Section Assignments

[FishEye]

Goalie-Dad

Very good points, you are right on...

[MinnGirlsHockey]

The new competitive sections for the 2013-2014, 2014-2015 school years have been published: http://mshsl.org/mshsl/competitiveSectionsone3.asp

I didn't go through all sections yet but I did see a few interesting changes for Girls Hockey.

After some recent updates by the MSHSL, I think below are all of the changes for Girls Hockey beginning in 2013-14.

Change of section but same class:
Mound-Westonka from 2A to 5A
Totino-Grace from 4A to 5A
Chisago Lakes from 7A to 4A
Princeton/Big Lake/Becker from 7A to 5A
Andover from 5AA to 7AA
Buffalo Bison from 6AA to 8AA

Change from AA to A:
Bloomington Kennedy from 2AA to 5A
St. Paul Blades from 4AA to 4A
Minneapolis Novas from 4AA to 5A - LATEST CHANGE

Change from A to AA:
AHA/Richfield from 5A to 2AA
Rogers from 5A to 5AA
St. Louis Park from 5A to 6AA

Section 5A looks quite different than last year and 4AA is down to 7 teams (with no co-op's).

[MinnGirlsHockey]

The new competitive sections for the 2013-2014, 2014-2015 school years have been published: http://mshsl.org/mshsl/competitiveSectionsone3.asp

I didn't go through all sections yet but I did see a few interesting changes for Girls Hockey.

After some recent updates by the MSHSL, I think below are all of the changes for Girls Hockey beginning in 2013-14.

Change of section but same class:
Mound-Westonka from 2A to 5A
Totino-Grace from 4A to 5A
Chisago Lakes from 7A to 4A
Princeton/Big Lake/Becker from 7A to 5A
Andover from 5AA to 7AA
Buffalo Bison from 6AA to 8AA

Change from AA to A:
Bloomington Kennedy from 2AA to 5A
St. Paul Blades from 4AA to 4A
Minneapolis Novas from 4AA to 5A - LATEST CHANGE

Change from A to AA:
AHA/Richfield from 5A to 2AA
Rogers from 5A to 5AA
St. Louis Park from 5A to 6AA

Section 5A looks quite different than last year and 4AA is down to 7 teams (with no co-op's).

Achiever Academy (Northern Educate) has been assigned to Section 4A. 4A now has 9 teams.

[allhoc11]

The new competitive sections for the 2013-2014, 2014-2015 school years have been published: http://mshsl.org/mshsl/competitiveSectionsone3.asp

Change from A to AA:
AHA/Richfield from 5A to 2AA
Rogers from 5A to 5AA
St. Louis Park from 5A to 6AA

Looks like AHA is back in Section 5A, did they tweak the sections again, or did I miss something along the way.

[MinnGirlsHockey]

The new competitive sections for the 2013-2014, 2014-2015 school years have been published: http://mshsl.org/mshsl/competitiveSectionsone3.asp

Change from A to AA:
AHA/Richfield from 5A to 2AA
Rogers from 5A to 5AA
St. Louis Park from 5A to 6AA

Looks like AHA is back in Section 5A, did they tweak the sections again, or did I miss something along the way.

I think you're right, there has been some tweaking going on recently. St. Louis Park is back in 5A too.

Section 4A still looks to be messed up a bit. Earlier Achiever Academy had Great River School and Twin Cities Academy High School in a co-op with them, now all 3 are split apart on the MSHSL website. I'm fairly certain there are 9 teams in 4A (not 11).

[esox101]

Looks like AHA is back in Section 5A, did they tweak the sections again, or did I miss something along the way.

I think you're right, there has been some tweaking going on recently. St. Louis Park is back in 5A too.

Section 4A still looks to be messed up a bit. Earlier Achiever Academy had Great River School and Twin Cities Academy High School in a co-op with them, now all 3 are split apart on the MSHSL website. I'm fairly certain there are 9 teams in 4A (not 11).

Great River is playing with the St Paul Blades (one player). AFAIK the one TCA player is still playing with Achiever Academy.

[AAA Dad]

I think you're right, there has been some tweaking going on recently. St. Louis Park is back in 5A too.

Section 4A still looks to be messed up a bit. Earlier Achiever Academy had Great River School and Twin Cities Academy High School in a co-op with them, now all 3 are split apart on the MSHSL website. I'm fairly certain there are 9 teams in 4A (not 11).

Great River is playing with the St Paul Blades (one player). AFAIK the one TCA player is still playing with Achiever Academy.

Do you mean a previous TCA player is now at Achiever playing JV only?? There are no co-opted players that I know of on AA girls team.

[esox101]

Do you mean a previous TCA player is now at Achiever playing JV only?? There are no co-opted players that I know of on AA girls team.

Yeah. Didn't have a clue whether varsity or JV. Whichever.

[NotMuchToSay]

This is not related to Section Assignments, but interesting facts though. Numbers were taken from the Star Tribune Hub sites:

FOOTBALL
379 - # of Teams
7 - # of Classes (includes 9-Man)
54 - # of Teams per Class

BOYS HOCKEY
182 - # of Teams
2 - # of Classes
91 - # of Teams per Class

GIRLS HOCKEY
142 - # of Teams
2 - # of Classes
71 - # of Teams per Class

[blondegirlsdad]

So 6AA only has 7 teams?

You want that first seed even more now, I would guess.

[MinnGirlsHockey]

This is not related to Section Assignments, but interesting facts though. Numbers were taken from the Star Tribune Hub sites:

FOOTBALL
379 - # of Teams
7 - # of Classes (includes 9-Man)
54 - # of Teams per Class

BOYS HOCKEY
182 - # of Teams
2 - # of Classes
91 - # of Teams per Class

GIRLS HOCKEY
142 - # of Teams
2 - # of Classes
71 - # of Teams per Class

I'm pretty sure that Minnesota has 120 or 121 Varsity Girls Hockey teams. I think the Hubs include some out-of-state teams which is probably reflected in your numbers above.

The MSHSL website currently shows 59 teams in Class A (erroneously inflated by 2 teams in Section 4A as mentioned above) and 64 teams in Class AA. The KRACH rankings currently show 55 teams in Class A and 65 teams in Class AA. Not sure which is correct.

[sinbin]

Will the phantom teams please raise their hands?

[MinnGirlsHockey]

Will the phantom teams please raise their hands?

I think these are the "phantom" teams on the MSHSL site:
Great River School - 4A (co-oping with St. Paul Blades?)
Twin Cities Academy High School - 4A
Breckenridge High School - 6A

So I believe the correct count for 2013-14 is:
56 teams in Class A
64 teams in Class AA
= 120 total
(IF the MSHSL site is correct regarding St. Louis Park, then they should be moved from AA to A in the KRACH and QRF rankings.)

[Marty]

Bloomington High Schools cooped their two girls teams.

4AA and 4A have often had 9 teams before. Play in game required.

[MinnGirlsHockey]

4AA and 4A have often had 9 teams before. Play in game required.

Yes, it looks like 5 sections currently have 9 teams (4A, 5A, 3AA, 5AA, & 8AA) and thus will need a play-in game.

[sinbin]

On the flip side, any sections with only 7 teams?

[goaline]

On the flip side, any sections with only 7 teams?

7A has 6 teams -- single A has fewer than the 64 needed to create 8, 8 team sections