D1 HIGH FIVE

There were 32 teams in action on Saturday.

*Avery Koenen, North Dakota State, Montevideo 26-W

*Alayna Contreras, Middle Tennessee, Hopkins 22-W

*Patience Williams, South Dakota, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 21-W

*Zahara Bishop, Seton Hall, Benilde-St. Margaret’s 21-W

*Laura Hauge, St. Thomas MN, St. Croix Lutheran 20-L

Totals: 110 points, 4-1

Bishop, Hauge, and Williams set new personal bests.

There were two each from AAA and AA, and one from A.

Williams & Bishop both from Benilde-St. Margaret’s.

Bishop & Contreras won state titles.

D2

There were 38 teams in action on Saturday.

Taryn Hamling, Minot State, Grand Rapids 30-W

Audrey Swanson, Southwest MN State, Waconia 28-W

Natalie Bremer, MSU Mankato, Lake City 27-W

Ava Privet, Upper Iowa, Caledonia 25-L

Emma Miller, UM Crookston, St. Michael-Albertville 24-W

Totals: 134 points, 4-1

Hamling, Privet and Swanson set new personal bests.

There were two players each from AAAA and AA schools, one from AAA.

All five made the state tournament.

D3

There were 38 teams in action on Saturday.

Emily Erickson, Bethel MN, Chisago Lakes 29-L

Natalie Beaver, Luther, Hayfield 26-L

Lauren Arnold, St. Benedict, Chanhassen 25-W

Maddy Grove, UM Morris, Morris 21-W

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

Totals: 121 points, 3-2

Arnold, Beaver and Erickson set new personal bests.

There were two AAAA players, and one each from AAA, AA, A.

Beaver made the state tournament.

MN GBB RESULTS

AAAA

#4 Minnetonka 75, Becker 62

#6 Rochester Mayo 60, Lakeville North 50

Alexandria 54, #9 Elk River 51

#10 Waconia 83, Holy Angels 59

AAA

#1 Orono 87, Farmington 34

#4 Stewartville 85, #2 Benilde-St. Margaret’s 76

#9 Delano 73, Mahtomedi 27

#7 Byron 77, New Ulm 39

AA

#4 Duluth Marshall 98, Grand Rapids 33

#10 Minnehaha 62, Jordan 54

A

#6 Central MN Christian 75, Lac qui Parle Valley 32

POINT PARADE

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AAAA

Anysia Pink, Bemidji 28

AAA—-no reports

AA

Chloe Johnson, Duluth Marshall 28

A—-no reports

RANKED RESULTS

Winner High 98 Duluth Marshall

Winner Low 41 Dell Rapids St. Mary’s SD

Loser High 76 Benilde-St. Margaret’s

Loser Low 13 Albert Lea

Biggest Margin 65 Duluth Marshall v Grand Rapids

Smallest Margin 1 Mankato Loyola v Wabasso; Rothsay v Parkers Prairie

Most Combined: 161 Stewartville v Benilde-St. Margaret’s

Least combined: 74 Dell Rapids St. Mary’s SD v Edgerton

Margins 30 or more 12 (34.286%)

Margins 5 or less 5 (14.286%)

Average 54.914

Winner Average 66.20

Loser Average 43.629

Ranked Average 75.417

Nonranked Average 50.672

Average margin 22.571

Average combined: 109.83

Ranked losses: two

AAAA Ave 57.636

AAA Ave 58.19

AA Ave 53.857

A Ave 51.071

WEEK THAT WAS

UNBEATEN

We have a final five. Pine River-Backus went to Braham Tuesday and saw their undefeated season ended.

Now the question is how many can remain unblemished until March? My guess is the best hopes are in A.

Total undefeated left: 5

AAAA: 1  Rosemount

Leaving the list none

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: Pine River-Backus lost to Braham on Tuesday. CHOF???? They disappeared from the MN Scores listing….check your milk cartons for more information.

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

AAAA: Cambridge-Isanti

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

Joining the lists this week is Menahga, also undefeated along with the Wildcats of NLS. Exiting, but without losing, just not enough games, is Hillcrest Lutheran.

Which of these teams can keep the streaks going through March? Again look to the small class for any chance there.

AAAA: 14 Rochester Mayo

AAA: 11 Hill-Murray

AA: 14 New London-Spicer, Menahga

A: 14 NRHEG, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s, Mountain Iron-Buhl

QUEST FOR…

QRF

Five teams dropped last week—#24 Two River; #36 Champlin Park; #106 BOLD; #131 Pine River-Backus; #135 St. Croix Lutheran.

What is the end game? The hope? If I could Casey Kasem this list (top 40) I would be happy. Anything more than that is gravy. Missing four on that list.

Biggest fish not seen? #17 Stewartville

10: 10/10—-1.000

25: 24/25—.960

50: 44/50—.880

75: 59/75—.787

100: 71/100—.710

125: 72/125—.576

150: 78/150—.520

175: 78/175—.446

TOP 10S

Crossed off the list this week was #9A Pine River-Backus. My guess is that they don’t survive listing this week.

AAAA: 10/10-1.000

AAA: 9/10-.900

AA: 8/11 .727

A: 5/10-.500

Overall, it is 32/41 or .780  up .024 from the week before. Glacial progress.

#1S IN EACH SECTION

Checking off Pine River-Backus in 5A West helped. Braham bounced back in front in 5A East. Marshall also moved back in front in 2AAA helping my cause. My hope is to knock off three to four more this week (fingers crossed with weather).

AAAA: 8/8-1.000

AAA: 6/8-.750

AA: 5/9-.556

A: 5/11-.455

Grand totals: 24/36-.667.

SEEDING THE STATE

No changes in the big classes. Norwood-Young America is the newest addition in AA. Perham swaps out with DGF. I’m still not ready to list Menahga in  AA. Schedule is A level. Sauk Centre returns.  BBE joins the party in A. Mayer Lutheran moves up, CMC down.

AAAA

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

AAA

1. Orono (6)
2. Hill-Murray (4)
3. Stewartville (1)
4. Marshall (2)
5. Cretin-Derham Hall (3)
6. Rock Ridge (7)
7. Little Falls (8)
8. Totino-Grace (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. Kelliher-Northome (8)
4. Hillcrest Lutheran (6)
5. Mayer Lutheran (4)
6. NRHEG (1)
7. Central MN Christian (3)
8. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa (5)

WEEK AHEAD

The Martin Luther King day event at St. Catherine’s highlights the start of the week.