D1 HIGH FIVE

There were 32 teams in action on Saturday.

*Avery Koenen, North Dakota State, Montevideo 30-W

* Madison Mathiowetz, South Dakota State, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 24-W

*Jenna Guyer, Green Bay, Centennial 23-W

*Lily Fandre, Lehigh, Eagan 22-W

*Ari Gordon, Oral Roberts, Maple Grove 20-W

Totals: 119 points, 5-0

Gordon, Guyer & Koenen set new personal bests.

Three players were AAAA based, one each from AA and A.

D2

There were 38 teams in action on Saturday.

Evyn Eppinga, Bemidji State, Anoka 29-W

Emma Miller, UM Crookston, St. Michael-Albertville 25-L

Lydia Haack, Concordia St. Paul, Elk River 23-W

Anna Vaaler, Sioux Falls, Andover 23-W

Ray’ven Robinson, Georgia Southwestern, Cretin-Derham Hall 23-L

Totals: 123 points, 3-2

Eppinga set a new personal best.

Four players were AAAA based, one from AAA.

D3

Ayla Olson, St. Mary’s MN, New York Mills 32-L

Ava Haus, St. Scholastica, St. Michael-Albertville 29-L

Emily Erickson, Bethel MN, Chisago Lakes 24-W

Moriah McLendon, North Central MN, Eastview 23-L

Morgan Bednarek, Crown MN, Sibley East 22-W

Malia Nelson, UW LaCrosse, Dover-Eyota 22-W

Totals: 130 points, 3-3

Bednarek, Haus, McLendon, and Olson set new personal bests.

Two players were AAAA and AA based. One each for AAA and A.

MN GBB RESULTS

AA

#2 Crosby-Ironton 80, Minnehaha 75

A

#1 Mountain Iron-Buhl 63, Proctor 56

#6 Central MN Christian 74, Wabasso 32

SECTION 3A NORTH

#1 Central MN Christian 74, #8 Wabasso 32

#2 MACCRAY 82, #7 Yellow Medicine East 52

#3 Lakeview 63, #6 Dawson-Boyd 48

#4 Minneota 56, #5 Canby 45

SECTION 3A SOUTH

#1 Hills-Beaver Creek 75, #8 Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 40

#2 Adrian/Ellsworth 65, #7 Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 58

#3 Murray County Central 51, #6 Edgerton 44

#5 Westbrook-Walnut Grove 52, #4 Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 40

RANKED RESULTS

Winner High 82 MACCRAY

Winner Low 51 Murray County Central

Loser High 75 Minnehaha

Loser Low 32 Wabasso

Biggest Margin 42 Central MN Christian v Wabasso

Smallest Margin 4 Lake of the Woods v Walker-Hackensack-Akeley

Most Combined: 155 Crosby-Ironton v Minnehaha

Least combined: 92 Westbrook-Walnut Grove v Russell-Tyler-Ruthton

Margins 30 or more 3 (25.0%)

Margins 5 or less 2 (16.67%)

Average 57.417

Winner Average 65.083

Loser Average 49.75

Ranked Average 72.333

Nonranked Average 55.286

Average margin 15.333

Average combined: 114.83

Ranked Losses: none

AAAA Ave 61.00

AAA Ave 52.00

AA Ave 70.333

A Ave 55.474

Section A: 54.813

POINT PARADE

AA

Tori Oehrlein, Crosby-Ironton 53

SEEDS

AAAA

1: #1 Rochester Mayo; #2 Lakeville South; #3 Lakeville North

2: #1 Minnetonka; #2 Chanhassen; #3 Waconia

3: #1 Rosemount; #2 Eastview; #3 Eagan

4: #1 East Ridge; #2 Roseville; #3 Woodbury

5: #1 Maple Grove; #2 Champlin Park; #3 Mounds View

7: #1 Forest Lake; #2 Centennial; #3 Blaine

8: #1 Monticello; #2 Elk River; #3 Brainerd

AAA

1: #1 Stewartville; #2 Byron; #3 Northfield

3: #1 Cretin-Derham Hall; #2 Tartan; #3 St. Paul Como Park

4: #1 Hill-Murray; #2 DeLaSalle; #3 St.Anthony

5: #1 Totino-Grace; #2 Becker; #3 St. Francis

6: #1 Orono; #2 Benilde-St. Margaret’s; #3 Delano

7: #1 Rock Ridge; #2 Hermantown; #3 Cloquet

AA

4: #1 Minnehaha; #2 Visitation; #3 St. Croix Prep

5: #1 Providence; #2 Maranatha; #3 Minneapolis North

7: #1 Crosby-Ironton; #2 Duluth Marshall; #3 Proctor

8: #1 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton; #2 Perham; #3 Frazee

A

5E: #1 Braham; #2 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa; #3 Swanville

5W: #1 Pine River-Backus; #2 Cass Lake-Bena; #3 Walker-Hackensack-Akeley

6: #1 Hillcrest Lutheran; #2 Breckenridge; #3 Underwood

7: #1 Mountain Iron-Buhl; #2 Deer River; #3 Chisholm

8E: #1 Kelliher/Northome; #2 Lake of the Woods; #3 Blackduck

8W: #1 EGF Sacred Heart; #2 Warren-Alvardo-Oslo; #3 Kittson County Central

WEEK THAT WAS

UNBEATEN

Menahga is alone and won their matches this week.

