HIGH FIVES D1 

There were 20 teams in business on Saturday.

*Lily Fandre, Lehigh, Eagan 24-W

*Jocelyn Land, Montana, Holy Family 19-W

Regan Juenemann, Omaha, Crosby-Ironton 15-L

*Amber Scalia, Miami OH, Stillwater 12-W

*Jenna Guyer, Green Bay, Centennial 12-L

*Aby Shubert, Montana, Kasson-Mantorville 12-W

Totals: 82 points, 4-2

Juenemann & Shubert set new personal bests. Juenemann was the only player coming off the  bench.

AAAA had three players; AA had two, AAA had one.

Juenemann and Scalia both finished second in the state.

D2

There were 26 teams busy on Saturday.

Natalie Bremer, MSU Mankato, Lake City 32-W

Nicole Maenke, Southwest MN State, Shakopee 26-W

Evyn Eppinga, Bemidji State, Anoka 24-L

Anna Vaaler, Sioux Falls, Andover 24-L

Taryn Hamling, Minot State, Grand Rapids 23-W

Totals: 129 points, 3-2

Vaaler is the first player to get to double digits on the D2 HF entries.

There were three AAAA players, two AAA and one AA.

D3

There were eight teams in action Saturday.

Kloey Lind, St. Scholastica, Pine City 23-W

Elly Schmitz, Bethel MN, Hermantown 23-W

Ava Haus, St. Scholastica, St. Michael-Albertville 22-W

Evie Schmitz, St. Scholastica, St. Louis Park 20-W

Emily Erickson, Bethel MN, Chisago Lakes 18-W

Katie Boulanger, Wartburg, New Prague 18-L

Totals: 106 points, 5-1

Lind set a new personal best.

There were three AAAA players, two AAA and one A.

Schmitz and Haus reached the state tournament.

MN GBB SATURDAY RESULTS

AAAA

#1 Hopkins 89, #3AA Duluth Marshall 53

#8 Elk River 68, Moorhead 52

Johnston, IA 73, #5 Wayzata 58

AAA

Waukee Northwest 62, #1 Benilde-St. Margaret’s 57

#6 Stewartville 63, #7 Northfield 57

AA

#2 Crosby-Ironton 87, Rock Ridge 70

#5 Rochester Lourdes 65, Winona Cotter 55

A

#1 Mountain Iron-Buhl 100, #3 Northome/Kelliher 90

#4 Hillcrest Lutheran 67,  East Grand Forks 51

#6 EGF Sacred Heart 61, Kittson County Central 23

RANKED RESULTS

Winner High 100 Mountain Iron-Buhl

Winner Low 38 Mille Lacs

Loser High 90 Northome-Kelliher

Loser Low 22 Kingsland

Biggest Margin 52 St. Paul Harding v St. Paul Academy

Smallest Margin 2 Cass Lake-Bena v Visitation

Most Combined: 190 Mountain Iron-Buhl v Northome-Kelliher

Least combined: 69 Mille Lacs v Spectrum

Margins 30 or more 9 (28.13%)

Margins 5 or less 5 (15.63%)

Average 56.75

Winner Average 67.03

Loser Average 46.47

Ranked Average 71.9

Nonranked Average 53.94

Average margin 20.56

Average combined: 113.50

Ranked Losses: 5

AAAA Ave 59.353

AAA Ave 57.364

AA Ave 56.643

A Ave 52.813

Notice A is 52.813 for average. Eliminate the MIB-NK game and that average drops to 46.786.

POINT PARADE

AAAA—no reports

AAA—no reports

AA–no reports

A

Elin Retzlaff, Hillcrest Lutheran 27

Izzy Wiita, Mountain Iron-Buhl 25

UNBEATEN

Last week we had 33 teams without a loss. We cut that in half to a sweet 16 now. Will we be at eight next Sunday?  Which class will be the first to have 0? AAA only has one team standing, a likely prospect. AA has the most undefeated left at 6. Can any class have an undefeated champ? Best chances are in A, but unlikely in any class.

AAAA: 4 Alexandria, Minnetonka, Rosemount, Spring Lake Park

Leaving the list Forest Lake and Park Center. Oddly enough I was present at both losses.

AAA: 1 Richfield…oddly enough I was there to see the Spartans rally from 7 down with 38 seconds left to go in double overtime to still stay on the list.

Leaving the list Benilde-St. Margaret’s, Little Falls, Minneapolis Roosevelt

AA: 6 Fairmont; Maranatha; Menahga; New London-Spicer; Plainview-Elgin-Millville; Roseau

Leaving the list Frazee; Norwood-Young America; Pipestone; Wadena-Deer Creek

A: 5 Central MN Christian; Chisholm; Mountain Iron-Buhl; Pine River-Backus; Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s

Eight  teams left the list last week. Since A did not have a listing last week, those teams will remain nameless.

STREAKING

We have a new overall leader (or leaders) with eight wins the longest streak alive. With Benilde-St. Margaret’s loss down in Iowa to Waukee Northwest (a suburb of Des Moines) that opened the doors. The top and bottom provide the leaders now with three in the biggest class and two in the smallest.

AAAA: 8 Alexandria; Minnetonka; Rochester Mayo

AAA: 6 Richfield

AA: 7 Caledonia, Fairmont, Proctor

A: 8 Mountain Iron-Buhl; Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s

QUEST FOR

Six teams crossed off the QRF list (up to #75 now) last week included #4 Forest Lake, #11 East Ridge, #23 Richfield, #25, Park Center, #35 Jordan, and #48 Minnehaha.

Biggest fish not seen? #7 Cretin-Derham Hall.

10: 8/10—-.800

25: 18/25—.720

50: 27/50—.540

75: 31/75—.413

TOP 10S

Added this week: Marshall, yet my AAA totals dropped to .500. My AA dropped to .300.

AAAA: 10/10-1.000

AAA: 5/10-.500

AA: 3/10-.300

A: 5/10-.300

Overall, it is 23/40 .575 which is lower(?) than the week before. I am going backwards.

#1S IN EACH SECTION

Not moving back here. AAAA is now done with East Ridge & Forest Lake completing the set.

AAAA: 8/8-1.000

AAA: 4/8-.500

AA: 2/9-.222

A: 3/10-.300

Grand totals: 19/35-.543. That is up .200. More should be sliced off during the Christmas tournament break.

SEEDING THE STATE

There is usually a killer-diller section in each class. This would be quality & quantity. Some sections might have two powers, but the rest drop off the cliff after that. My choices would be 2 in AAAA; 6 in AAA; 7 in AA; jury is out in A, but my lean might be 6.

No changes at AAAA. Little Falls joins the list at AAA. Milaca in AA. Pine River-Backus in A.

AAAA

1. Minnetonka (2)
2. Hopkins (6)
3. Rosemount (3)
4. Maple Grove (5)
5. Rochester Mayo (1)
6. Elk River (8)
7. East Ridge (4)
8. Forest Lake (7)

AAA

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

AA

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

A

1. Mountain Iron-Buhl (7)
2. Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s (2)
3. Kelliher-Northome (8)
4. Central MN Christian (3)
5. Hillcrest Lutheran (6)
6. Mayer Lutheran (4)
7. NRHEG (1)
8. Pine River-Backus (5)

WEEK AHEAD

The Breakdown starts their Granite City event the day after Christmas. It lasts two days at various sites. The epicenter for the girls side of the equation is at St. Ben’s.