Section 6A 23-24

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Section 6A Seeding Projection (2/4/24)
1- Alexandria (11-8-1)
2- Northern Lakes (12-6-0)
3- Fergus Falls (6-15-0)
4- Prairie Centre (7-12-1)
5- Willmar (6-15-1)
6- Morris Benson (11-11-0)
7- Wadena Deer Creek (5-13-0)
8- Breckenridge/Wahpeton (5-15-0)

Section 6A Team Resumes -
Alexandria- Section 6A Record (4-0-0)
6A Wins- NL, FF, Willmar, MBA 6A Losses- None
Section 6A Games Remaining- Fergus Falls & NL

Northern Lakes- Section 6A Record (4-1-0)
6A Wins- FF, WDC, PC, MBA 6A Losses- Alex
Section 6A Games Remaining- Alex

Fergus Falls- Section 6A Record (1-2-0)
6A Wins- Willmar 6A Losses- Alex & NL
Section 6A Games Remaining- Willmar & Alex

Prairie Centre- Section 6A Record (4-4-0)
6A Wins- Willmar, MBA, WDC, BW 6A Losses- NL, WIllmar, MBA, WDC
Section 6A Games Remaining- MBA & BW

Willmar- Section 6A Record (4-4-0)
6A Wins- PC MBA, WDC, BW 6A Losses- FF, PC, MBA, Alex
Section 6A Games Remaining- FF & WDC

Morris Benson- Section 6A Record (4-5-0)
6A Wins- PC,Willmar, BW, WDC 6A Losses- Alex, PC,Willmar, WDC, NL
Section 6A Games Remaining- PC, BW

Wadena Deer Creek - Section 6A Record (3-5-0)
6A Wins- BW, MBA, WDC 6A Losses- NL, BW, Willmar, PC, MBA
Section 6A Games Remaining- Willmar

Breckenridge/Wahpeton - Section 6A Record (1-4-0)
6A Wins- WDC 6A Losses- WDC, Willmar, MBA, PC
Section 6A Games Remaining- MBA & PC

Section 6A Seeding Outlook- The winner of the 2nd meeting between Alexandria & Northern Lakes should determine the #1 and #2 seed. Fergus Falls is the #3 seed and after that it will be interesting right now Prairie Center is at #4 for now winning the 2nd meeting over Willmar & Wadena Deer Creek and the second game over Morris Benson but they will play the Storm again. Cards won the 2nd game of a season split with the Storm to get the 5 seed. The Wolverines won the 2nd game of the series split with Breckenridge/Wahpeton for the 7 seed over the Blades who seem destined for the 8 seed.

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Week 12

Tuesday, February 6
River Lakes at Alexandria
Willmar at Fergus Falls
Prairie Centre at Morris/Benson
Little Falls at Northern Lakes
Breckenridge/Wahpeton at Crookston

Thursday, February 8
St. Cloud at Alexandria
Fergus Falls at River Lakes
Mora/Milaca at Prairie Centre
Moose Lake Area at Northern Lakes

Friday, February 9
Monticello at Alexandria
Sauk Rapids-Rice at Fergus Falls
Morris/Benson at Park Rapids
Prairie Centre at Bagley/Fosston
Kittson County Central at Wadena-Deer Creek

Saturday, February 10
Northern Lakes at Robbinsdale Armstrong/Cooper
Redwood Valley at Wadena-Deer Creek
Breckenridge/Wahpeton at Lake of the Woods

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PageStat
Alexandria 16.97
Northern Lakes 16.02
Fergus Falls 13.97
Morris/Benson 10.24
Prairie Centre 9.84
Willmar 9.42
Breckenridge/Wahpeton 8.10
Wadena-Deer Creek 7.89

QRF (State Class A Rank)
Alexandria 75.4 (13)
Northern Lakes 67.0 (20)
Fergus Falls 48.2 (45)
Morris/Benson 42.3 (54)
Prairie Centre 36.7 (58)
Wadena-Deer Creek 35.3 (63)
Willmar 32.4 (66)
Breckenridge/Wahpeton 27.0 (69)

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Section 6A Week #12 Scores
Tuesday (2/6/24)
#10 Alexandria 3 River Lakes 4
#17 Northern Lakes 0 #15 Little Falls 5
Fergus Falls 6 Willmar 0
Morris/Benson Area 2 Prairie Centre 1
Breckenridge/Wahpeton 2 Crookston 3

