
7. Rock Ridge (7)
8. Sartell (8)

AA

1. Providence (5)
2. Minnehaha (4)
3. Crosby-Ironton (7)
4. Rochester Lourdes (1)
5. New London-Spicer (3)
6. Pelican Rapids (8)
7. Royalton (6)
8. Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton (2)

A

1. Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s (2)
2. Mountain Iron-Buhl (7)
3. MACCRAY (3)
4. EGF Sacred Heart (8)
5. Hillcrest Lutheran (6)
6. BBE (5)
7. NRHEG (1)
8. Mayer Lutheran (4)

WEEK AHEAD

The first week of December gets to a normal pattern without any major events on the menu. Peak days are Tuesday and then Thursday/Friday.