Section 8A 2022-23

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Section 8A PageStat Rankings (1/21/23)
1 WARROAD 16 0 0 1.000 96 21 22.92
2 EAST GRAND FORKS 11 6 0 0.647 56 45 19.01
3 DETROIT LAKES 11 4 1 0.719 73 39 16.13
4 THIEF RIVER FALLS 8 9 1 0.472 70 54 16.10
5 RED LAKE FALLS 8 7 0 0.533 85 65 12.42
6 KITTSON CENTRAL 8 8 0 0.500 83 68 12.32
7 BAGLEY 11 6 0 0.647 85 57 11.71
8 PARK RAPIDS 8 5 0 0.615 43 44 11.61
9 CROOKSTON 2 14 0 0.125 38 84 11.29
10 LAKE OF THE WOODS 4 11 0 0.267 48 91 8.24

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Section 8A Week #10 Scores

Monday January 23
Detroit Lakes 3 Northern Lakes 2 OT

Tuesday January 24
Greenway 5 Lake of the Woods 4
Park Rapids 3 Prairie Centre 1
Kittson County Central 8 Crookston 1
Warroad 5 Roseau 2
Red Lake Falls 8 Bagley/Fosston 6

Thursday January 26
Park Rapids 4 Northern Lakes 0

Friday January 27
Park Rapids 5 Ely 0
Kittson County Central 8 Wadena Deer Creek 8
Detroit Lakes 6 Lake of the Woods 2
Thief River Falls 9 Greenway 2
Duluth Marshall 3 Bagley Fosston 1

Saturday January 28
Warroad 4 Moorhead 2
Bagley/Fosston 7 Ely 1
East Grand Forks 6 Greenway 1
Hibbing/Chisholm 4 Thief River Falls 2
Red Lake Falls 7 International Falls 3

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Section 8A Rankings (1/29/23)
1- Warroad (18-0-0)
2- East Grand Forks (12-6-0)
3- Detroit Lakes (13-4-1)
4- Thief River Falls (9-10-1)
5- Park Rapids (11-5-0)
6- Kittson County Central (9-8-1)
7- Red Lake Falls (10-7-0)
8- Bagley/Fosston (12-8-0)
9- Crookston (2-15-0)
10- Lake of the Woods (4-13-0)

Section 8A Outlook- Warroad picked up two wins vs 8AA teams this week. East Grand Forks picked up a win in non Section 8A action. Detroit Lakes got an important 8A win over Lake of the Woods. Thief River Falls picked up a split vs Section 7A teams over the weekend. Park Rapids won three more games and has now won 7 games in a row. Kittson County Central picked up a Section 8A win over Crookston. Red Lake Falls got an important 8A win and sweep over Bagley/Fosston.

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Section 8A Week #11 Scores

Monday January 30
Park Rapids 2 Crookston 2 OT

Tuesday January 31
Warroad 5 Bemidji 3
Moorhead 5 East Grand Forks 3
Detroit Lakes14 Breckenridge/Wahpeton 1
Red Lake Falls 7 Park Rapids 4
Kittson County Central 9 Lake of the Woods 5

Thursday February 2nd
Grand Forks Central 2 East Grand Forks 1
Park Rapids 9 Lake of the Woods 0
Bagley/Fosston 4 Mayville/Portland 0
Grafton/Park River 7 Red Lake Falls 0
Kittson County Central 7 Breckenridge/Wahpeton 3

Friday February 3rd
Warroad 5 Thief River Falls 0
Greenway 2 Crookston 1

Saturday February 4th
Warroad 4 Grand Forks Central 0
Brainerd 4 Detroit Lakes 3
Red Lake Falls 4 Greenway 3
Grafton/Park River (N.D.) 7 Lake of the Woods 0
Kittson County Central 8 International Falls 3

