Section 4A 2022-23

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Who wins Section 4A?

Mahtomedi
8
62%
Chisago Lakes
1
8%
Simley
1
8%
Someone Else
3
23%
 
Total votes: 13

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Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Thu Oct 27, 2022 8:58 pm

2022 Section 4A Preseason Preview

In Class A high school hockey, there are a few true blueblood programs that seem to appear at the Xcel every March when the State Tournament rolls around. Mahtomedi has become that program in Section 4A as they have won 5 of the last 6 Section Titles in 4A. Looking at this year and how thin 4A has become I am not sure anyone can argue with the opinion that the Zephyrs seem like a lock to represent 4A again. Looking for challengers is tough as St Paul Hockey has taken a hit over recent years and Simley graduated a great senior class. If there is a challenger it will look to be Chisago Lakes but again it will take a miny miracle most likely not to see the Zephyrs back in State this March.

Section 4A Preseason Poll (8 teams)

1- Mahtomedi
2- Chisago Lakes
3- Simley
4- St Paul Academy
5- Two Rivers
6- St Paul Highland Park
7- South St Paul
8- St Paul Johnson

#1 Mahtomedi - The Zephyrs have become “the program” in a very down Section 4A and this team returns serious depth from a group that finished 3rd place a year ago. They return a good core of defenders led by Seniors Cav Bruner & Carson Marshall along with Sophomore Sam Harris who played good minutes to lead a solid group on the blueline. Up front they are led by an outstanding core of Senior forwards returning who all played big minutes in their top three lines a year ago in David Wolsfeld, Charlie Drage, Jonny Grove, Carter Haycraft, Cory Bohmert, Seth Nelson along with Juniors Jake Hodd-Chlebeck & Patrick Egan ready to get more extensive minutes for the Zephyrs who will have a deep experienced team returning if they have an answer for the goalie question they will be very tough to beat this winter again could very well be the team to win it all in Class A let alone Section 4A.

#2 Chisago Lakes- The Wildcats did lose their pair of 70 point scorers to graduation from their 21 win team but they return nearly everything else and should still be a very good team this winter. They return their stand out starting goalie Senior Jack Hanson. They also return a solid group of forwards in Seniors Nikolas Jinks, Cameron Stangl, Cullen Dorcas & Junior Jack Bakken who should provide plenty of scoring depth. They also return their top defenseman in Senior Nathan Bluhm to lead the team's defensive unit. They in total have 13 returning letterwinners coming back and they should be back in the Section Final for 4A this winter.

#3 Simley- The Spartans had a great year last winter with a veteran team but the graduation of 10 seniors last year will cause some growing pains this year. The Spartans return forward Junior Matt Milner and defender Senior Caden Renslow who both had over 20 points last winter to build around. But the Spartans will have a lot of new faces and the big question mark will be net as they lost both of their very good starting goalies to graduation but this team should still be the 3 seed in 4A.

#4 St Paul Academy- After a tough year last winter the Spartans look to have a resurgent year this winter. They return 14 letter winners including their top five scorers led by brothers Senior George Peltier & Sophomore Ethan Peltier. SPA will need to get more consistent goaltending but they do return three goalies all of whom have experience in net. There are enough pieces for this team to earn a 4 seed.

#5 Two Rivers- The Warriors had a very up and down year last year. If Two Rivers is going to make any progress in the 4A this year they will need big contributions from returning leading scorer Senior Casey Bell who had over 30 points last winter and they will also look to Senior Tyler Ouren to build off of some good numbers he put up in the net. Two Rivers will be battling the rest of the middle of the pack in 4A for the 4 seed this winter.

#6 St Paul Highland Park- The Scots coming off a good 10 win season for their program but they did get hit by graduation as they lost their 3 leading scorers from a low scoring team last winter. They do return their starting goaltender Senior Ben Olson and they have their entire D-core back so if they can find scoring they could rise in 4A.