Thursday (2/8/24)
#10 Alexandria 5 St Cloud Public 4 OT
#17 Northern Lakes 5 Moose Lake 0
Fergus Falls 1 River Lakes 2
Prairie Centre 4 Mora/Milaca 6

Friday (2/9/24)
#10 Alexandria 3 #9 Monticello 0
Fergus Falls 7 Sauk Rapids 2
Prairie Centre 4 Bagley/Fosston 0
Wadena-Deer Creek 6 Kittson County Central 1
Morris/Benson Area 2 Park Rapids 0

Saturday (2/10/24)
#17 Northern Lakes 4 Armstrong/Cooper 3
Wadena Deer Creek 5 Redwood Valley 2
Breckenridge/Wahpeton 1 Lake of the Woods 4

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Section 6A Seeding Projection (2/11/24)
1- Alexandria (13-9-1)
2- Northern Lakes (14-7-0)
3- Fergus Falls (8-16-0)
4- Morris Benson (13-11-0)
5- Prairie Centre (8-14-1)
6- Willmar (6-16-1)
7- Wadena Deer Creek (7-13-0)
8- Breckenridge/Wahpeton (5-17-0)

Section 6A Team Resumes -
Alexandria- Section 6A Record (4-0-0)
6A Wins- NL, FF, Willmar, MBA 6A Losses- None
Section 6A Games Remaining- Fergus Falls & NL

Northern Lakes- Section 6A Record (4-1-0)
6A Wins- FF, WDC, PC, MBA 6A Losses- Alex
Section 6A Games Remaining- Alex

Fergus Falls- Section 6A Record (2-2-0)
6A Wins- Willmar x2 6A Losses- Alex & NL
Section 6A Games Remaining- Alex

Morris Benson- Section 6A Record (5-5-0)
6A Wins- PC x2,Willmar, BW, WDC 6A Losses- Alex, PC,Willmar, WDC, NL
Section 6A Games Remaining- BW

Prairie Centre- Section 6A Record (4-5-0)
6A Wins- Willmar, MBA, WDC, BW 6A Losses- NL, WIllmar, MBA x2, WDC
Section 6A Games Remaining- BW

Willmar- Section 6A Record (4-5-0)
6A Wins- PC MBA, WDC, BW 6A Losses- FF x2, PC, MBA, Alex
Section 6A Games Remaining- WDC

Wadena Deer Creek - Section 6A Record (3-5-0)
6A Wins- BW, MBA, WDC 6A Losses- NL, BW, Willmar, PC, MBA
Section 6A Games Remaining- Willmar

Breckenridge/Wahpeton - Section 6A Record (1-4-0)
6A Wins- WDC 6A Losses- WDC, Willmar, MBA, PC
Section 6A Games Remaining- MBA & PC

Section 6A Seeding Outlook- The winner of the 2nd meeting between Alexandria & Northern Lakes should determine the #1 and #2 seed. Fergus Falls is the #3 seed and after that it will be interesting right now Morris Benson looks good for the 4 seed winning 2 of 3 games over Prairie Centre. The Northstars get the 5 due to winning the important 2nd games in splits with Willmar & Wadena Deer Creek. The Wolverines won the 2nd game of the series split with Breckenridge/Wahpeton for the 7 seed over the Blades who seem destined for the 8 seed.

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Week 13, section playoffs start next Tuesday

Tuesday, February 13
Alexandria at Northern Lakes
Morris/Benson at Breckenridge/Wahpeton
Prairie Centre at Redwood Valley
Wadena-Deer Creek at Willmar

Thursday, February 15
Alexandria at Fergus Falls
Breckenridge/Wahpeton at Prairie Centre
Park Rapids at Morris/Benson
Northern Lakes at Proctor
River Lakes at Willmar

Friday, February 16
Northern Lakes at Lake of the Woods
Red Lake Falls at Wadena-Deer Creek

Saturday, February 17
Northern Lakes at Warroad

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PageStat
Alexandria 17.03
Northern Lakes 15.93
Fergus Falls 14.32
Morris/Benson 10.53
Prairie Centre 9.94
Willmar 9.51
Breckenridge/Wahpeton 8.27
Wadena-Deer Creek 8.11