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Section 8A Rankings (2/5/23)
1- Warroad (21-0-0)
2- East Grand Forks (12-8-0)
3- Detroit Lakes (14-5-1)
4- Thief River Falls (9-11-1)
5- Kittson County Central (12-8-1)
6- Red Lake Falls (12-8-0)
7- Park Rapids (12-6-1)
8- Bagley/Fosston (13-8-0)
9- Crookston (2-16-1)
10- Lake of the Woods (4-16-0)

Section 8A Outlook- Warroad is currently the #1 seed as they are unbeaten in Section 8A and on season so far still. East Grand Forks is also unbeaten in 8A with big wins over both Detroit Lakes & Thief River Falls. The Lakers and Prowlers tied so 3 and 4 seeds are gonna be curious. After that all bets are off Kittson County Central owns Sweeps over Red Lake Falls, Crookston & Lake of the Woods. The Bearcats have lost to both Park Rapids & Bagley/Fosston but they play both a second time and control their fate for the 5 seed. After that RLF swept B/F and won the second game over PR for the 6 seed. PR and B/F play this week for the 7 seed and the Pirates and LOW are the 9 and 10 seed.

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Section 8A Standings
QRF
Seed Team Section Overall
Warroad 4-0-0 21-0-0
East Grand Forks 3-0-0 12-8-0 3.3 2.6 87.4 5 Lost 2
Detroit Lakes 5-2-1 14-5-1 4.9 2.4 69.3 15 Lost 1

Red Lake Falls 6-4-0 12-8-0 5.5 4.4 56.3 31 Won 1
Thief River Falls 4-3-1 9-11-1 3.6 3.0 53.8 33 Lost 2
Park Rapids Area 5-3-1 12-6-1 3.7 3.1 53.4 34 Won 1

Kittson Central 6-4-0 12-8-1 5.9 4.2 52.7 36 Won 3
Bagley/Fosston 5-3-0 13-8-0 5.1 3.4 47.5 43 Won 2
Lake of the Woods 0-10-0 4-16-0 3.1 6.5 33.3 65 Lost 6
Crookston 1-10-1 2-16-1

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Section 8A Standings
QRF
Seed Team Section Overall
Warroad 4-0-0 21-0-0
East Grand Forks 3-0-0 12-8-0 3.3 2.6 87.4 5 Lost 2
Detroit Lakes 5-2-1 14-5-1 4.9 2.4 69.3 15 Lost 1

Red Lake Falls 6-4-0 12-8-0 5.5 4.4 56.3 31 Won 1
Thief River Falls 4-3-1 9-11-1 3.6 3.0 53.8 33 Lost 2
Park Rapids Area 5-3-1 12-6-1 3.7 3.1 53.4 34 Won 1

Kittson Central 6-4-0 12-8-1 5.9 4.2 52.7 36 Won 3
Bagley/Fosston 5-3-0 13-8-0 5.1 3.4 47.5 43 Won 2
Lake of the Woods 0-10-0 4-16-0 3.1 6.5 33.3 65 Lost 6
Crookston 1-10-1 2-16-1

Yikes on this Ranking

Good thing for Coaches Vote here as well

Still some good 8A games left this week.

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Section 8A PageStat (3/5/23)
1 WARROAD 21 0 0 1.000 119 28 22.32
2 EAST GRAND FORKS 12 8 0 0.600 66 53 18.97
3 THIEF RIVER FALLS 9 11 1 0.452 81 65 16.45
4 DETROIT LAKES 14 5 1 0.725 99 48 15.87
5 KITTSON CENTRAL 12 8 1 0.595 123 88 13.14
6 RED LAKE FALLS 12 8 0 0.600 111 88 12.68
7 PARK RAPIDS 12 6 1 0.658 71 58 12.07
8 BAGLEY 13 8 0 0.619 103 69 11.97
9 CROOKSTON 2 16 1 0.132 42 96 11.33
10 LAKE OF THE WOODS 4 16 0 0.200 63 128 8.29

Pretty much how I have it above for this week.

