{"id":21889,"date":"2026-02-22T09:36:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=21889"},"modified":"2026-02-22T09:45:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:45:05","slug":"saturday-february-22-2026-reports-high-five-mn-gbb-results-week-that-was-seeding-the-state-week-that-will-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kjasr.com\/live\/?p=21889","title":{"rendered":"Saturday, February 21, 2026 Reports: High Five; MN GBB Results; Week That Was, Seeding the State, Week that Will Be"},"content":{"rendered":"

D1 HIGH FIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n

There were 32 teams in action on Saturday.<\/p>\n

*Avery Koenen, North Dakota State, Montevideo 30-W<\/p>\n

* Madison Mathiowetz, South Dakota State, Sleepy Eye St. Mary\u2019s 24-W<\/p>\n

*Jenna Guyer, Green Bay, Centennial 23-W<\/p>\n

*Lily Fandre, Lehigh, Eagan 22-W<\/p>\n

*Ari Gordon, Oral Roberts, Maple Grove 20-W<\/p>\n

Totals: 119 points, 5-0<\/p>\n

Gordon, Guyer & Koenen set new personal bests.<\/p>\n

Three players were AAAA based, one each from AA and A.<\/p>\n

D2<\/strong><\/p>\n

There were 38 teams in action on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Evyn Eppinga, Bemidji State, Anoka 29-W<\/p>\n

Emma Miller, UM Crookston, St. Michael-Albertville 25-L<\/p>\n

Lydia Haack, Concordia St. Paul, Elk River 23-W<\/p>\n

Anna Vaaler, Sioux Falls, Andover 23-W<\/p>\n

Ray\u2019ven Robinson, Georgia Southwestern, Cretin-Derham Hall 23-L<\/p>\n

Totals: 123 points, 3-2<\/p>\n

Eppinga set a new personal best.<\/p>\n

Four players were AAAA based, one from AAA.<\/p>\n

D3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ayla Olson, St. Mary\u2019s MN, New York Mills 32-L<\/p>\n

Ava Haus, St. Scholastica, St. Michael-Albertville 29-L<\/p>\n

Emily Erickson, Bethel MN, Chisago Lakes 24-W<\/p>\n

Moriah McLendon, North Central MN, Eastview 23-L<\/p>\n

Morgan Bednarek, Crown MN, Sibley East 22-W<\/p>\n

Malia Nelson, UW LaCrosse, Dover-Eyota 22-W<\/p>\n

Totals: 130 points, 3-3<\/p>\n

Bednarek, Haus, McLendon, and Olson set new personal bests.<\/p>\n

Two players were AAAA and AA based. One each for AAA and A.<\/p>\n

MN GBB RESULTS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

AA<\/strong><\/p>\n

#2 Crosby-Ironton 80, Minnehaha 75<\/p>\n

A<\/strong><\/p>\n

#1 Mountain Iron-Buhl 63, Proctor 56<\/p>\n

#6 Central MN Christian 74, Wabasso 32<\/p>\n

SECTION 3A NORTH<\/strong><\/p>\n

#1 Central MN Christian 74, #8 Wabasso 32<\/p>\n

#2 MACCRAY 82, #7 Yellow Medicine East 52<\/p>\n

#3 Lakeview 63, #6 Dawson-Boyd 48<\/p>\n

#4 Minneota 56, #5 Canby 45<\/p>\n

SECTION 3A SOUTH<\/strong><\/p>\n

#1 Hills-Beaver Creek 75, #8 Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 40<\/p>\n

#2 Adrian\/Ellsworth 65, #7 Heron Lake-Okabena\/Fulda 58<\/p>\n

#3 Murray County Central 51, #6 Edgerton 44<\/p>\n

#5 Westbrook-Walnut Grove 52, #4 Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 40<\/p>\n

RANKED RESULTS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner High<\/strong> 82 MACCRAY<\/p>\n

Winner Low<\/strong> 51 Murray County Central<\/p>\n

Loser High<\/strong> 75 Minnehaha<\/p>\n

Loser Low<\/strong> 32 Wabasso<\/p>\n

Biggest Margin<\/strong> 42 Central MN Christian v Wabasso<\/p>\n

Smallest Margin<\/strong> 4 Lake of the Woods v Walker-Hackensack-Akeley<\/p>\n

Most Combined:<\/strong> 155 Crosby-Ironton v Minnehaha<\/p>\n

Least combined:<\/strong> 92 Westbrook-Walnut Grove v Russell-Tyler-Ruthton<\/p>\n

