Realignment

#1 posting 3.6.2007
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MINNESOTA REPORTS
MONDAY'S RESULTS
Their were few upsets. The lowest seed to beat a top seed was #3 Fairmont beating #1 MN Valley Lutheran in the 2AA West subsection finals. The biggest name to drop was #3 in class A Cedar Mountain-Comfrey to Tomahawk rival New Ulm Cathedral 46-38. Today there are tons of semis as the roller coaster rides continue.
AAA
7: Duluth East got by Milaca 59-47 in the semis. plus Hibbing's 47-34 win over Grand Rapids from the Duluth News Tribune.
AA
2: Hayfield won the east title with a convincing 61-33 win over New Richland-Heartland-Ellendale-Geneva. From the Rochester Post Bulletin and Albert Lea Tribune.
In the west it was an upset with #3 Fairmont beating MN Valley Lutheran 65-54. From the Fairmont Sentinel, Mankato Free Press and New Ulm Journal.
6: Albany crunched Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 79-42. plus other recaps from the St. Cloud Times.
A
2: I gave you the New Ulm Catherdral vs Cedar Mt. Comfrey game in the out & about last night. Now you can read more from the New Ulm Journal and Mankato Free Press.
I also delivered the Springfield/Nicollet game. From the New Ulm Journal. Krystal Schwanke of Springfield went over the 1000 point mark in the game. She had 22 on the night.
5: Hancock powered past KMS 64-53 to the subsection final today. From the West Central Tribune.
6: #1 Ada-Borup tripped up Park Christian 71-36. From the Fargo Forum.

PLAYOFF SITES
AAAA
8: finals at St. Benedict on Friday with Moorhead facing St. Cloud Tech.
AAA
6: semis at Maple Grove today
A
4: They play on Wednesday at Fridley

SECTION REALIGNMENT
The state has sliced and diced the schools into new pies this year. Every two years they realign sections. For example Hopkins and Mpls South will be in one section. Both are #1s in their section now.
I haven't digested it all yet, but Section 3 in AAAA looks like an unpleasant place to be. Using the current #1 seeds in AAAA Section 1 would be vacant. The only one left standing now is Northfield who is in AAA this year. Section 2 would be vacant. Section 3 has Rosemount as a #1 seed today. Section 4 still has St. Paul Central. Section 5 has Centennial and Osseo. Section 6 has Hopkins and Mpls South. Section 7 has Duluth East, but they are a #1 seed in AAA. Section 8 is pretty much unchanged.
Check out the mapping feature. It is pretty interesting.

LATE REPORTS
Rosemount broke away from Rochester Century in the first half and cruised to a 74-54 win on Saturday. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
New Life upended favorite Goodhue 73-67 on Saturday in the 1A West final. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
Battle Lake trounced Eagle Valley 68-39. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

POINT PARADE for games of Mar 5, 2007
AA
Rebecca Friestleben, Holy Family 32 vs St. Anthony 81-87 ot
Jenny Ostrom, St. Anthony 30 vs Holy Family 87-81 ot
Brittany Chambers, Jordan 25 vs Breck 61-29

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Next up: parade of states; college report, and More Out & Abouts later tonight