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Did some quick math. These teams in the last 19 seasons(no 2020, due to COVID) accounted for 18 state football titles and 6 runners up.
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That means the average of top two finishes per year is guaranteed to come down
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Bold may have been the 2nd, 3rd or maybe even the 4th best team in class A last year. But in reality they had 2 chances to best Minneota and lost by an average of 17 points...
However it would be interesting to see a 16 team format seeding at the section championship round and see that shake out. The 4 teams that played in the semis in 1A were all very good
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I had heard (rumor) Dwight had lobbied to be in the same section and then regretted the decision. Could be true since rocori knocked out Becker in 23 when they were number one in 4a, but Becker would go on to win it all the next year
Might be a good compromise in classes 9 man to 5a that does a good thing but doesn’t substantially impact travel for many teams (8 teams in each class would have one extra long road trip)
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"Could" not necessarily would. I don't think many teams care at that point how far the travel is. The state doesn't care either, especially in 1A look at the quarterfinals round travel for the north teams, I belive they all made 2-4 hour trips
Yup.
Would be awesome if they took final 16
Had all the 1s seeded 1-8
Had all the 2s seeded 9-16
Maybe by QRF because there isn’t much crossover?
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Something isn't adding up.
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Some of the teams were in different classes and different sections over that time. Now they are all placed in 1AA.
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Having grown up in Stewartville, definitely had a lot of battles with almost all of these programs!
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I went back to the year 2000 quickly. Imagine I made a mistake somewhere because the original post was 6 runner-ups.
Champions:
2000 - Triton AA
2002 - Rushford-Peterson A
2004 - Rushford-Peterson A
2006 - Rushford-Peterson A, Caledonia AA
2007 - Caledonia AA
2008 - Caledonia A
2010 - Caledonia AA, Rochester Lourdes AAA
2011 - Caledonia AA
2012 - Caledonia AA
2013 - Chatfield AA
2014 - Rochester Lourdes AAA
2015 - Caledonia AA
2016 - Caledonia AA, Rochester Lourdes AAA
2017 - Caledonia AA
2018 - Caledonia AA, Rochester Lourdes AAA
2019 - Caledonia AA
2021 - Caledonia AA
Runner-Up
2005 - Caledonia AA
2010 - Triton AA
2012 - Rochester Lourdes AAA
2015 - Rushford-Peterson A
2022 - Chatfield 2022
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All 7 of these teams would have at least a decent shot of coming out of Section 2AA. 4 or 5 of them would most likely win it without even being close. I get that sections are created by geography but some competitive balance consideration would be good. I'd also add that I'm a little bit surprised that Rochester Lourdes didn't opt to stay put in section 1AAA with Stewartville moving up. Section 1AA looks to be much tougher to navigate.
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I knew Caledonia was good but that dominance is insane.
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It was. And there were some Chatfield and Triton teams that were probably the second best team in the state many of those years. Great section battles.
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To answer the post you responded to yep, I counted their titles and 2nds from A and AAA. And I might have made the mistake on Runner-ups. I just did it real quick.
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Cannon Falls and Kasson-Mantorville always had good teams too and still do. Byron was never good but now is a power.
Strib is wrong
6a schedules are out. I have them all. But don’t want to write it all down
5 relief schools;
Coon rapids
Hopkins
Eastview
Park cottage grove
Roseville
3 teams have two of them on their schedule
Woodbury
White Bear lake
East ridge
If you have other specific questions let me know but that’s what interested me
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Luckily AAAAAA schools can already start building schedules and gobbling up all the officials. 9-man through AAAAA haven't even been placed into districts yet. Could be another month before that happens. Probably won't find out schedules until after school is out!Strib is wrong
6a schedules are out. I have them all. But don’t want to write it all down
5 relief schools;
Coon rapids
Hopkins
Eastview
Park cottage grove
Roseville
3 teams have two of them on their schedule
Woodbury
White Bear lake
East ridge
If you have other specific questions let me know but that’s what interested me
Yup.
The only benefit of 6a schools being unable to play 5a schools Is they get the schedule first
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Officials don’t get scheduled on games until July. 6A goes through associations and does not directly get their officials.
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Ah OK. Thanks for that clarification.
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BA just went down to 9 player in football. I am not sure why they don't co-op with Faribault HS like they do in other sports. I would make perfect sense as far as numbers go.
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Wow. That seems surprising. I think they used to co-op with SSM for some sports until SSM basically left the high school league altogether.
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Some like to discuss ever changing demographics in high school sports. Here is the first Boys Volleyball State Tournament bracket.
www.mshsl.org
#1 Eden Prairie
#2 Eastview
#3 Rogers
#4 Spring Lake Park
#5 North St. Paul
#6 St. Paul Central
#7 Hopkins
#8 Park Center
2025 State Class A Volleyball, Boys Tournament | MSHSL
State Tournament tickets should be purchased online at MSHSL Tickets State Tournament Souvenir Programs can be found at MSHSL Programs Game stats will be available in the Game Details following each game. Click/tap the blue i in each game to access Game Details.
#1 Eden Prairie
#2 Eastview
#3 Rogers
#4 Spring Lake Park
#5 North St. Paul
#6 St. Paul Central
#7 Hopkins
#8 Park Center
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You just gave me the urge to fire up the Nintendo to play some Kings of the Beach. I wonder if Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos are still alive?Some like to discuss ever changing demographics in high school sports. Here is the first Boys Volleyball State Tournament bracket.
2025 State Class A Volleyball, Boys Tournament | MSHSL
State Tournament tickets should be purchased online at MSHSL Tickets State Tournament Souvenir Programs can be found at MSHSL Programs Game stats will be available in the Game Details following each game. Click/tap the blue i in each game to access Game Details.
#1 Eden Prairie
#2 Eastview
#3 Rogers
#4 Spring Lake Park
#5 North St. Paul
#6 St. Paul Central
#7 Hopkins
#8 Park Center
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6A Districts for Football. Teams will play everyone is their district and then the balance will be cross over games. Not to be confused with Sections which are how teams are seeded into the bracket of 32
Maroon: Coon Rapids, Eastview, Hopkins, Park of Cottage Grove, Roseville
North: Andover, Anoka, Blaine, Centennial, Champlin Park, Osseo, Rogers
South: Eagan, Farmington, Lakeville North, Lakeville South, Prior Lake, Rosemount, Shakopee
West: Eden Prairie, Edina, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Moorhead, St. Michael-Albertville, Wayzata
Maroon is the Relief District and will not be seeded higher than 7 in a section.
Metro
East: East Ridge, Forest Lake, Mounds View, Stillwater, White Bear Lake, WoodburyMaroon: Coon Rapids, Eastview, Hopkins, Park of Cottage Grove, Roseville
North: Andover, Anoka, Blaine, Centennial, Champlin Park, Osseo, Rogers
South: Eagan, Farmington, Lakeville North, Lakeville South, Prior Lake, Rosemount, Shakopee
West: Eden Prairie, Edina, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Moorhead, St. Michael-Albertville, Wayzata
Maroon is the Relief District and will not be seeded higher than 7 in a section.
I don’t envy STMA’s placement