#7 South St Paul- The Packer do return 14 letter winners to try and wash away the pain of a difficult (6-20-0) campaign a winter ago. The problem is that even their leading returning scorer Sophomore Roddick Simons only registered 12 points on the year. The hope is that with all that experience back they will be ready to be more competitive this winter.

#8 St Paul Johnson- This once proud historic program is on life support. There is still doubt if they will even have enough to field a team this winter. But the Govs do have a schedule it looks like and they will need to rely on Sophomore Isaiah Henderson to grow as he is one of the few returners coming back.
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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Sun Nov 27, 2022 7:44 am

Section 4A Rankings (11/27/22)
1- Mahtomedi (2-0-0)
2- Chisago Lakes (0-0-0)
3- Simley (1-1-0)
4- St Paul Academy (0-0-0)
5- Two Rivers (2-0-0)
6- St Paul Highland Park (1-2-0)
7- South St Paul (1-0-1)
8- St Paul Johnson (1-1-0)

Section 4A Outlook- Mahtomedi got off to a nice start winning both their games at the Charity Shield Classic. Simley went .500 at their own Thanksgiving Tournament. Two Rivers got off to a nice start going (2-0) including a win over St. Paul Highland Park. South St. Paul went (1-0-1) in their northern swing against 7A teams.St Paul Johnson went .500 in its journey to Wisconsin for Thanksgiving weekend. All other 4A teams were idle in week #1.
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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:59 am

Section 4A Scores Wednesday & Thursday (11/30 & 12/1)
Two Rivers 2 Bloomington Jefferson 1
Osseo 10 Northern Edge 1
Roseville 8 South St Paul 3

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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Sat Dec 03, 2022 8:14 am

Section 4A Scores Friday (12/2)
Park Rapids 2 South St Paul 1
Mahtomedi 6 East Grand Forks 3
Two Rivers 2 Luverne 2

Section 4A Scores Saturday (12/3)
Simley 5 Red Wing 2
Warroad 7 Mahtomedi 4
Two Rivers 9 Windom 2
Roseville 6 St Paul Academy 1
St Paul Highland Park 5 Rochester Lourdes 2
Conn Rapids 16 Nothern Edge 1
Rochester John Marshall 7 St Paul Johnson 2

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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Sun Dec 04, 2022 8:35 am

Section 4A Rankings (12/4/22)
1- Mahtomedi (3-1-0)
2- Chisago Lakes (0-0-0)
3- Simley (2-1-0)
4- Two Rivers (4-0-1)
5- St Paul Academy (0-1-0)
6- St Paul Highland Park (2-2-0)
7- South St Paul (1-2-1)
8- St Paul Johnson (1-2-0)

Section 4A Outlook- Mahtomedi went .500 up north against two of Class A’s elite teams. Simley beat Red Wing meanwhile their football team won the Prep Bowl. Two Rivers stayed hot improving to (4-0-1) to start the year. St. Paul Highland Park picked up a nice win over Rochester Lourdes. Meanwhile, South St. Paul, St Paul Johnson and St Paul Johnson all picked up losses on the week.
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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Mon Dec 05, 2022 5:09 pm

Section 4A Week #3 Schedule

Tuesday, December 6
St. Paul Academy at South St Paul
Becker Big Lake at Northern Edge
Monticello at Chisago Lakes
St Paul Highland Park at River Falls

Thursday, December 8
Holy Angels at St. Paul Academy
Mahtomedi at STMA
Hastings at Simley
Two Rivers at Tartan
Northern Edge at Dodge County
Chisago Lakes at Little Falls

Friday, December 9
Crookston at St Paul Johnson

Saturday, December 10
St. Thomas Academy at Simley
River Falls at Nothern Edge
South St Paul at Mahtomedi
St Paul Highland Park at Irondale
St Paul Academy at Rochester Lourdes
Crookston at Two Rivers

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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Wed Dec 07, 2022 6:58 am

