Class A Top Twenty - Final Regular Season

[BSUBeaver]

SECTION 6A

1 St. Cloud Cathedral VS 9 Breckenridge/Wahpeton
5 River Lakes VS 4 Little Falls

3 Alexandria VS 6 Fergus Falls
7 Prairie Centre VS 2 Sartell-St. Stephen


SEMIS
ST CLOUD CATH VS LITTLE FALLS
ALEX VS SARTELL


FINALS
ST CLOUD CATH VS ALEX

TO THE X
ST CLOUD CATH

Nope, nope, nope.... Alex was able to make it as a three seed last year and will do it again this year! Go Cards!

[elliott70]

SECTION 6A

1 St. Cloud Cathedral VS 9 Breckenridge/Wahpeton
5 River Lakes VS 4 Little Falls

3 Alexandria VS 6 Fergus Falls
7 Prairie Centre VS 2 Sartell-St. Stephen


SEMIS
ST CLOUD CATH VS LITTLE FALLS
ALEX VS SARTELL


FINALS
ST CLOUD CATH VS ALEX

TO THE X
ST CLOUD CATH

Nope, nope, nope.... Alex was able to make it as a three seed last year and will do it again this year! Go Cards!

Well, I certainly will be cheering for them. Like I said, upsets are waiting to happen in lots of places.

[Reg77]

1- Mankato East
2- Orono
3- Marshall
4- Gentry
5- Pine City
6- SCC
7- Hermantown
8- Warroad

[Stang5280]

Posting a flurry of my section picks... sorry if they are rather safe and boring.

Section 1A

Semis
Mankato East vs Mankato West
MN River vs Albert Lea

Final
East vs Albert Lea

to the X
Albert Lea

[Stang5280]

Section 2A

Semis
Orono vs Breck
Minneapolis vs Delano

Final
Orono vs Delano

to the X
Orono

[Stang5280]

Section 3A

Semis
Marshall vs Luverne
Litchfield vs New Ulm

Final
Marshall vs Litchfield

To the X
Marshall

[Stang5280]

Section 4A

Semis
St Paul Academy vs Totino
Northfield vs Mahtomedi

Finals
Totino vs Mahtomedi

To the X
Totino

[Stang5280]

Section 5A

Semis
Monticello vs Pine City
Princeton vs North Branch

Finals
Monticello vs North Branch

to the X
Monticello

[Stang5280]

Section 6A

Semis
St. Cloud Cathedral vs Little Falls
Alexandria vs Sartell

Final
St. Cloud Cathedral vs Alexandria

TO THE X
St. Cloud Cathedral

[Stang5280]

Section 7A

Semis
Hermantown vs Virginia
Greenway vs Denfeld

Finals
Hermantown vs Greenway

To the X
Hermantown

[Stang5280]

Section 8A

Semis
East Grand Forks vs Crookston
Warroad vs Thief River Falls

Finals
East Grand Forks vs Thief River Falls

To the X
Thief River Falls

[elliott70]

So Stang, you stuck your neck out (a bit) on Section 1.



not much faith in Breck????

[elliott70]

OK Stang, Reg77 might as well get in on it also.
Section 2 3 6 & 7 are locks.

We have the other 4 with each having different teams.
Most out of those 4 at the X is the winner.
Other two provide beverage of choice to the other two.
We can figure out logistics later (since I am guaranteed to win).

[Stang5280]

So Stang, you stuck your neck out (a bit) on Section 1.



not much faith in Breck????

1A is such a crapshoot between the top three, but I don’t really trust Easf to put together two good games in the semis and final, and MN River is hard to read based on their schedule (though they would be a nice story going to state). Albert Lea has some nice results recently like crushing Century and tying Hastings, so I hitched my wagon to them.

Unfortunately I don’t have much faith in Breck taking out Orono. They are good enough to hang around with better teams, but lack scoring punch to pull off upsets. Delano’s finish in jumping up to #2 threw a wrench in that whole section.

