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Interesting scores in 6A. Some blowouts and some really really close games.

Minnetonka, Blaine, Shakopee, Edina and Maple Grove dominated.

North, Anoka and Mounds View had close games.....Anoka and Mounds View crazy close 1 point victories.
 


OK - Scores from Friday 11/1

9-pl:
Sect 1: #5 LeRoy-Ostrander/Lyle/Pacelli 38, Kingsland 27 (1 seed over 3 seed)
Sect 2: Renville County West 12, New Ulm Cathedral 0 (2 seed over 4 seed)
Sect 3: #4 Hills-Beaver Creek 37, Mt Lake Area 8 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 7: #2 Mountain Iron-Buhl 34, #9 Cherry 28 (1 seed over 2 seed)

1A:
Sect 1: #4 Goodhue 52, #9 Fillmore Central 7 (1 seed over 3 seed)
Sect 2: Lester Prairie 14, United South Central 6 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 3: #2 Springfield 20, Murray County Central 10 (1 seed over 3 seed)
Sect 4: #5 Upsala-Swanville 19, #8 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 12 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 5: #1 Minneota 34, #6 BOLD 28 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 6: Parkers Prairie 42, West Central Area 12 (3 seed over 1 seed)
Sect 7: Deer River 8, Mille Lacs 6 (1 seed over 2 seed)

2A:
Sect 1: #2 Chatfield 24, #8 Caledonia 14 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 2: Triton 52, Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 20 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 3: #3 Jackson County Central 48, Pipestone 7 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 4: #4 Norwood-Young America 21, Cannon Falls 14 (3 seed over 4 seed)
Sect 5: #5 Kimball Area 26, Holdingford 20 (1 seed over 3 seed)
Sect 6: #10 Staples-Motley 36, Osakis 30 (1 seed over 3 seed)
Sect 8: #1 Barnesville 46, Hawley 22 (1 seed over 3 seed)

3A:
Sect 1: #1 Stewartville 48, Pine Island 0 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 2: #5 Dassel-Cokato 33, Litchfield 18 ( 1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 3: #8 Fairmont 17, #4 Waseca 12 (2 seed over 1 seed)
Sect 4: Holy Family Catholic 34, Minneapolis North 28 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 5: #7 Annandale 44, St. Cloud Cathedral 0 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 6: #3 Albany 29, Minnewaska Area 21 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 8: #6 Fergus Falls 23, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 17 (1 seed over 2 seed)

4A:
Sect 1: #4 Byron 42, Kasson-Mantorville 7 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 2: #7 Marshall 35, Hutchinson 13 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 3: #8 Hill-Murray 49, Simley 42 (OT) (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 4: #2 Totino-Grace 47, St. Anthony Village 6 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 5: Holy Angels 34, Benilde-St. Margaret's 14 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 6: #9 Orono 32, #6 Providence Academy 18 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 7: #10 Hermantown 35, North Branch 28 (2 seed over 1 seed)
Sect 8: #1 Becker 28, #3 Princeton 7 (1 seed over 2 seed)

5A:
Sect 1: #2 Owatonna 38, Rochester John Marshall 15 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 2: Chanhassen 21, Mankato East 14 (1 seed over 3 seed)
Sect 3: St. Thomas Academy 29, Apple Valley 14 (2 seed over 4 seed)
Sect 4: Cretin-Derham Hall 28, Tartan 14 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 5: #4 Robbinsdale Armstrong 28, #9 Robbinsdale Cooper 20 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 6: Monticello 19, Spring Lake Park 0 (1 seed over 3 seed)
Sect 7: #3 Elk River 59, #5 Andover 28 (1 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 8: #7 Alexandria 48, #1 Moorhead 44 (2 seed over 1 seed)