Section 4A Week #3 Scores

Tuesday, December 6
St. Paul Academy 4 South St Paul 2
Northern Edge 4 Becker Big Lake 3
Monticello 2 Chisago Lakes 2
St Paul Highland Park 5 River Falls 2

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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Fri Dec 09, 2022 6:36 am

Section 4A Week #3 Scores

Thursday, December 8
Holy Angels 9 St. Paul Academy 1
Mahtomedi 7 STMA 4
Hastings 3 Simley 2
Two Rivers 5 Tartan 2
Dodge County 5 Northern Edge 2
Little Falls 6 Chisago Lakes 3

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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by stateofhawkey » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:09 pm

Watch out for Two Rivers. 5-0-1 to start the year. The question though is if they're legit, or if they're playing soft competition. I thought Tartan might bring them back down to earth, but, so much for that.

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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by elliott70 » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:25 pm

Tartan has yet to win against a kinda soft schedule.

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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by Mite-dad » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:58 pm

What schools are included in Two Rivers?

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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Fri Dec 09, 2022 2:20 pm

Mite-dad wrote:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:58 pm
What schools are included in Two Rivers?
Its the old Henry Sibley and they are in a good spot to be the 2 seed in Section 4A. Big week next with more winnable 4A games.

Watched Chisago Lakes against Little Falls last night. Overall Wildcats don't have the scoring punch they did last year which is no surprise. However Junior Jack Bakken was their best player sneaky speed and was all over the ice last night had two goals and came very close to a Hat trick on many occasions.

Right now its Mahtomedi and everyone else but of the everyone else Two Rivers could make the Section Final which would be huge for their program. Other contenders appear to be Simley waiting on them as a Prep Bowl Title in Football held guys out till this week.

Right now 4A looks like- 1 seed Mahtomedi, 2-3 Seeds Two Rivers and Chisago Lakes and 4 seed Simley.... Again, its early but would take a pretty big upset not to see the Zephyrs continue their reign in 4A.

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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Sat Dec 10, 2022 9:42 am

Section 4A Week #3 Scores

Friday, December 9
Crookston 8 St Paul Johnson 0

Saturday, December 10
St. Thomas Academy 11 Simley 0
River Falls 3 Nothern Edge 2
Mahtomedi 3 South St Paul 1
Irondale 2 St Paul Highland Park 1
Rochester Lourdes 6 St Paul Academy 3
Two Rivers 3 Crookston 1

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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Sun Dec 11, 2022 8:43 am

Section 4A Rankings (12/11/22)
1- Mahtomedi (5-1-0)
2- Chisago Lakes (0-1-1)
3- Two Rivers (6-0-1)
4- Simley (2-3-0)
5- St Paul Academy (1-3-0)
6- St Paul Highland Park (3-3-0)
7- South St Paul (1-4-1)
8- St Paul Johnson (1-3-0)

Section 4A Outlook- Mahtomedi and St Paul Academy both picked up a 4A win over South St Paul. Chisago Lakes finally got started and lost and tied in non 4A action. Simley got blown out by St Thomas Academy. Two Rivers stayed hot improving to (6-0-1) to start the year. St. Paul Highland Park picked up a nice win over River Falls. Meanwhile, St Paul Johnson continues to have a very rough start to their year.
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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:26 am

Section 4A Week #4 Scores

Tuesday, December 13
Two Rivers 8 St Paul Johnson 1
St Paul Highland Park 7 Simley 2

Tuesday, December 15
Two Rivers 3 South St Paul 1
Simley 5 Tartan 4

Friday, December 16
Ely 4 St Paul Johnson 2
St Paul Highland Park 7 Mora 2

Saturday, December 17
Southwest Christian 3 St Paul Academy 1

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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Sun Dec 18, 2022 10:12 am

