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Eagan with the nice 2 pt win over Lakeville South and North with a 27-20 win over Farmington. Rosemount and Roch. Mayo were ppd. due to weather.

Eagan and North clash next Friday night at Lakeville North.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
Eagan with the nice 2 pt win over Lakeville South and North with a 27-20 win over Farmington. Rosemount and Roch. Mayo were ppd. due to weather.

Eagan and North clash next Friday night at Lakeville North.
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Very interested to see how that Eagan/North game goes next week. Won't be surprised if Eagan finds a way to get the W.

Rosemount and Rochester Mayo are playing at 3:30 today since the friggin lightning wouldn't go away in Rochester last night.
 

a few games to watch:

9-pl: #4 Hills-Beaver Creek (3-0) at H-L-O-F (3-0)
-- #6 Verndale (3-0) at Bertha-Hewitt (2-1)

1A: Blooming Prairie (3-0) at #4 Goodhue (3-0)
-- #8 Browervile/Eagle Valley at #10 Upsale-Swanville (3-0)

2A: Pillager (3-0) at Staples-Motley (3-0)
-- Paynesville (2-1) at #2 Eden Valley-Watkins (3-0)
-- Redwood Valley (3-0) at Pipestone (3-0)
-- #5 Cannon Falls (3-0) at #6 Caledonia (2-1)
-- #9 Norwood-Young America (3-0) at Randolph (3-0)

3A: East Grand Forks (3-0) at #10 Fergus Falls (3-0)
-- #7 Pine Island (3-0) at #1 Stewartville (3-0)
-- #8 Pierz (3-0) at #4 Albany (3-0)

4A: #7 Providence Academy (2-1) at #5 Mound Westonka (3-0)
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on a completely different note. news has broken that Mt Lake Area Head football coach Tim Kirk is dealing with a very serious health situation. the prognosis - based on what I have been told - is not very hopeful. Kirk is trying to coach out the current season. I've know Tim for almost 25 years. a really good dude. this just sucks. it absolutely sucks. Mt Lake Area is off to a 3-0 start. root for the Wolverines this season, and say a prayer for Tim Kirk and his family.
 






The boy didn't want to go to the Wayzata homecoming game. I was okay, because I was cool with having a fire on the patio on a nice evening and not dealing with crowds. Seemed like a good decision, since they've given up 48 to Edina so far. Wayzata is not a good team this year.
 




dog mustard said:
I’m seeing the final as JCC 61 - 14 LH, maybe running clock in the second half
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Yeah and JCC pulled starters and completely changed their play calls by the 2nd quarter to not run up the score further.
 

dog mustard said:
I’m seeing the final as JCC 61 - 14 LH, maybe running clock in the second half
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according to Twitter the 3rd quarter - by unanimous consent - was 3 minutes long. then running time for a 12-minute 4th quarter.

meanwhile I was watching a wacky game. Windom beat TMB 54-42. game just got done at about 9:55 or so.
 

and some scores:

9-pl: #4 Hills-Beaver Creek (3-0) at H-L-O-F (3-0) -- HBC 50, HLOF 14
-- #6 Verndale (3-0) at Bertha-Hewitt (2-1) -- Bertha-Hewitt 20, Verndale 14
(also) #2 Mountain Iron-Buhl 88, Cass Lake-Bena 6

1A: Blooming Prairie (3-0) at #4 Goodhue (3-0) -- Goodhue 39, Blooming Prairie 28
-- #8 Browervile/Eagle Valley at #10 Upsala-Swanville (3-0)--Upsala-Swanville 20, Browerville-EV 0

2A: Pillager (3-0) at Staples-Motley (3-0) -- Staples-Motley 43, Pillager 25
-- Paynesville (2-1) at #2 Eden Valley-Watkins (3-0)-- Eden Valley-Watkins 46, Paynesville 16
-- Redwood Valley (3-0) at Pipestone (3-0)-- Pipestone 28, Redwood Valley 6
-- #5 Cannon Falls (3-0) at #6 Caledonia (2-1)-- Caledonia 41, Cannon Falls 20
-- #9 Norwood-Young America (3-0) at Randolph (3-0)--Norwood-YA 42, Randolph 32

