D1 HIGH FIVE

There were 27 teams playing Saturday.

*Avery Koenen, North Dakota State, Montevideo 22-W

Rae Ehrman, Montana, Eden Prairie 21-W

*Madison Mathiowetz, South Dakota State, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 18-W

*Amber Scalia, Miami OH, Stillwater 16-W

*Autumn McCall, St. Thomas MN, Centennial 15-W

Totals: 92 points, 5-0

Ehrman and McCall set new personal bests.

There were three AAAA players and one each from AA and A. All made the state tournament.

D2

There were 37 teams playing on Saturday.

Natalie Bremer, MSU Mankato, Lake City 25-W

Kendyl Lodermeier, Upper Iowa, Goodhue 25-W

Evyn Eppinga, Bemidji State, Anoka 23-W

Audrey Swanson, Southwest MN State, Waconia 20-W

Emma Miller, UM Crookston, St. Michael-Albertville 19-L

Tori Miller, Rockhurst, Goodhue 19-L

Totals: 112 points, 4-2

There were three AAAA players and AA players. Goodhue had two.

Lodermeier set a new personal best.

D3

There were 37 teams playing on Saturday.

Brycelyn Brewster, North Central MN, United Christian 29-L

Maddy Grove, UM Morris, Morris 28-W

Rylie Sternquist, St. Mary’s MN, Big Lake 25-L

Emily Erickson, Bethel MN, Chisago Lakes 23-W

Haylie Strum, Luther, Caledonia 23-W

Totals: 128 points, 3-2

Brewster and Strum set new personal bests.

There were two players from AAA and AA and one from A.

MN GBB RESULTS

AAA

#4 Benilde-St. Margaret’s 65, #5 Cretin-Derham Hall 56

#6 Marshall 100, #2 Hill-Murray 85

AA

#1 Providence 93, #9 Minnehaha 56

#4 Duluth Marshall 111, Princeton 61

#5 Red Wing 69, Mankato West 53

#7 Rochester Lourdes 102, Austin 34

A

#1 Mountain Iron-Buhl 97, Deer River 30

Pelican Rapids 79, #3 Hillcrest Lutheran 74

RANKED RESULTS

Winner High 111 Duluth Marshall

Winner Low 37 Lac qui Parle Valley

Loser High 85 Hill-Murray

Loser Low 20 Liberty Classical

Biggest Margin 68 Rochester Lourdes v Austin

Smallest Margin 2 Frazee v DGF; New Ulm v St. Peter; LQPV v Estelline, SD

Most Combined: 185 Marshall v Hill-Murray

Least combined: 59 North Lakes Academy v Liberty Classical

Margins 30 or more  (18.750%)

Margins 5 or less 7 (21.875%)

Average 59.094

Winner Average 69.344

Loser Average 48.844

Ranked Average 82.545

Nonranked Average 54.226

Average margin 20.50

Average combined: 118.19

Ranked Losses: four

AAAA Ave 58.889

AAA Ave 60.474

AA Ave 68.375

A Ave 49.938

POINT PARADE

AAAA-none reported

AAA

Lexi Lamppa, Rock Ridge 28

AA

Amelia Truty, Rochester Lourdes 44

Chloe Johnson, Duluth Marshall 41

A-none reported

WEEK THAT WAS

UNBEATEN

No one is alive in the bigger classes after Rosemount’s 13 game win streak was snapped by Prior Lake on the road 80-71. Prior Lake continued its streak by defeating ranked teams for the week with Eastview falling victim to the Lakers on Friday 75-62 also on their home court.

Total undefeated left: 4

AAAA: 0

Leaving the list Rosemount on Tuesday in the loss to Prior Lake.

AAA: 0

AA: 2 Menahga; New London-Spicer

Leaving the list none

A: 2  Mountain Iron-Buhl; Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s

Leaving the list: none

What about the flip side of this? The winless? Here are the 18 hoping to stumble onto victory.

