Seeding 4, 3x1000, 3xOverbye, Kopfmann 3s, AAU/HS

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MINNESOTA REPORTS first edition
AAAA
1. #2 Hopkins beat Rochester John Marshall 64-36. Both teams could get to the state tournament as RJM is at the top in 1AAAA. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

2. Andover beat Champlin Park 70-62 with Aubrey Draves playing with a broken finger. She delivered 20 points.

3. #7 St. Cloud Tech beat Sauk Rapids 61-26. Plus other results from the St. Cloud Times.

4. Bemidji beat Pequot Lakes 72-58. From the Bemidji Pioneer.

AAA
1. #8 Fergus Falls beat Sartell 49-39 in a key 8AAA contest. I reported on this last night in my Out 7 About.

2. #9 New Prague beat Hutchinson 54-38 in Missota action.

3. Orono is undefeated in the Wright County still after a 57-41 win over Litchfield.

4. Willmar beat Alexandria in a battle of Cardinals 55-48. From the West Central Tribune.

AA
1. Caledonia upset #9 Kingsland 69-57.

2. #3Eden Valley-Watkins beat Kimball 85-39 with the one-two punch of Junker & Linz combing for 58 points.

3. A pair of ranked Minnesota River teams continued to roll. #4 Holy Family beat Montgomery-Lonsdale 55-34 while #6 Jordan jumped Sibley East 75-34.

4. #7 Braham downed Moose Lake-Willow River 71-45. Becca and Hannah Dahlmann combined for 39 points for Braham. Both are in junior high.

5. Whitney Ryan of Kenyon-Wanamingo reached the 1000 point mark with 19 in a 48-40 loss to Pine Island.

New London-Spicer beat Foley 63-42. plus other results in the West Central Tribune.

GFW beat BOLD 57-23. plus other results in the New Ulm Journal.

A
1. #9 Hancock beat Parkers Prairie 71-47. Hancock's Bree Holleman reached the 1000 point mark with 34. From the West Central Tribune.

2. Unbeaten #6 Battle Lake beat Brandon-Evansville 70-60. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal

3. Rushford-Peterson beat Grand Meadow 48-47 in overtime. From the Austin Daily News.

4. Eagle Valley outlasted Upsala 80-78 in 2 overtimes.

5. Lyle-Pacelli beat MN Deaf 48-34. It was LP's first win of the year. From the Austin Daily Herald.

Adrian beat SW MN Christian 73-61. Ellsworth beat Hills-Beaver Creek 46-44 on a last second basket by Brooke Kramer. plus other results from the Worthington Daily Globe.

Renville County West beat MACCRAY 52-43. plus other results form the West Central Tribune.

Murray County Central beat Westbrook-Walnut Grove 58-47. From the Marshall Independent.

Sleepy Eye St. Mary's beat McLeod West 79-42. From the New Ulm Journal.

FEATURES
Mountain Iron-Buhl has three Overbyes: junior McKenzie, sophomore Ashley and freshman Charlotte, and all three are featured in the Duluth News Tribune.

Claire Kopfmann of Minneota favors the 3. From the Marshall Independent.

#1AA Crookston's Camille Wahlin is closing in on 2000. From the Grand Forks Herald.

MILESTONES
Andrea Gould of Wrenshall joined the 1000 point club last week. She is the third Wrenshall player to reach the mark on this year's team. Danielle and Samantha Anderson each are over 1500.

Theairra Taylor of St. Paul Central is due to pass the 1000 point mark tonight. She is four off the mark.

SEEDING
The State High School League took one step forward and one step back yesterday. Now all the State tournament sports will be seeded, but only to the fourth seed. From the StarTribune.
My Take:
Apparently some teams will be traumitzed by being the 8th seed. Their season will be a complete waste. Or maybe they are trying to protect the #1 seed from the humiliation of being beat by the #8 seed. That can happen and did happen last year in South Dakota where Sioux Falls Roosevelt beat Brandon Valley, a team they beat by 20+ during the year.
Get over yourselves. Rank the teams 1-8. Or if you rank only 1-4 in the state, rank 1-4 in the sections and have a "blind" draw in sections too. It seems no one cares about the sniff, sniff "feewings" sniff, sniff of the #12 seed in the sections. Be consistent. Have some guts. Do the right thing.

AAU VS HS
The StarTribune has their final installment in their round table with a examination of the AAU/High School dynamic.

INJURY UPDATE
Kelley Swenson of Dawson-Boyd is out for the year with an ACL.

POINT PARADE
AAAA
Tara Flahavan, Champlin Park 27 vs Andover 62-70
Aliana Debalek, Irondale 26 vs Cooper 58-50
AAA
Colleen Raune, Benilde-St. Margaret's 26 vs Visitation 61-36
AA
Amber Junker, Eden Valley-Watkins 31 vs Kimball 85-39
Lindsey Olson, Plainview-Elgin-Millville 28 vs St. Charles 71-62
Hannah Linz, Eden Valley-Watkins 27 vs Kimball 85-39
Robin Nelson, Brooklyn Center 26 vs St. Agnes 76-55
Ava Perry, Wabasha-Kellogg 26 vs Fillmore Central 67-57
Christine Burkhardt, Wabasha-Kellogg 26 vs Fillmore Central 67-57
Chelsea Gran, Caledonia 25 vs Kingsland 69-57
A
Bree Holleman, Hancock 34 vs Parkers Prairie 71-47
Charlotte Overbye, Mt Iron-Buhl 32 fs Cook 70-72
Brooke Kramer, Ellsworth 29 vs Hills-Beaver Creek 46-44
Emily Youngstrom, Cook 28 vs Mt. Iron-Buhl 72-70
Abby Evavold, Battle Lake 27 vs Brandon-Evansville 70-60
Trisha Frye, Cotton 26 vs Babbitt-Embarrass 95-76
Chelsea Nagle, Fillmore Central 26 vs Wabasha-Kellogg 57-67
Brianna Spronk, SW MN Christian 25 vs Adrian 61-73

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