6A:
Sect 3 (#4) Lakeville North 17, Sect 5 Champlin Park 13 (1 seed over 5 seed)
Sect 5 Anoka 35, Sect 3 Lakeville South 34 (2 seed over 3 seed)
Sect 6 (#5) Minnetonka 49, Sect 3 Rochester Mayo 7 (1 seed over 5 seed)
Sect 5 (#10) Blaine 53, Sect 4 (#7) Forest Lake 21 (3 seed over 2 seed)
Sect 4 (#9) Mounds View 28, Sect 6 Prior Lake 27 (1 seed over 5 seed)
Sect 6 (#2) Shakopee 42, Sect 5 St. Michael-Albertville 6 (2 seed over 6 seed)
Sect 5 (#1) Maple Grover 34, Sect 6 (#6) Eden Prairie 0 (1 seed over 4 seed)
Sect 6 (#3) Edina 42, Sect 3 (#8) Eagan 21 (3 seed over 2 seed)
 

Addendum: by my count, out of 49 games on Friday, there were 6 games where a lower-seeded team beat a higher-seeded team. four section titles go to #3 seeds.

there were four games where a #1 seed was defeated.

remember to set your clocks back one hour Saturday night/early Sunday morning. It will get dark way too freaking early Sunday night.
 


balds said:
August 29

Farmington 28
Mounds View 26


October 25

Prior Lake 42
Farmington 14

I think Mounds View is in trouble tonight.
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Matchups matter a lot

I would’ve picked farmington over Moundsview but I thought and was correct MV won tonight

When teams 4-20 are all close some matchups are better for some than others
 

I’m going to go with a final four of

Minnetonka
Anoka
Maple Grove
Shakopee

This is a really balanced final 8.
 

Some guy said:
Matchups matter a lot

I would’ve picked farmington over Moundsview but I thought and was correct MV won tonight

When teams 4-20 are all close some matchups are better for some than others
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Yep some can pound and some finesse. If you can’t emulate the opponent in practice it can be tough.

Forest Lake sold out to stop the Blaine QB from running and got torched through the air. 5 TD passes. Anything that could go wrong went wrong for FL. 4 turnovers.
 

short ornery norwegian said:
Addendum: by my count, out of 49 games on Friday, there were 6 games where a lower-seeded team beat a higher-seeded team. four section titles go to #3 seeds.

there were four games where a #1 seed was defeated.

remember to set your clocks back one hour Saturday night/early Sunday morning. It will get dark way too freaking early Sunday night.
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More support that 7/8 seeds need to go away.
 




balds said:
Prior Lake went for two and the win and failed. I would've played for OT. Great game.
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Champlin Park threw an interception in the endzone to be stopped against Lakeville North.
 

some of these seedings are a bit odd
 

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MSHSL with another great showing of not caring about MN 'STUDENT" athletes...

Why are any of these games played on Thursday, and try not make it about revenue. Many teams are going to travel 2+ hours on a Thursday night and have school in the morning. If it wasn't just about the almighty dollar these games would all be on Friday night
 




GophersInIowa said:
I went through 9 man and A first round games. For 9 man, there were only two 5 over 4 seed "upsets". That's it, no 6, 7 or 8 seed playing in the 2nd round.

For A, there were five 5 over 4 upsets but that was also it for them.

Many of the 5 over 4 games included at least one team that didn't play a lot of games against teams from their section.
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Of the 16 section winners in 9 man and 1A, 15 were #1 or #2 seeds. Only Parkers Prairie as a #3 seed won their section but they could have been easily the 1 or 2 seed.
 

Hermantown and Orono have to travel to Alexandria to play. Yes, that makes a lot of sense.
(I know schools bid on the playoffs, but still...)
 

theTurning said:
some of these seedings are a bit odd
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It’s because sections are seeded within the section.

Edina is a 3 seed behind Minnetonka and shakopee

They are not behind anyone else. MV is a 1 seed over forest lake and Stillwater, not over shakopee or Eagan
 

Some guy said:
It’s because sections are seeded within the section.

Edina is a 3 seed behind Minnetonka and shakopee

They are not behind anyone else. MV is a 1 seed over forest lake and Stillwater, not over shakopee or Eagan
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What’s going on in 5A?
 


Ranger692 said:
MSHSL with another great showing of not caring about MN 'STUDENT" athletes...