If I would have known this was a contest, I probably wouldn’t have gone with TRF. That was a bit of a contrarian pick, but oh well. They certainly can make things difficult for Warroad and EGF at the least, and there are always a few weird sectional games. But of course you’ll probably win

[Stang5280]

Totally random question, but I always wondered why hockey never really took off more in St. Peter. It’s a pretty small community in a nontraditional area, but I would think that the Gustavus presence would stir up more interest. I don’t think they even contribute a large portion of the players to the MN River cooperative. Anyone have insights?

[elliott70]

My predictions (ACTUAL):
Section 1 Final
East vs MN River to the X MN River
Rochester Lourdes vs Mankato East
Albert Lea vs Minnesota River

Section 2 Final
Orono vs Delano to the X Orono
Orono vs Delano

Section 3 Final
Marshall vs Litchfield To the X Marshall
Hutchinson vs New Ulm

Section 4Finals
Totino vs Mahtomedi To the X Mahtomedi
Totino vs St Paul Academy
So St Paul vs Mahtomedi

Section 5 Finals
Chisago Lakes vs North Branch to the X North Branch
Chisago Lakes vs North Branch

Section 6 FINALS
ST CLOUD CATH VS ALEX TO THE X ST CLOUD CATH
ST CLOUD CATH VS ALEX

Section 7 Finals
Hermantown vs Denfeld To the X Hermantown
Hermantown vs Greenway

Section 8 Finals
East Grand Forks vs Warroad To the X East Grand Forks
East Grand Forks vs Warroad

So with 6 of 8 section finals set, I am 9 for 12.

(Stupid section 3 cannot get anything right.)

[elliott70]

Totally random question, but I always wondered why hockey never really took off more in St. Peter. It’s a pretty small community in a nontraditional area, but I would think that the Gustavus presence would stir up more interest. I don’t think they even contribute a large portion of the players to the MN River cooperative. Anyone have insights?

College town, too many smart people.

[Stang5280]

Not quite as good for yours truly. Of the six completed semifinals, I have 8 of 12 correct. The elimination of Monticello and TRF really hurts my chances for the next round, but I could make up ground if Albert Lea and Totino-Grace advance out of their respective sections.

Section 1A
Semis
Mankato East vs Mankato West
MN River vs Albert Lea

Final
East vs Albert Lea
Albert Lea to the X

Section 2A
Final
Orono vs Delano
Orono to the X

Section 3A
Final
Marshall vs Litchfield
Marshall to the X

Section 4A
Semis
St Paul Academy vs Totino
Northfield vs Mahtomedi

Final
Totino vs Mahtomedi
Totino to the X

Section 5A
Final
Monticello vs North Branch
Monticello to the X

Section 6A
Final
St. Cloud Cathedral vs Alexandria
St. Cloud Cathedral to the X

Section 7A
Final
Hermantown vs Greenway
Hermantown to the X

Section 8A
Final
East Grand Forks vs Thief River Falls
Thief River Falls to the X

[bardown27]

Figured this would be the best place to talk about this, but interesting that so far with every A section final that has been played, not a single 1 seed has advanced to the tournament.

Mankato East is out in 1A
Orono has section final tonight
Marshall is out in 3A
Totino has section final tomorrow
Monitcello is out in 5A
SCC has section final tonight
Hermantown is out in 7A
EGF has section final tonight

Can Delano, Mahtomedi, Alex, and Warroad pull upsets and send ZERO 1 seeds to state?

[elliott70]

Figured this would be the best place to talk about this, but interesting that so far with every A section final that has been played, not a single 1 seed has advanced to the tournament.

Mankato East is out in 1A
Orono has section final tonight
Marshall is out in 3A
Totino has section final tomorrow
Monitcello is out in 5A
SCC has section final tonight
Hermantown is out in 7A
EGF has section final tonight

Can Delano, Monticello, Alex, and Warroad pull upsets and send ZERO 1 seeds to state?

Mahtomedi not Monti but would that be something.