Margins 30 or more<\/strong> 3 (25.0%)<\/p>\n

Margins 5 or less<\/strong> 2 (16.67%)<\/p>\n

Average<\/strong> 57.417<\/p>\n

Winner Average<\/strong> 65.083<\/p>\n

Loser Average<\/strong> 49.75<\/p>\n

Ranked Average<\/strong> 72.333<\/p>\n

Nonranked Average<\/strong> 55.286<\/p>\n

Average margin<\/strong> 15.333<\/p>\n

Average combined<\/strong>: 114.83<\/p>\n

Ranked Losses:<\/strong> none<\/p>\n

AAAA Ave<\/strong> 61.00<\/p>\n

AAA Ave<\/strong> 52.00<\/p>\n

AA Ave<\/strong> 70.333<\/p>\n

A Ave<\/strong> 55.474<\/p>\n

Section A:<\/strong> 54.813<\/p>\n

POINT PARADE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

AA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tori Oehrlein, Crosby-Ironton 53<\/p>\n

SEEDS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

AAAA<\/strong><\/p>\n

1: #1 Rochester Mayo; #2 Lakeville South; #3 Lakeville North<\/p>\n

2: #1 Minnetonka; #2 Chanhassen; #3 Waconia<\/p>\n

3: #1 Rosemount; #2 Eastview; #3 Eagan<\/p>\n

4: #1 East Ridge; #2 Roseville; #3 Woodbury<\/p>\n

5: #1 Maple Grove; #2 Champlin Park; #3 Mounds View<\/p>\n

7: #1 Forest Lake; #2 Centennial; #3 Blaine<\/p>\n

8: #1 Monticello; #2 Elk River; #3 Brainerd<\/p>\n

AAA<\/strong><\/p>\n

1: #1 Stewartville; #2 Byron; #3 Northfield<\/p>\n

3: #1 Cretin-Derham Hall; #2 Tartan; #3 St. Paul Como Park<\/p>\n

4: #1 Hill-Murray; #2 DeLaSalle; #3 St.Anthony<\/p>\n

5: #1 Totino-Grace; #2 Becker; #3 St. Francis<\/p>\n

6: #1 Orono; #2 Benilde-St. Margaret\u2019s; #3 Delano<\/p>\n

7: #1 Rock Ridge; #2 Hermantown; #3 Cloquet<\/p>\n

AA<\/strong><\/p>\n

4: #1 Minnehaha; #2 Visitation; #3 St. Croix Prep<\/p>\n

5: #1 Providence; #2 Maranatha; #3 Minneapolis North<\/p>\n

7: #1 Crosby-Ironton; #2 Duluth Marshall; #3 Proctor<\/p>\n

8: #1 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton; #2 Perham; #3 Frazee<\/p>\n

A<\/strong><\/p>\n

5E: #1 Braham; #2 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa; #3 Swanville<\/p>\n

5W: #1 Pine River-Backus; #2 Cass Lake-Bena; #3 Walker-Hackensack-Akeley<\/p>\n

6: #1 Hillcrest Lutheran; #2 Breckenridge; #3 Underwood<\/p>\n

7: #1 Mountain Iron-Buhl; #2 Deer River; #3 Chisholm<\/p>\n

8E: #1 Kelliher\/Northome; #2 Lake of the Woods; #3 Blackduck<\/p>\n

8W: #1 EGF Sacred Heart; #2 Warren-Alvardo-Oslo; #3 Kittson County Central<\/p>\n

WEEK THAT WAS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

UNBEATEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Menahga is alone and won their matches this week.<\/p>\n

Total undefeated left: 1<\/p>\n

AAAA:<\/strong> 0<\/p>\n

AAA:<\/strong> 0<\/p>\n

AA:<\/strong> 1 Menahga<\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> 0<\/p>\n

Once Menahga falls I will list the one loss teams.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Madelia escaped this list with a running time 69-21 win over MN Deaf.<\/p>\n

AAAA:<\/strong> 0<\/p>\n

AAA:<\/strong> 2 North Branch; Sauk Rapids-Rice<\/p>\n

AA:<\/strong> 1 Albert Lea<\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> 8 Browerville-Eagle Valley; Ortonville; Bigfork; and smaller charter\/privates Lincoln International; MN Transitions; St. John\u2019s Prep; Fond du Lac Ojibwe, and Community School of Excellence<\/p>\n

STREAKING<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another week, another change for A. NRHEG made the list last week, but Sleepy Eye St. Mary\u2019s snapped the Panthers win streak at 24. That opened the door for Kelliher\/Northome who is the only school under 20 wins with 18.<\/p>\n

AAAA:<\/strong> 23 Rochester Mayo<\/p>\n

AAA:<\/strong> 24 Stewartville<\/p>\n

AA:<\/strong> 26 Menahga<\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> 18 Kelliher\/Northome<\/p>\n

Can these four be state champs? Best bet? Stewartville, but I would not bet the house.<\/p>\n

PROLIFIC OFFENSE<\/strong><\/p>\n

a list of high scoring offenses (and below that stingy defenses)<\/p>\n

What was interesting about last week was three of the leaders increased their average. Yes it was small but up is up.<\/p>\n