3A: East Grand Forks (3-0) at #10 Fergus Falls (3-0)-- Fergus Falls 21, East Grand Forks 14
-- #7 Pine Island (3-0) at #1 Stewartville (3-0)-- Stewartville 19, Pine Island 0
-- #8 Pierz (3-0) at #4 Albany (3-0)--Albany 34, Pierz 12

4A: #7Providence Academy (2-1) at #5Mound Westonka (3-0)--
Providence Academy 14, Mound Westonka 3
 

short ornery norwegian said:
according to Twitter the 3rd quarter - by unanimous consent - was 3 minutes long. then running time for a 12-minute 4th quarter.

meanwhile I was watching a wacky game. Windom beat TMB 54-42. game just got done at about 9:55 or so.
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JCC will have a couple more of these yet this season.
 



short ornery norwegian said:
according to Twitter the 3rd quarter - by unanimous consent - was 3 minutes long. then running time for a 12-minute 4th quarter.

meanwhile I was watching a wacky game. Windom beat TMB 54-42. game just got done at about 9:55 or so.
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Good for Windom?. What's their record? TMB isn't a slouch.
 


swede2 said:
Good for Windom?. What's their record? TMB isn't a slouch.
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Windom is 2-2 with one loss in OT. TMB's QB is an athlete - really good basketball player. basically, neither team could stop the other. Windom came up with an INT and a fumble recovery on defense, and that gave them the margin they needed.
 

Friday night my alma mater plays at the school I pay my property taxes to:

Highland Park at Two Rivers.
 

Two Rivers is 12-2 since the beginning of last year. A large part of that is the new co-head coach, and their juniors and seniors being by far the two best classes the school has had in a long time; no one can tell just how good they are as this two-year cycle has them playing a district schedule that includes five games against Mpls or St. Paul schools. I'll be shocked if they lose during the regular season, and they potentially have a chance against St. Thomas in section play this year.
 

short ornery norwegian said:
a few games to watch:

9-pl: #4 Hills-Beaver Creek (3-0) at H-L-O-F (3-0)
-- #6 Verndale (3-0) at Bertha-Hewitt (2-1)

1A: Blooming Prairie (3-0) at #4 Goodhue (3-0)
-- #8 Browervile/Eagle Valley at #10 Upsale-Swanville (3-0)

2A: Pillager (3-0) at Staples-Motley (3-0)
-- Paynesville (2-1) at #2 Eden Valley-Watkins (3-0)
-- Redwood Valley (3-0) at Pipestone (3-0)
-- #5 Cannon Falls (3-0) at #6 Caledonia (2-1)
-- #9 Norwood-Young America (3-0) at Randolph (3-0)

3A: East Grand Forks (3-0) at #10 Fergus Falls (3-0)
-- #7 Pine Island (3-0) at #1 Stewartville (3-0)
-- #8 Pierz (3-0) at #4 Albany (3-0)

4A: #7 Providence Academy (2-1) at #5 Mound Westonka (3-0)
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on a completely different note. news has broken that Mt Lake Area Head football coach Tim Kirk is dealing with a very serious health situation. the prognosis - based on what I have been told - is not very hopeful. Kirk is trying to coach out the current season. I've know Tim for almost 25 years. a really good dude. this just sucks. it absolutely sucks. Mt Lake Area is off to a 3-0 start. root for the Wolverines this season, and say a prayer for Tim Kirk and his family.
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Dang, I coached vs Tim for a few years.
Great guy. His son was a heck of a player for them as well.

Is there a caring bridge or anything?
 

xyz1 said:
Two Rivers is 12-2 since the beginning of last year. A large part of that is the new co-head coach, and their juniors and seniors being by far the two best classes the school has had in a long time; no one can tell just how good they are as this two-year cycle has them playing a district schedule that includes five games against Mpls or St. Paul schools. I'll be shocked if they lose during the regular season, and they potentially have a chance against St. Thomas in section play this year.
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Maybe. That section interesting. Nobody plays each other so some games are huge.
Two rivers beat hastings
Hastings beat Jefferson
Two rivers probably earned themselves the two seed with those two results.