QRF (Class A Rank)
Alexandria 85.0 (11)
Northern Lakes 76.0 (19)
Fergus Falls 51.8 (47)
Morris/Benson 49.9 (50)
Prairie Centre 41.1 (58)
Wadena-Deer Creek 39.2 (61)
Willmar 34.9 (65)
Breckenridge/Wahpeton 30.1 (69)

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From Lakeland PBS Sports out of Bemidji on Monday night, a segment on the Wadena-Deer Creek Hockey team.

https://youtu.be/YUPvt5NaX9Y?si=mBJlktjnEsEncKhF

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From Lakeland PBS Sports out of Bemidji on Monday night, a segment on the Wadena-Deer Creek Hockey team.

https://youtu.be/YUPvt5NaX9Y?si=mBJlktjnEsEncKhF

Nice video and Kudos to WDC hopefully things get better numbers wise. Roster of 12 and 11 skaters wow

Interesting to note that they are not alone as Kittson County Central this year has a Roster of 14 but 3 are goalies so they only have 11 skaters as well

Great to see those kids keeping programs alive!

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Looks like tonight's game between Alexandria and Northern Lakes will be on the Alexandria Hudl feed.

https://fan.hudl.com/usa/mn/alexandria/ ... igh-school

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Looks like tonight's game between Alexandria and Northern Lakes will be on the Alexandria Hudl feed.

https://fan.hudl.com/usa/mn/alexandria/ ... igh-school

And now it is not showing up on the schedule.

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Section 6A Week #13 Scores
Tuesday (2/13/24)
#12 Alexandria 5 #17 Northern Lakes 2
Prairie Centre 7 Redwood Valley 4
Willmar 3 Wadena-Deer Creek 2 OT
Morris/Benson 4 Breckenridge/Wahpeton 2

Thursday (2/15/24)
#12 Alexandria 6 Fergus Falls 2
#17 Northern Lakes 4 #11 Proctor 1
Prairie Centre 6 Breckenridge/Wahpeton 1

Friday (2/16/24)
#17 Northern Lakes 6 Lake of the Woods 0
WIllmar 0 River Lakes 5
Wadena Deer Creek 5 Red Lake Falls 7

Saturday (2/17/24)
#17 Northern Lakes 0 #4 Warroad 3

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02/14/2024 Computerized Rankings

PageStat
Alexandria 17.18
Northern Lakes 15.83
Fergus Falls 14.32
Morris/Benson 10.44
Prairie Centre 9.71
Willmar 9.46
Breckenridge/Wahpeton 8.23
Wadena-Deer Creek 8.08

QRF (Class A Rank)
Alexandria 88.3 (9)
Northern Lakes 76.7 (19)
Fergus Falls 55.4 (43)
Morris/Benson 51.7 (49)
Prairie Centre 42.2 (57)
Wadena-Deer Creek 39.1 (61)
Willmar 38.0 (63)
Breckenridge/Wahpeton 31.0 (68)

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Official 6A Seeds
1. Alexandria
2. Northern Lakes
3. Fergus Falls
4. Morris/Benson
5. Prairie Centre
6. Willmar
7. Wadena-Deer Creek
8. Breckenridge/Wahpeton

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Section 6A Playoff Preview- Section 6A has often been forgotten in recent years after realignment took away two of the powerhouse programs, SCC & Little Falls to 5A, and left the section to be dominated by remaining power in Alexandria. To the Cards credit they have done just that as they have gone to state in the downsized 6A and started to become a regular in St Paul in recent years. However, a three peat is not a given as young and upcoming Northern Lakes appears to be on the doorstep and ready to break through and show the state the Lightning are for real and will be around for a while. Also, you have the historic rival in Fergus Falls as the Otters have come up just short losing in three consecutive section final games and don't want the same fate this year. The rest of the section are smaller sized true class A schools that continue to work to try and put a complete line up on the ice. Will we have a 3 peat in 6A or are the times changing and is there new blood ready to take the 6A crown.