Section 4A Rankings (12/18/22)
1- Mahtomedi (5-1-0)
2- Two Rivers (8-0-1)
3- Chisago Lakes (0-1-1)
4- St Paul Highland Park (5-3-0)
5- Simley (3-4-0)
6- St Paul Academy (1-4-0)
7- South St Paul (1-5-1)
8- St Paul Johnson (1-5-0)

Section 4A Outlook- Mahtomedi & Chisago Lakes both were idle this week due to MN weather. Two Rivers stayed hot improving to (8-0-1) to start the year and picked up 4A wins over St Paul Johnson & South St Paul. St. Paul Highland Park picked up a nice head to head win over Simley to move past them in the 4A rankings. Meanwhile, St Paul Academy lost to 2A SWC.
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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:07 pm

Section 4A Week #5 Scores

Monday, December 19
Osseo 6 Chisago Lakes 3
St Paul Academy 5 Tartan 4

Tuesday, December 20
Roseville 4 Chisago Lakes 3
Stillwater 3 Mahtomedi 1
Bloomington Kennedy 6 Simley 4
Coon Rapids 8 South St Paul 1
Forest Lake 11 Nothern Edge 0

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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Sun Dec 25, 2022 8:13 am

Section 4A Rankings (12/25/22)
1- Mahtomedi (5-2-0)
2- Two Rivers (8-0-1)
3- St Paul Highland Park (5-3-0)
4- Chisago Lakes (0-3-1)
5- Simley (3-5-0)
6- St Paul Academy (2-4-0)
7- South St Paul (1-6-1)
8- St Paul Johnson (1-5-0)

Section 4A Outlook- Mahtomedi dropped a tough game to a good AA Stillwater team on Balley Sports North. Chisago Lakes went (0-2) vs two AA teams and remained winless. St. Paul Academy picked up a win over AA Tartan. Meanwhile, South St Paul, Simley all lost their games in non Section 4A action. Two Rivers, St Paul Highland Park, & St Paul Johnson were all idle on the week and did not play.
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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Mon Dec 26, 2022 3:46 pm

Section 4A Week #6 Scores

Monday December 26, 2022
Princeton 5 Two Rivers 1
St Paul Academy 7 Pine City 4

Tuesday December 27
Princeton 1 St Paul Academy 0
Two Rivers 7 Pine City 0
Simley 3 Southwest Christian 3

Wednesday December 28
St Paul Academy 2 Southwest Christian 2 OT
Two Rivers 5 Marshall 0
Princeton 4 Simley 1

Thursday December 29
St Paul Highland Park 2 St Paul Johnson 0
South St Paul 7 Hastings 0

Friday December 30
Woodbury 5 St Paul Highland Park 2
Bloomington Jefferson 14 St Paul Johnson 0
South St Paul 5 Hopkins 3
Mahtomedi 8 Chisago Lakes 2

Saturday December 31
Farmington 5 St Paul Highland Park 0
Bloomington Jefferson 8 South St Paul 0
Hopkins 8 St Paul Johnson 2

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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Sun Jan 01, 2023 8:12 am

Section 4A Rankings (1/1/23)
1- Mahtomedi (6-2-0)
2- Two Rivers (10-1-1)
3- St Paul Highland Park (6-5-0)
4- Chisago Lakes (0-4-1)
5- Simley (3-6-1)
6- St Paul Academy (3-5-1)
7- South St Paul (2-8-1)
8- St Paul Johnson (1-8-0)

Section 4A Outlook- Mahtomedi showed how wide the gap may be in 4A when they routed Chisago Lakes. Two Rivers dropped their first game of the year to Princeton but did rebound to take 5th. St. Paul Academy went (1-1-1) at the Herb Brooks Classic and Simley took 2nd place. South St Paul, St Paul Highland Park, & St Paul Johnson all played in the South St. Paul Premier Tournament with the Govies placing 8th, Packers taking 6th and Scots taking 4th.