If Jefferson had beaten Hastings, I think the best seed they would’ve gotten was 4. Because SOS arguments will overpower their record.

Will be interesting to see how seeding works out but would guess it’ll end up:
1) st Thomas
2) two rivers
3) Hastings
4) Jefferson vs valley loser
5) jefferson vs valley loser
6) Kennedy


If Jefferson had beaten Hastings it would’ve ended up:
1) STA
2) Jefferson vs valley winner
3) Jefferson vs valley loser
4) two rivers (even if unbeaten)
5) Hastings
6) Kennedy
 
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Football state rankings​

First-place votes in parentheses, record, total points
CLASS 6A
1. Lakeville North (6), 4-0, 113
2. Maple Grove (4), 4-0, 107
3. Minnetonka (2), 4-0, 100
4. (tie) Shakopee, 4-0, 80
4. (tie) Edina, 3-1, 80
6. Eagan, 3-1, 55
7. Stillwater, 3-1, 42
8. Eden Prairie, 2-2, 33
9. Blaine, 3-1, 25
10. Anoka, 2-2, 8
Also receiving votes: Buffalo 7, Centennial 5, Lakeville South 3, St. Michael-Albertville 2.
CLASS 5A
1. Alexandria (9), 4-0, 117
2. Moorhead (2), 4-0, 106
3. Owatonna (1), 4-0, 91
4. Andover, 3-1, 78
5. Robbinsdale Armstrong, 4-0, 60
6. Elk River, 3-1, 59
7. Mankato West, 3-1, 53
8. Mankato East 3-1 29
9. St. Thomas Academy, 3-1, 16
10. Two Rivers, 4-0, 15
Also receiving votes: Minneapolis Washburn 9, Chanhassen 8, Rochester John Marshall 7, Chaska 6, Waconia 4, Monticello 1, Rogers 1
CLASS 4A
1. Becker (10), 4-0, 117
2. Totino-Grace (2), 4-0, 106
3. Orono, 4-0, 97
4. Duluth Denfeld, 4-0, 72
5. Providence Academy, 3-1, 67
6. Princeton, 4-0, 43
7. Byron, 3-1, 38
8. Hutchinson, 2-2, 23
9. Mound-Westonka, 3-1, 21
10. Rocori, 3-1, 15
Also receiving votes: North Branch 11, Detroit Lakes 10, Holy Angels 8, Kasson-Mantorville 8, Hill-Murray 5, St. Paul Johnson 5, Chisago Lakes 3, Marshall 3, Hermantown 1, New Ulm 1
CLASS 3A
1. Stewartville (12), 4-0, 120
2. Dassel-Cokato, 4-0, 104
3. Fairmont, 4-0, 84
4. Albany, 4-0, 78
5, Pequot Lakes, 4-0, 74
6. Holy Family, 4-0, 65
7. Waseca , 3-1, 41
8. Fergus Falls, 4-0, 35
9, (tie) Morris/Chokio-Alb., 4-0, 16
9. (tie) Pine Island, 3-1, 16
Also receiving votes: Pierz 11, Annandale 8, Luverne 8, Worthington 1
CLASS 2A
1. Barnesville (8), 4-0, 112
2. Eden Valley-Watkins, (1) 4-0, 103
3. Chatfield (3), 4-0, 98
4. Jackson County Central, 4-0, 82
5. Caledonia, 3-1, 54
6. Triton, 4-0, 49
7. Holdingford, 4-0, 44
8. Norwood Young America, 4-0, 36
9. Barnum, 4-0, 24
10. Cannon Falls, 3-1, 22
Also receiving votes: International Falls 15, Kimball Area 15, Pipestone Area 2, St. Agnes 1.
CLASS 1A
1. Minneota (12), 4-0, 120
2. Springfield, 4-0, 103
3. Mahnomen/Waubun, 4-0, 87
4. Goodhue, 4-0, 85
5. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, 4-0, 66
6. Dawson-Boyd, 4-0, 51
7. Parkers Prairie, 4-0, 44
8. Upsala/Swanville, 4-0, 36
9. BOLD, 3-1, 33
10. Lester Prairie, 4-0, 10
Also receiving votes: Ada-Borup-West 9, Blooming Prairie 7, Fillmore Central 5, Browerville-Eagle Valley 2, Red Lake County 2.
NINE-PLAYER
1. Nevis (8), 4-0, 116
2. Mountain Iron-Buhl (3), 4-0, 103
3. Fertile-Beltrami (1), 4-0, 86
4. Hills-Beaver Creek, 4-0, 78
5. Cherry, 4-0, 60
6. LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle-P, 4-0, 59
7. Spring Grove, 4-0, 50
8. Goodridge/Grygla, 4-0, 35
9. Fosston, 4-0, 19
10. Hancock, 4-0, 13
Also receiving votes: Kingsland 8, Mountain Lake Area 7, Stephen-Argyle 7, Bertha-Hewitt 6, Cromwell-Wright 5, Verndale 5.
 