Section 6A
QF 2/20 High Seed
SF 2/24 MAC
F 2/29 MAC

Section 6A Seeds
1- Alexandria (15-9-1)
2- Northern Lakes (16-9-0)
3- Fergus Falls (8-17-0)
4- Morris Benson (14-11-0)
5- Prairie Centre (10-14-1)
6- Willmar (7-17-1)
7- Wadena Deer Creek (7-15-0)
8- Breckenridge/Wahpeton (5-19-0)

The Favorite- Alexandria comes into the 6A playoffs looking to three-peat and return to St Paul again. For many in their senior class they don't know much different as every year of varsity has been spent ending at the X. This team does have its flaws as they have had struggles scoring at times this year but up front Seniors Leo Kompelien, Gavin Olson, Evan Anderson have been their big scorers and as the team improved in the second half they got good depth scoring from youngsters Sophomores Evan Klimek & Brody Berg and 9th grader Grady Olson.On defense Seniors Jack Lamski & Gage Castle along with Sophomore Niklas Schultz & 9th grader Grady Suchy have played big minutes and provided stability in their own end. Senior Brady Metcalf has become the main guy in net this year and Alexandria looks to be again the favorite in Section 6A having not lost a section game yet this year.

The Challenger- Northern Lakes appears to be the main challenger to Alex’s 3-peat attempt. As the Lightning have had a very nice year and this is a young and growing program that is on the doorstep of becoming a regular Class A contender. Up front they have plenty of scoring punch as they are led by Seniors Taylor Berg & Logan Verville who along with Juniors Drew Paulback, Easton Anderson & Jerome Martin all have been productive this year. On blueline Senior Isaac Peterson is as smooth as they come and Junior Wyatt Balmer is tough nosed heavy shot defenseman and young playmaking 9th grader Grant Vershey leads their group from the backend. Goaltender Senior Nigel DeSanto has plenty of experience and they will need him at the top of his game if they want to break through in 6A.

The Dark Horse- Fergus Falls has had a rough year overall as the Otter overall have plodded along with a sub .500 record. However, as they showed in their upset over Sartell & St. Cloud Public, they can be a dangerous team and could make a surprising run in 6A. If they are going to do that they will need a big playoff performance out of their main forwards forwards Senior Kellen Stenstrom, Shane Zierden & Junior Jack Welde along with defenseman Senior Leighton Buckmeier as beyond those four depth has been pretty limited for the Otters and they haven't been able to find a guy in net to replace their 4 year starter from a season ago. While a 4th straight section final appearance does not appear likely if there was one team to crash the party in 6A Fergus Falls appears to be it.

Section Scary- Prairie Centre would appear to be the best bet to make noise as a lower seed. The North Stars do have some good scoring up front as underclassman Sophomore James Rieland & 9th Grader Leyton Fuchs along with Seniors Jesse Williams & Zac Bick have all put the puck in the back of the net regularly on the year. However, depth and the back end have been the issue for this team but if they can play a tough hard nosed game in their own end they could pull an upset and reach the final four for the 2nd time ever in program history.

The Rest- Morris Benson has had another decent year and the Storm will be looking to make the Section Semifinals for the 2nd time in the last 3 years after previously never being in a semifinal in program history. The Storm go as Seniors Charlie Goff & Tucker Blume along with Junior Zach Wrobleski go as those three are catalysts to their attack and they will need to score as they have struggled with consistency in the net. Willmar was a once proud program that has really hit tough times over the recent years. There does appear to be optimism for the future as they are led by Sophomore Gibson Horyza & 9th grader Aden Jacobson to give them hope for more competitive years in the future. Wadena Deer Creek has done well just surviving the year as low numbers have been the theme of their year. The Wolverines will rely on their duo of Juniors Cooper Ness & Carson Davis to carry the load as they have done for much of the year. Breckenridge/Wahpeton has played one of the youngest lineups in the state and while the results were not overwhelming they got a ton of experience and made progress this year. The Blades are led by 9th graders Jaxson Lopez & Isaiah Bruechert and Sophomores Kai McDonald & Isaiah Bruechert to give this program lots to look forward to in the coming years.

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Section 6A QF Games
#1 Alexandria 14 #8 Breckenridge/Wahpeton 0
#4 Morris Benson 7 #5 Prairie Centre 4
#3 Fergus Falls 2 #6 Willmar 0
#2 Northern Lakes 9 #7 Wadena Deer Creek 1

Section 6A SF Games @ MAC Arena
#1 Alexandria 4 #4 Morris Benson 0
#2 Northern Lakes 7 #3 Fergus Falls 3