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Section 8A Week #12 Scores

Monday February 6th
Warroad 4 East Grand Forks 2
Detroit Lakes 4 Wadena Deer Creek1
Bagley/Fosston 6 Park Rapids 4
Roseau 3 Thief River Falls 0
Crookston 5 Mayville/Portland 2

Tuesday February 7th
Warroad 3 East Grand Forks 2
Detroit Lakes 8 Park Rapids 3
Red Lake Falls 4 Mayville/Portland 2
Crookston 6 Breckenridge/Wahpeton 2

Thursday February 9th
Warroad 8 Bemidji 0
Little Falls 3 Detroit Lakes 2
Bagley/Fosston 5 Becker/Big Lake1
Red Lake Falls 4 Thief River Falls 1

Friday February 10th
Red Lake Falls 7 St Paul Johnson 2
Crookston 6 Lake of the Woods 3
Morris Benson 3 Park Rapids 1
Bagley/Fosston 8 Prairie Centre 1
Wadena-Deer Creek 8 Kittson County Central 5

Saturday February 11th
Kittson County Central 7 Park Rapids 2
International Falls 4 Crookston 2
East Grand Forks 5 St. Cloud Cathedral 1
Lake of the Woods 4 Breckenridge/Wahpeton 3

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Section 8A Rankings (2/12/23)
1- Warroad (24-0-0)
2- East Grand Forks (13-10-0)
3- Detroit Lakes (16-6-1)
4- Thief River Falls (9-13-1)
5- Red Lake Falls (15-8-0)
6- Kittson County Central (13-9-1)
7- Bagley/Fosston (16-8-0)
8- Park Rapids (12-10-1)
9- Crookston (5-17-1)
10- Lake of the Woods (5-17-0)

Section 8A Team Resumes -
Warroad- Section 8A Record (6-0-0) PageStat Rank (1st out of 10 ) QRF (1st out of 10 )
8A Wins- EGF x2, DL, TRF x2, Crookston 8A Losses- None
Section 8A Games Remaining- None

East Grand Forks- Section 8A Record (3-2-0) PageStat Rank (2nd out of 10 ) QRF (2nd out of 10 )
8A Wins- DL, TRF, Crookston 8A Losses- Warroad x 2
Section 8A Games Remaining- Thief River Falls

Detroit Lakes- Section 8A Record (6-2-1) PageStat Rank (4th out of 10 ) QRF (3rd out of 10 )
8A Wins- RLF, KCC, PR x2, Crookston, LOW 8A Losses- Warroad & EGF 8A Ties- TRF
Section 8A Games Remaining- None

Thief River Falls- Section 8A Record (4-4-1) PageStat Rank (3rd out of 10 ) QRF (6th out of 10 )
8A Wins- Crookston x2, KCC, LOW 8A Losses- Warroad x2, RLF & EGF 8A Ties- DL
Section 8A Games Remaining- East Grand Forks

Red Lake Falls- Section 8A Record (7-4-0) PageStat Rank (5th out of 10 ) QRF (4th out of 10 )
8A Wins- TRF, B/F x2, Crookston, PR, LOW x2 8A Losses- DL, KCC x2, PR
Section 8A Games Remaining- Crookston

Kittson County Central- Section 8A Record (7-4-0) PageStat Rank (6th out of 10 ) QRF (5th out of 10 )
8A Wins- Crookston x2, RLF x2, LOW x2, PR 8A Losses- DL, TRF, B/F, PR
Section 8A Games Remaining- Bagley/Fosston

Bagley/Fosston- Section 8A Record (6-3-0) PageStat Rank (7th out of 10 ) QRF (7th out of 10 )
8A Wins- Crookston x2, LOW x2, KCC, PR 8A Losses- RLF x2, PR
Section 8A Games Remaining- Kittson County Central

Park Rapids- Section 8A Record (5-6-1) PageStat Rank (8th out of 10 ) QRF (8th out of 10 )
8A Wins- RLF, B/F, LOW x2, KCC 8A Losses- DL x2, RLF, B/F, Crookston, KCC 8A Ties- Crookston
Section 8A Games Remaining- None