Really interested to see what happens when Eagan and Lakeville North play on Friday. North is a very beatable #1.

On a side note, kind of crazy to see Lakeville South and Rosemount sitting at the halfway point with 1-3 records.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Really interested to see what happens when Eagan and Lakeville North play on Friday. North is a very beatable #1.

On a side note, kind of crazy to see Lakeville South and Rosemount sitting at the halfway point with 1-3 records.
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There appear to be several 6A teams that have a legit shot to win it this year. The winner of this week's Shakopee-Minnetonka game should be considered the mid-season favorite IMO.
 

prespsguy said:
There appear to be several 6A teams that have a legit shot to win it this year. The winner of this week's Shakopee-Minnetonka game should be considered the mid-season favorite IMO.
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Definitely doesn't feel like there is a dominant team in 6A. Some good teams but no great ones.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Definitely doesn't feel like there is a dominant team in 6A. Some good teams but no great ones.
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People always assume parity means a decline in overall quality. Not saying it is the case right now, but it's possible there are several great teams.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Really interested to see what happens when Eagan and Lakeville North play on Friday. North is a very beatable #1.

On a side note, kind of crazy to see Lakeville South and Rosemount sitting at the halfway point with 1-3 records.
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The section I don’t know if it has any state title contenders. But teams 1-6 (south, north, rosemount, Eagan, farmington, Mayo) are all top 15-18 teams to me.
 

prespsguy said:
People always assume parity means a decline in overall quality. Not saying it is the case right now, but it's possible there are several great teams.
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I agree with that generally but 6a football is not very good right now.
There are teams that were .500 in 2018 that would win the state title going away this year, in my opinion.

Teams don’t have any depth anymore. So many guys going both ways. Injuries wreck teams, the wrong two guys get injured and you’re down 4 starters. Teams from 6-10 years ago would simply wear down most teams now.
 

Some guy said:
I agree with that generally but 6a football is not very good right now.
There are teams that were .500 in 2018 that would win the state title going away this year, in my opinion.

Teams don’t have any depth anymore. So many guys going both ways. Injuries wreck teams, the wrong two guys get injured and you’re down 4 starters. Teams from 6-10 years ago would simply wear down most teams now.
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Good point on the depth. Football, even in 6A, doesn't have the numbers it used to.
 

prespsguy said:
There appear to be several 6A teams that have a legit shot to win it this year. The winner of this week's Shakopee-Minnetonka game should be considered the mid-season favorite IMO.
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IMO, I don't see the Champion outside of these schools. Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Edina.
 

prespsguy said:
People always assume parity means a decline in overall quality. Not saying it is the case right now, but it's possible there are several great teams.
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Maybe, but the team I am close to is Rosemount and this is not a very good Rosemount team compared to previous years and yet they were right there with North who is supposedly the #1 team according to the rankings.
 

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