AAAA<\/strong> 82.3 Rochester Mayo down 0.6<\/p>\n

AAA<\/strong> 85.9 Hill-Murray up 0.1<\/p>\n

AA<\/strong> 94.3 Providence up 0.3<\/p>\n

A<\/strong>: 87.2 Kelliher\/Northome up 0.2<\/p>\n

The best chance for state titles? Providence easily. Next best chance? Kelliher\/Northome, the newest streaking addition.<\/p>\n

AIR TIGHT DEFENSE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

AAAA<\/strong> 43.5 Owatonna & Rochester Mayo up 0.9<\/p>\n

AAA<\/strong> 39.0 Northfield down 0.6<\/p>\n

AA <\/strong>33.8 High School Recording Arts up 1.6<\/p>\n

A<\/strong> \u00a0Metro School College Prep 27.7 down 0.2.<\/p>\n

QUEST FOR\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

QRF<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2019t find the problem. I was planning to see Minneapolis North\u2026.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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

10: 10\/10—-1.000<\/p>\n

25: 25\/25—1.000<\/p>\n

50: 49\/50—.980<\/p>\n

75: 68\/75—.907<\/p>\n

100: 81\/100—.810<\/p>\n

125: 86\/125—.688<\/p>\n

150: 89\/150—.593<\/p>\n

175: 91\/175—.520<\/p>\n

200: 91\/200—.455<\/p>\n

TOP 10S<\/strong><\/p>\n

No real changes here.<\/p>\n

AAAA:<\/strong> 10\/10-1.000<\/p>\n

AAA<\/strong>: 10\/10-1.000<\/p>\n

AA<\/strong>: 7\/10 .700<\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> 6\/10-.600<\/p>\n

Overall, it is 33\/40 or .825<\/p>\n

#1S IN EACH SECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lost ground in AA with 2AA. But that may be due to not tracking it right last week.<\/p>\n

AAAA: 8\/8-1.000<\/p>\n

AAA: 8\/8-1.000<\/p>\n

AA: 6\/9-.778<\/p>\n

A: 6\/11-.545<\/p>\n

Grand totals: 28\/36-.778.<\/p>\n

SEEDING THE STATE<\/strong><\/p>\n

A couple of jumps: Becker in AAA; Minnehaha in AA and SESM in A.<\/p>\n

AAAA<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Hopkins (6)<\/li>\n
  2. Maple Grove (5)<\/li>\n
  3. Rosemount (3)<\/li>\n
  4. Minnetonka (2)<\/li>\n
  5. Rochester Mayo (1)<\/li>\n
  6. Monticello (8)<\/li>\n
  7. East Ridge (4)<\/li>\n
  8. Forest Lake (7)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    AAA<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Orono (6)<\/li>\n
    2. Stewartville (1)<\/li>\n
    3. Marshall (2)<\/li>\n
    4. Hill-Murray (4)<\/li>\n
    5. Cretin-Derham Hall (3)<\/li>\n
    6. Becker (5)<\/li>\n
    7. Rock Ridge (7)<\/li>\n
    8. Little Falls (8)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      AA<\/strong><\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Providence (5)<\/li>\n
      2. Crosby-Ironton (7)<\/li>\n
      3. Red Wing (1)<\/li>\n
      4. New London-Spicer (3)<\/li>\n
      5. Minnehaha (4)<\/li>\n
      6. Sauk Centre (6)<\/li>\n
      7. DGF (8)<\/li>\n
      8. Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton (2)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        A<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Mountain Iron-Buhl (7)<\/li>\n
        2. Kelliher-Northome (8)<\/li>\n
        3. Sleepy Eye St. Mary\u2019s (2)<\/li>\n
        4. NRHEG (1)<\/li>\n
        5. Hillcrest Lutheran (6)<\/li>\n
        6. Central MN Christian (3)<\/li>\n
        7. Mayer Lutheran (4)<\/li>\n
        8. Braham (5)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          THE WEEK THAT WILL BE\u2026<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

          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.<\/p>\n

          Also….not every #1 section seed makes the state. Last year the state champs were<\/p>\n

          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.<\/p>\n

          Here is a handy spreadsheet on what is happening.<\/p>\n

          HNP\u2014Have Not Played;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
          CLASS<\/strong><\/td>\nHighest seed out<\/strong><\/td>\n1st #1 seed out<\/strong><\/td>\n1st ranked team out<\/strong><\/td>\n#1 Seeds alive<\/strong><\/td>\nHighest QRF Out<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          AAAA<\/strong><\/td>\nHNP<\/td>\nHNP<\/td>\nHNP<\/td>\nHNP<\/td>\nHNP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          AAA<\/strong><\/td>\nHNP<\/td>\nHNP<\/td>\nHNP<\/td>\nHNP<\/td>\nHNP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          AA<\/strong><\/td>\nS3S: #4 Windom<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\nAll<\/td>\n#155 Plainview-Elgin-Millville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          A<\/strong><\/td>\nS3S: #4 RTR<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\nAll<\/td>\n#262 RTR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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