Crookston- Section 8A Record (2-10-1) PageStat Rank (9th out of 10 ) QRF (9th out of 10 )
8A Wins- PR 8A Losses- Warroad, EGF, DL, TRF x2, RLF, KCC x2, B/F x2, LOW 8A Ties- PR
Section 8A Games Remaining- Red Lake Falls

Lake of the Woods- Section 8A Record (0-11-0) PageStat Rank (10th out of 10 ) QRF (10th out of 10 )
8A Wins- None 8A Losses- DL, TRF, PR x2, B/F x2, KCC x2, RLF x2, Crookston
Section 8A Games Remaining- None

Section 8A Seeding Outlook- Warroad is locked in at the 1 seed as they are unbeaten in Section 8A play. East Grand Forks is locked in at the #2 seed as they only have the 2 losses to the Warriors. Detroit Lakes looks solid now at the 3 seed with only having losses to the Warriors & Greenwave. Thief River Falls upset loss drops them but my gut says only to the #4 seed as 8A coaches will give them the benefit of the doubt. Red Lake Falls huge upset over Prowlers should be good enough to jump Kittson County Central for the #5 seed even though the Bearcats did sweep them. Bagley/Fosston has a win over the Bearcats but was swept by the Eagles but did beat Park Rapids the 2nd time of the spilt to stay at the #7 seed. Crookston beat and tied the Panthers but has lost to everyone else expect LOW to be at the #9 seed and Lake of the Woods is at the #10 seed having gone winless in 8A.

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Section 8A Scores Week #13

Tuesday February 14th
East Grand Forks 7 Thief River Falls 0
Red Lake Falls 2 Crookston 1 OT
Kittson County Central 5 Bagley/Fosston 4
Park Rapids 4 Greenway 1
Fort Frances (Ontario) 5 Lake of the Woods 4

Thursday February 16th
Roseau 7 East Grand Forks 4
Bemidji 3 Thief River Falls 2
Willmar 6 Park Rapids 5
Northern Lakes 1 Detroit Lakes 0 OT
International Falls 10 Lake of the Woods 2

Friday February 18th
Wadena Deer Creek 5 Red Lake Falls 3

Saturday February 18th
Warroad 1 Sartell 1 OT

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Section 8A seeds:
1. Warroad
2. East Grand Forks
3. Detroit Lakes
4. Thief River Falls
5. Red Lake Falls
6. Kittson Central
7. Bagley/Fosston
8. Park Rapids
9. Crookston
10. Lake of the Woods

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No surprise here.
Question is can Warroad take care of EGF t three times in the year (Or Month).

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Section 8A Seeds
1- Warroad (24-0-0)
2- East Grand Forks (14-10-0)
3- Detroit Lakes (16-6-1)
4- Thief River Falls (9-14-1)
5- Red Lake Falls (16-8-0)
6- Kittson County Central (14-9-1)
7- Bagley/Fosston (16-9-0)
8- Park Rapids (13-10-1)
9- Crookston (5-18-1)
10- Lake of the Woods (5-18-0)

Section 8A Playoff Preview- Circle the calendar date of Thursday March 2nd, 2023 as the Section 8A Final will be taking place at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls and it looks to be one of the more highly anticipated Class A Section Finals we have seen in sometime. The Warroad Warriors have shown all winter they are the top team in the state probably regardless of class and yet I think most would agree if there was a team built to beat them it was their neighbors to the west East Grand Forks. In a delicious preview we got just a week ago we saw that the Greenwave are very capable of knocking off the high powered Warriors before they even are able to reach St Paul. If we do indeed get Warriors vs Greenwave part three in the 8A Final we are in for a treat.

