Monday, February 23, 2026 Reports: High Fives; MN GBB Results; Point Parade, Day Ahead and Question Answered

D1—No action

D2 Two teams were in action Monday.

Dani Nuest, Michigan Tech, Becker 7-L

Emma Kanz, Converse, Maple Grove 4-L

Isabella Hanna, Michigan Tech, Maple Grove 2-L

Totals: 13 points, 0-3

This is the first time for Hanna on the D2 HF list pushing the amount to 77.

Two were AAAA based—Maple Grove based and one AAA.

D3

There were three teams in action Monday.

Sidney Schmit, UW River Falls, Delano 9-W

Emily Anderson, UW River Falls, Martin County West 5-W

Jocelyn Plonski, UW River Falls, Eagan 4-W

Taylor Clarey, UW River Falls, Rochester Century 2-W

Anderson, Plonski and Schmit are all first time entrants to the D3 HF list. That makes the total for the year 88.

Two players were AAAA based, one each from AAA and A.

MN GBB RESULTS

AA

#3 Red Wing 65, Rushford-Peterson 30

A

#3 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 111, Madelia 20

#5 NRHEG 76, Houston 39

#8 BOLD 69, Mankato Loyola 28

SECTION

There were four lower ranked teams that upended high seeds. Common theme? Three were #10s over #7s.

AAA

3

#8 South St. Paul 64, #9 St. Paul Highland Park 21

6

#8 Westonka 66, #9 Robbinsdale Cooper 39

AA

1

#1 Red Wing 65, #9 Rushford-Peterson 30

#4 Caledonia 70, #5 Winona Cotter/Hope 51

2

#1 St. Clair 95, #16 Albert Lea 32

#2 Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton 86, #15 LeSueur-Henderson 36

#3 Norwood-Young American 77, #14 Waseca 36

#4 Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial 52, #13 Sibley East 47

#5 Maple River 71,#12 Blue Earth 63

#6 Belle Plaine 79, #11 Waterville-Elysian-Morristown  59

#8 Glencoe-Silver Lake 46, #9 Blooming Prairie 42

#10 Tri-City United 60, #7 MN Valley Lutheran 44

A

1

#1 NRHEG  76, #8 Houston 39

#4 Lewiston-Altura 79, #5 Spring Grove 60

2

#1 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 111, #16 Madelia 20

#2 BOLD 69, #15 Mankato Loyola 28

#3 Cedar Mountain 77, #14 GFW 47

#4 Nicollet 63, #13 Cleveland 46

#5 Mountain Lake-Comfrey 63, #12 New Ulm Cathedral 36

#6 Sleepy Eye 71, #11 United South Central 49

#9 GHECTML 56, #8 Martin County West 47

#10 Springfield 73, #7 Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 58

6

#14 New York Mills 67, #19 Ortonville 23

#15 Ashby 68, #18 NCE-UH 51

#16 Henning 53, #17 Border West 47

7

#16 Bigfork 70, #17 Fond du Lac Ojibwe 23

8E

#8 Win-E-Mac 29, #9 Clearbrook-Gonvick 20

8W

#8 Stephen-Argyle 69, #9 Northern 43

#10 Goodridge/ Grygla 48, #7 Badger-Greenbush-Middle River 46

RANKED RESULTS

Winner High 111 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s

Winner Low 29 Win-E-Mac

Loser High 63 Blue Earth

Loser Low 13 Hmong Academy

Biggest Margin 91 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s v Madelia

Smallest Margin 2 Goodridge/Grygla v Badger-Greenbush-Middle River

Most Combined: 139 Lewiston-Altua v Spring Grove

Least combined: 49 Win-E-Mac v Clearbrook-Gonvick

Margins 30 or more 13 (40.625%)

Margins 5 or less 3 (9.375%)

Average 53.938

Winner Average 67.719

Loser Average 40.156

Ranked Average 80.25

Nonranked Average 52.183

Average margin 27.563

Average combined: 107.88

Ranked Losses: none

Higher Seeds Losses: 4

AAAA Ave none

AAA Ave 47.50

AA Ave: 55.04

A Ave 53.886

SECTION

AAA: 47.50

AA: 57.05

A: 53.676

POINT PARADE

A

Morgan Mathiowetz, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 33

Aubrey Steffl, Cedar Mountain 27

QUESTION ANSWERED

What AAA schools have never been to state?

 

There are a dozen…

Faribault; New Ulm; St. Anthony; Mahtomedi; Minneapolis Camden (& Henry); Minneapolis Edison; Zimmerman; Big Lake; Delano; Minneapolis Southwest; Mound Westonka; St. Cloud (as a stand alone—both Apollo and Tech, the two schools that combine now for St. Cloud have been).

The school with the best crack this year would be Delano…..but they live in 6AAA same as #1 Orono and #3 Benilde-St. Margaret’s, so another year of looking from the outside may be instore along with the other 11.

Westonka won last night. They face Orono next.

POST SEASON MATRIX

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 #9s  6: Cooper & 3: Highland Park None None All #243 Cooper
AA S3S: #4 Windom None None All #132 Winona Cotter
A S3S: #4 RTR None None All #219 Spring Grove

DAY AHEAD

seven ranked teams play in section action Tuesday.

AAAA

#2 Maple Grove hosts Irondale

#8 Monticello hosts Buffalo

AAA

#4 Marshall hosts Worthington

AA

#4 New London-Spicer hosts Morris/Chokio-Alberta

#6 Rochester Lourdes faces Zumbrota-Mazeppa at Rochester Mayo Civic Arena

#7 Fairmont hosts Luverne

A

#6 Central MN Christian faces Minneota at Montevideo

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