Why are any of these games played on Thursday, and try not make it about revenue. Many teams are going to travel 2+ hours on a Thursday night and have school in the morning. If it wasn't just about the almighty dollar these games would all be on Friday night
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I think the sites are more willing to staff sites on Thursdays.

Some will laugh but it hunting opening weekend.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
I think the sites are more willing to staff sites on Thursdays.

Some will laugh but it hunting opening weekend.
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Sure, but the MSHSL are making sure that these schools don't have much for a crowd. Look at some of these Thursday games... Thursday night at Rock Ridge in Virginia. Parkers Prairie and Upsala Swanville, 2 schools that were in the same conference just a few years back and are omly 40 miles apart. Both traveling 4 hours to play on a Thursday.

I get that its deer hunting, I also get a school district should not put in for a bid and then try make sure they can staff it. Should probably be brought up at a school board meeting and people sign up WAY in advance. Deer hunting is a great MN tradition, and we all know when it starts. NOT an EXCUSE to not be able to staff an event YOU signed up for

Maybe not having games in the FARTHEST corners of the state is a good idea? Or maybe 6A should start having state tournament games up in Bemidji, Roseau and Duluth so some of the ELITES can see what people out state deal with every single year
 

Ranger692 said:
Sure, but the MSHSL are making sure that these schools don't have much for a crowd. Look at some of these Thursday games... Thursday night at Rock Ridge in Virginia. Parkers Prairie and Upsala Swanville, 2 schools that were in the same conference just a few years back and are omly 40 miles apart. Both traveling 4 hours to play on a Thursday.

I get that its deer hunting, I also get a school district should not put in for a bid and then try make sure they can staff it. Should probably be brought up at a school board meeting and people sign up WAY in advance. Deer hunting is a great MN tradition, and we all know when it starts. NOT an EXCUSE to not be able to staff an event YOU signed up for

Maybe not having games in the FARTHEST corners of the state is a good idea? Or maybe 6A should start having state tournament games up in Bemidji, Roseau and Duluth so some of the ELITES can see what people out state deal with every single year
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I don't know the solution as travel is inevitable. You need seats and turf.
Example:
No turf in Mankato. No lights at Gustavus. Those are the 4/5A sites in south central MN.

Maybe the north south split will be considered when reclassing.
 



MaxyJR1 said:
I don't know the solution as travel is inevitable. You need seats and turf.
Example:
No turf in Mankato. No lights at Gustavus. Those are the 4/5A sites in south central MN.

Maybe the north south split will be considered when reclassing.
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Janesville has turf. It is plenty big enough. Owatonna has turf. These playoffs don't get the crowds like they used to.
 

maroonfive said:
Janesville has turf. It is plenty big enough. Owatonna has turf. These playoffs don't get the crowds like they used to.
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Often grandparents would rather watch online than travel and sit in the cold.
 



MaxyJR1 said:
I don't know the solution as travel is inevitable. You need seats and turf.
Example:
No turf in Mankato. No lights at Gustavus. Those are the 4/5A sites in south central MN.

Maybe the north south split will be considered when reclassing.
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IMHO its more that we are playing games on Thursday than the distance traveled. A game on a Friday evening and long travel fine, a game on Thursday and long travel, now were are messing with 2 days of school and work...

Why dpses MN love non Friday night games??? Its like MSHSL takes some strange pride in forcing 9man-5A to be different while 6A stays on Friday with the rest of the country. All these teams playing on Thursday evening next week will have played more games not of Friday night than they will have played under the "Friday night lights"
 

Ranger692 said:
MSHSL with another great showing of not caring about MN 'STUDENT" athletes...

Why are any of these games played on Thursday, and try not make it about revenue. Many teams are going to travel 2+ hours on a Thursday night and have school in the morning. If it wasn't just about the almighty dollar these games would all be on Friday night
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I'm not saying I agree with it, but there are a few valid reasons to have games on Thursday Night.

- Semis at the Zygi Dome start the following Thursday. Teams that play this Thursday have a full week of rest/preparation.

- Teams that play Thursday can host Friday (and vice versa) thus allowing Staff to attend both.

- Potentially allows for coaches (head & assistant) to scout in person.
 

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