The Favorite- Warroad the Warriors have been Class A’s elite teams all winter long. Warroad's true strength is their elite netminder D1 commit Senior Goaltender Hampton Slukynsky who played nearly every minute in net this season. He has two outstanding defenders in Senior Eric Comstock & Junior Ryan Lund on the blue line to play mega minutes in front of him. On offense they have the state’s top line as Star Senior Jayson Shaugabay & dynamic Juniors Murray Marvin-Cordes & Carson Pilgrim have been unstoppable all winter long. The Warriors appear to be locked and loaded and ready to roll through Section 8A to get back to St Paul and make up for falling just short of a state title a year ago.

The Challenger- East Grand Forks appears to be the one team standing in the way of Warroad’s return to St. Paul. The Greenwave have struggled with scoring this year but when they do it normally comes from their top line of Juniors Brock Schultz & Landon Jamieson and emerging Sophomore Jace Van Eps. Those three have really played well during the Greenwaves late season surge carrying a heavy load of the offense. They have two very good defenders in Junior Grady Magner & Sophomore Cole Bies who the Greenwave separate to try and keep at least one of them on the ice at all times. Junior Chase Mero who has won the starting job and has been solid in net for the Greenwave.

The Dark Horse- Detroit Lakes the Lakers again had a very good season this winter as they try to break through the Big 3’s strangle hold on 8A supremacy. They are led by their top overall player in Senior Defenseman Jacob Thomas who is a do it all 2-way threat from the blue line and he has gotten help from up and coming Sophomore Jace Fields who has had an impressive season of his own. Up front Seniors Cole Larson, Aiden Kennedy, Ben Hines, Carter Bellefeuille along with Juniors Cole Deraney & dynamite Freshman Easton Kennedy give the Lakers good offensive punch. Senior Goaltender Josh Mack has been very solid in net and this team could be one to pull a surprise and end up shaking up the hierarchy order of the traditional 8A Final.

Section Scaries- Thief River Falls the Prowlers have had a disappointing year. However, they still have Senior Tysen Loeffler along with a trio of Juniors Forwards Max Arlt, Braydin Lund & Defender Junior Jace Erickson who give Coach Bergland enough to pull off a playoff stunner or two. Red Lake Falls has shown they are capable of an upset when they took down TRF for the 1st time in school history earlier this year. The Eagles have four dynamic scorers in Senior Evan Girdler & Sophomore brother Gavin Girdler along with Junior Blake Brieland and Sophomore Brock Seeger who have all put up eye popping point totals this winter. Kittson County Central has the state leading goal scorer in standout Senior Tyler Hennen who can take over a game on any given night.

The Rest- Bagley Fosston the Flyers have had one of their best seasons ever and Seniors Markus Olson & Brecken Levin can be dangerous and want to finish their career on a good note. Park Rapids has had a good year as Senior Joey Hillukka & Junior Jeron Pinoniemi each had big years to carry Panthers this winter. Crookston has had another down year but Senior Jack Doda has been very productive all winter. Lake of the Woods is another team that has struggled throughout the winter but Senior Charlie Eck & Junior Randy Wood & Jordan Kvernen all have 30 plus points on the year.

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Section 8A Playoffs 2023

Play In Games (2/21/23)
#7 Bagely/Fosston 8 #10 Lake of the Woods 5
#8 Park Rapids 2 #9 Crookston 1 OT

Bagley/Fosston advances to play #2 East Grand Forks
Park Rapids advances to play #1 Warroad

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8A Playoff Recap #1

Section 8A- #7 seed Bagley/Fosston continued their impressive season as they won their 17th game of the year defeating #10 seed Lake of the Woods. The Flyers were lead by Senior Markus Olson solid 4 point night and they will advance to play #2 seed East Grand Forks. In the other 8A Playin Game #8 seed Park Rapids won a dramatic overtime game against #9 seed Crookston. The Panthers Sophomore Kale Ravnaas scored OT winner and they will move on to face #1 seed Warroad.

