Deer River Rally, Epic Heavyweight Battle on Tap

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MINNESOTA REPORTS

SECTION RESULTS
AAAA
7: #7 Blaine is still alive with another upset win. This time the victim was #3 seed Duluth East 45-36. The Bengals now are 7-21 and one game away from the show. From the Duluth News Tribune.
#1 seed St. Francis beat #5 Andover 65-58.
Both were reported in a Spy Out & About last night.

AAA
6: I reported on the wins last night in my out & abouts. DeLaSalle beat Waconia 53-42, and Orono won the rubber match with Delano 48-44 in overtime.

AA
7: Deer River stunned Esko 73-66 in the 7AA semisfinals. Esko had an 11 point lead with 7 minutes to go. Also in the story--future Gopher 6-7 Amber Dvorak and Hinckley-Finlayson are still standing with a 67-42 win over Virgina. From the Duluth News Tribune.


SECTION PREVIEWS
AAA
1: Austin takes on New Prague on Friday. Defense and depth will factor into the outcome. On Nov. 30 Austin beat NP 48-38. From the Austin Post Bulletin.
2: Southwest conference rivals Worthington and Marshall play for the right to go to state tonight. The Tigers full court defense may be a key tonight. From the Worthington Daily Globe and Marshall Independent.
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3: SW Star is looking for their first tournament entry. They play RTR tomorrow. From the Worthington Daily Globe.
8: The Grand Forks Herald looks at the Northern Freeze vs Lake of the Woods match up along with the 8AA game between Crookston and Pequot Lakes.

Also today:
AAAA:
4: St. Paul Central vs Woodbury at Concordia St. Paul (bring money to park)
5: Centennial vs Osseo at Anoka
6: BEST BET The epic Heavyweight battle of Hopkins vs Minneapolis South. These two played each other in the Hopkins championship which the Royals won. Having run the numbers for the games I have seen with these teams, this is the tale of the tape.
team, pp100, floor %, Dpp100, Dfloor%
Hopkins 96.9, .455; 80.8, .387
Minneapolis South 104.7, .487; 77.8, .383
They key to this game will be at the line. South usually shoots more than the 13 chances they had the last time against Hopkins. The Royals went to the line 28 times. It will come down to fouls and free throws. Here is the report from that December match up.
This game is at Osseo.
AAA
2: Worthington vs Marshall at MSU Mankato
3: Totino-Grace vs Fridley at Anoka
4: Minnehaha vs St. Paul Johnson at St. Paul Arlington
AA
1: Caledonia vs Rochester Lourdes at the Mayo Civic in Rochester
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1: Rushford-Peterson vs Bethlehem Academy at the Mayo Civic in Rochester.

AWARDS
St. James has passed out their year end awards. From the St. James Plaindealer.

Next up: later this morning with more reports