Total undefeated left: 1

AAAA: 0

AAA: 0

AA: 1 Menahga

A: 0

Once Menahga falls I will list the one loss teams.

What about the flip side of this? The winless? Eleven are still looking for victory number one. Some will have to wait for 2026-27 as their seasons are over. The smaller schools have opted out of the sections.

Madelia escaped this list with a running time 69-21 win over MN Deaf.

AAAA: 0

AAA: 2 North Branch; Sauk Rapids-Rice

AA: 1 Albert Lea

A: 8 Browerville-Eagle Valley; Ortonville; Bigfork; and smaller charter/privates Lincoln International; MN Transitions; St. John’s Prep; Fond du Lac Ojibwe, and Community School of Excellence

STREAKING

Another week, another change for A. NRHEG made the list last week, but Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s snapped the Panthers win streak at 24. That opened the door for Kelliher/Northome who is the only school under 20 wins with 18.

AAAA: 23 Rochester Mayo

AAA: 24 Stewartville

AA: 26 Menahga

A: 18 Kelliher/Northome

Can these four be state champs? Best bet? Stewartville, but I would not bet the house.

PROLIFIC OFFENSE

a list of high scoring offenses (and below that stingy defenses)

What was interesting about last week was three of the leaders increased their average. Yes it was small but up is up.

AAAA 82.3 Rochester Mayo down 0.6

AAA 85.9 Hill-Murray up 0.1

AA 94.3 Providence up 0.3

A: 87.2 Kelliher/Northome up 0.2

The best chance for state titles? Providence easily. Next best chance? Kelliher/Northome, the newest streaking addition.

AIR TIGHT DEFENSE

Mayo rejoins the list, but they share that low spot with Owatonna. The other change came in A with Metro School College Prep taking over for International School/Chesterton

AAAA 43.5 Owatonna & Rochester Mayo up 0.9

AAA 39.0 Northfield down 0.6

AA 33.8 High School Recording Arts up 1.6

A  Metro School College Prep 27.7 down 0.2.

QUEST FOR…

QRF

I only saw one game during the week with the epic #1 v #2 on Tuesday at Wayzata won by soon to be #1 Hopkins. My car is still in the shop. They can’t find the problem. I was planning to see Minneapolis North….but they stumbled against Minneapolis Camden on Wednesday which kept them out of the Twin City Game on Saturday. As a result, I went backwards, especially south of #75.

Biggest fish not seen? Still Minneapolis North at #40 . Why are they ranked above DeLaSalle, Proctor, Duluth Marshall, and Crosby-Ironton? The formula needs to be severely tweaked.

10: 10/10—-1.000

25: 25/25—1.000

50: 49/50—.980

75: 68/75—.907

100: 81/100—.810

125: 86/125—.688

150: 89/150—.593

175: 91/175—.520

200: 91/200—.455

TOP 10S

No real changes here.

AAAA: 10/10-1.000

AAA: 10/10-1.000

AA: 7/10 .700

A: 6/10-.600

Overall, it is 33/40 or .825

#1S IN EACH SECTION

Lost ground in AA with 2AA. But that may be due to not tracking it right last week.

AAAA: 8/8-1.000

AAA: 8/8-1.000

AA: 6/9-.778

A: 6/11-.545

Grand totals: 28/36-.778.

SEEDING THE STATE

A couple of jumps: Becker in AAA; Minnehaha in AA and SESM in A.

AAAA

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

AAA

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

AA

1. Providence (5)
2. Crosby-Ironton (7)
3. Red Wing (1)
4. New London-Spicer (3)
5. Minnehaha (4)
6. Sauk Centre (6)
7. DGF (8)
8. Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton (2)

A

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

THE WEEK THAT WILL BE…

Sections started last week. The action took place in AA & A for sections 1 & 3. The rest of the state will catch up this week with many finals to be set up (at least in the bigger classes) by Saturday. Most of the initial games this last week were designed to get down to a final eight. The upsets (a few) were of the 9 over 8 or 5 over 4 variety. Tuesday the first AAAA and AAA teams start their quarters. Wednesday the rest join. Saturday is a huge day with almost every section in action.

Also….not every #1 section seed makes the state. Last year the state champs were

AAAA: Hopkins (#2 seed in 6AAAA); AAA: Benilde-St. Margaret’s (#2 seed in 6AAA); AA: Providence (the only #1 section seed to win a title); and A: West Central (#3 seed in 6A South). Notice all three of these winners came from section 6. Also now section 6A seeds 1-17—no more north and south.

Here is a handy spreadsheet on what is happening.

HNP—Have Not Played;

CLASS	Highest seed out	1st #1 seed out	1st ranked team out	#1 Seeds alive	Highest QRF Out
AAAA	HNP	HNP	HNP	HNP	HNP
AAA	HNP	HNP	HNP	HNP	HNP
AA	S3S: #4 Windom	None	None	All	#155 Plainview-Elgin-Millville
A	S3S: #4 RTR	None	None	All	#262 RTR