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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Mon Jan 02, 2023 1:48 pm

Section 4A Week #7 Scores

Tuesday January 3
Simley 7 St Paul Johnson 0

Thursday January 5
Tartan 4 South St Paul 3 OT
Chisago Lakes 4 Cambridge Isanti 0
Spooner 6 St Paul Johnson 4
Mound Westonka 3 Two Rivers 2 OT

Friday January 6
St Paul Highland Park 3 Bloomington Kennedy 2

Saturday January 7
St Paul Academy 3 Breck 1
Mahtomedi 2 St Thomas Academy 1
Chisago Lakes 3 Alexandria 0
Hill Murray 1 Two Rivers 0
Simley 5 South St Paul 2

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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Sun Jan 08, 2023 8:17 am

Section 4A Rankings (1/8/23)
1- Mahtomedi (7-2-0)
2- Two Rivers (10-3-1)
3- St Paul Highland Park (7-5-0)
4- Chisago Lakes (2-4-1)
5- Simley (5-6-1)
6- St Paul Academy (4-5-1)
7- South St Paul (2-10-1)
8- St Paul Johnson (1-10-0)

Section 4A Outlook- Mahtomedi picked a nice win over AA St Thomas Academy on the road. Two Rivers dropped two games but showed against Hill Murray they can be dangerous. St. Paul Highland Park won their only game of the week in non section action and Chisago Lakes picked up its first two wins of the year in non Section 4A action. St. Paul Academy picked up a nice non section win over Breck. Simley got two good Section 4A head to head wins over South St Paul & St Paul Johnson.

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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Mon Jan 09, 2023 9:24 pm

Section 4A Week #8 Scores

Tuesday January 10
CDH 6 Mahtomedi 2
Two Rivers 3 Rochester John Marshall 0
La Crescent 8 St Paul Johnson 0
Chisago Lakes 8 Northern Edge 0
St Paul Paul Academy 6 Dodge County 2

Wednesday January 11
Minneapolis 2 St Paul Highland Park 0

Thursday January 12
Rochester john Marshall 4 South St Paul 1
Two Rivers 3 Simley 0
Blake 6 St Paul Academy 1
Mahtomedi 7 Tartan 1
Monticello 4 Chisago Lakes 1

Friday January 13
Mahtomedi 7 Hastings 1
International Falls 12 St Paul Johnson 1

Saturday January 14
Lake of the Woods 6 St Paul Johnson 3
Hill Murray 10 Simley 0
Chisago Lakes 3 South St Paul 1
St Paul Highland Park 3 Baldwin/Woodville 0
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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Wed Jan 11, 2023 4:37 pm

Section 4A PageStat Rankings (1/11/23)
1 MAHTOMEDI
2 CHISAGO LAKES
3 TWO RIVERS
4 ST PAUL HIGHLAND PARK
5 ST PAUL ACADEMY
6 SIMLEY
6 SOUTH ST PAUL
8 ST PAUL JOHNSON

This is how I see it end up being seeded. I think Chisago Lakes will beat Two Rivers, St Paul Academy, South St Paul and Simley down the stretch to claim the 2 seed. Two Rivers is solid at 2 or 3 but the gap between Mahtomedi and everyone else is very large.

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Re: Section 4A 2022-23

Post by ClassAGuy » Sun Jan 15, 2023 8:34 am

Section 4A Rankings (1/15/23)
1- Mahtomedi (9-3-0)
2- Two Rivers (12-3-1)
3- St Paul Highland Park (8-6-0)
4- Chisago Lakes (4-5-1)
5- Simley (5-8-1)
6- St Paul Academy (5-6-1)
7- South St Paul (2-12-1)
8- St Paul Johnson (1-13-0)

Section 4A Outlook- Mahtomedi picked up two wins over non 4A AA teams. Two Rivers got a good shutout 4A win over Simley. St. Paul Highland Park won a game against a Wisconsin team and Chisago Lakes picked up a Section 4A over South St Paul. St. Paul Academy went .500 on the week in non 4A action and St Paul Johnson continues to struggle.

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