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Section 8A Playoff Scores

Thursday February 23rd
Section 8A Quarterfinal Playoff Game
#1 Warroad 8 #8 Park Rapids 0
#4 Thief River Falls 6 #5 Red Lake Falls 1
#2 East Grand Forks 7 #7 Bagley/Fosston 0
#3 Detroit Lakes 6 #6 Kittson County Central 4

Section 8A Playoffs Recap

#1 seed Warroad 8 #8 seed Park Rapids 0
#1 seed Warroad wasted little time as they jumped out to a quick lead over #8 seed Park Rapids in their last game at the Gardens this winter. Four first period goals put the Warriors in cruise control as they put the game into running time vs an outmanned Panthers team. Warroad’s defenseman Junior Ryan Lund led the way as he had a big 4 point night (3 goals & 1 assist) and goaltender Senior Hampton Slukynsky picked up the shutout and Warroad moved on to the 8A Semifinals. In a weird twist the Warriors as the #1 seed will play on #4 seed Thief River Falls home ice Saturday evening at 4 pm.

#4 seed Thief River Falls 6 #5 seed Red Lake Falls 1
The Prowlers got some revenge for their shocking loss just recently to #5 seed Red Lake Falls in the regular season when they blew out the Eagles in the 8A Quarterfinals. #4 seed Thief Rivers Falls was tied at 1-1 after 1 period but a huge four goal second period put the game out of reach. The Prowlers Junior Braydin Lund scored the game winning goal at the beginning of the second period shorthanded, part of his big 4 point night (2 goals & 2 assists), which proved to be the momentum turner as TRF would score 5 unanswered goals. With the win the #4 seeded Prowlers will host the #1 seed Warroad Warriors in the first of the two 8A Semifinal Games this Saturday on their home ice.

#2 seed East Grand Forks 7 #7 seed Bagley/Fosston 0
The Greenwave put together three very sound periods as they took care of #7 seed Bagley/Fosston to move on to the 8A Semifinals. #2 seed East Grand Forks got 2 goals a piece from Juniors Brock Schultz & Chase Moe and Sophomore Cooper Hills who picked a great time for his first two varsity goals in his career. East Grand Forks will now head to Ralph Engelstad Arena Saturday night to take on the #3 seed Detroit Lakes.

#3 seed Detroit Lakes 6 #6 seed Kittson County Central 4
In the most entertaining game of the night #6 seed Kittson County Central put a serious upset scare into the Lakers. #3 seed Detroit Lakes was able to hold the State’s leading goal scorer Senior Tyler Hennen scoreless but that did not stop the Bobcats from finding ways to get on the scoreboard and hold the lead at different points throughout the game. However, the Lakers got great efforts from the Kennedy brothers as Senior Aiden Kennedy & 9th grader Easton Kennedy each had 2 goals in the winning effort. Detroit Lakes will now head to the 8A Semifinals where they will take on #2 seed East Grand Forks who they lost to in overtime earlier this year.

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Section 8A Playoffs
Saturday February 25th
Section 8A Semifinals
#1 Warroad 6 #4 Thief River Falls 1
#2 East Grand Forks 6 #3 Detroit Lakes 2

Section 8A- #1 seed Warroad did not want to give #4 seed Thief River Falls any idea of section upset playing on their home ice as they jumped out to quick 3-0 lead only minutes into the game. After that Warriors just slowly added to their lead as they outshot the Prowlers 49-12 and behind the hat trick of Junior Murray Marvin-Cordes Warroad moved into the 8A FInals with ease. They will take on #2 seed East Grand Forks who was able to take care of #3 seed Detroit Lakes with a 6-2 win. In a game that saw the Greenwave jump out to 3-0 lead only to have it cut to 3-2 by the Lakers. However, the EGF offense was too much as Junior Chase Moe added 2 more goals to his strong playoff so far and the Greenwave advanced to the highly anticipated third round match up with the Warriors in the Section 8A Final.

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Warroad leads EGF 2-0 1st period

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Warroad up 3-0 now

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Warroad up 4-0 3rd period

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Warriors To State! Congrats!

Won 5-1 over EGF