Cambridge-Isanti was the last AAAA team to claim victory for the season when the Bluejackets edged out Chisago Lakes 41-39 on Tuesday. There was no movement on the other three classes.

My expectations are that A will have several and we may not see any movement at the AAA or AA levels.

AAAA: 0

AAA: North Branch; Sauk Rapids-Rice

AA: Albert Lea; Redwood Valley; Parnassus

A: LeRoy-Ostrander, Madelia; Red Rock Central; Browerville-Eagle Valley; Ortonville; Verndale; Bigfork; and smaller charter/privates Lincoln International; MN Transitions; St. John’s Prep; Fond du Lac Ojibwe, and Community School of Excellence

STREAKING

Several changes here. The biggest is a new leader in AAA after Hill-Murray lost at Marshall on Saturday. Stewartville takes over. Menahga, who did not lose, is not tied with the AA lead with New London-Spicer as the Wildcats have a game up on the Braves. NRHEG joins the party in A.

AAAA: 16 Rochester Mayo

AAA: 14 Stewartville

AA: 16 New London-Spicer

A: 16 NRHEG, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s, Mountain Iron-Buhl, NRHEG

QUEST FOR…

QRF

The week started off promising with four games at St. Catherine’s on Monday followed by two section leaders at Norwood-Young America on Tuesday. Then several things conspired to keep me in the house. #1 it was cold. My car’s battery refused to budge on Monday. Luckily I had other options. Then later in the week another refusal. Sorry to say that battery has seen it’s last days. #2 then it snowed and kept me hunkered down for Wednesday. Then I got ill and was not ready to travel.

#15 Stewartville, #41 New London-Spicer, #67 White Bear Lake; #74 Goodhue; # 94 Norwood-Young America (or as it is listed “Central”); #151 Winona Cotter all were checklisted.

Biggest fish not seen? #25 Woodbury

10: 10/10—-1.000

25: 24/25—.960

50: 47/50—.940

75: 65/75—.867

100: 75/100—.750

125: 80/125—.640

150: 83/150—.553

175: 78/175—.480

TOP 10S

Stewartville and New London-Spicer helped cut the totals here. Now all the big schools top 10s have been charted. Perham and Fairmont are missing in AA; SESM, KN, NRHEG, HBC and CMC in A.

AAAA: 10/10-1.000

AAA: 10/10-1.000

AA: 8/10 .800

A: 5/10-.500

Overall, it is 32/40 or .825 780  up .045 from the week before.

#1S IN EACH SECTION

Stewartville in AAA and New London-Spicer and Norwood-Young America in AA helped cut the number of teams left to see to nine. Those numbers are going to be hard to achieve since many do not play in the travel radius I have set up.

AAAA: 8/8-1.000

AAA: 7/8-.750

AA: 7/9-.778

A: 5/11-.455

Grand totals: 27/36-.750.

SEEDING THE STATE

New team, same section in AAAA. Wayzata replaces Hopkins. The Trojans have a leg up in hosting the 6AAAA title game now.

Changes at the bottom of the AAA listing with Fergus replacing Little Falls and Becker flipping with Totino. No changes in AA. NRHEG jumps up in A.

AAAA

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

AAA

1. Orono (6)
2. Stewartville (1)
3. Marshall (2)
4. Hill-Murray (4)
5. Cretin-Derham Hall (3)
6. Rock Ridge (7)
7. Fergus Falls (8)
8. Becker (5)

AA

1. Providence (5)
2. Crosby-Ironton (7)
3. New London-Spicer (3)
4. Red Wing (1)
5. Minnehaha (4)
6. Perham (8)
7. Norwood-Young America (2)
8. Sauk Centre (6)

A

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

WEEK AHEAD

The Breakdown hosts their Community Clash on Saturday at three different sites including the heavy hitters at STMA. Becker and St. Cloud Cathedral are the other two hosts. Key matchups include Orono v Hopkins, Rosemount v Providence; There will be seven ranked teams in business in the dozen games.