Section Changes

[ClassAGuy]

Good point SpeadOut! Too many teams have left AA lost count Waconia is for sure Class A that was approved on appeal last week

There is only 63 teams left in AA (If Irondale also got approved for A still have no confirmed that)

I will just put what left below- You would think they move Andover & Anoka out of a crowded 10 team 7AA fill in all the holes left in the metro

Its a computer map so you never know but will let a AA mind look at whats left- for sure one section now will be left with less that 8 teams

1AA (7 teams)
Farmington
Lakeville North
Lakeville South
New Prague High School
Owatonna High School
Rochester Century/John Marshall
Rochester Mayo


2AA (8 teams)
Bloomington Jefferson
Chanhassen
Chaska
Eden Prairie
Holy Family
Minnetonka
Shakopee
Prior Lake


3AA (8 teams)
Apple Valley/Burnsville
Cretin-Derham Hall
Eagan High School
Eastview High School
Park Cottage Grove
St. Thomas Academy
Two Rivers High School
Rosemount

4AA (8 teams)
East Ridge
Gentry Academy
Hill-Murray
Mounds View
Roseville
Stillwater
White Bear Lake
Woodbury

5AA (7 teams)
Blaine
Centennial
Champlin Park
Maple Grove
Rogers
Spring Lake Park/Coon Rapids
Totino Grace

6AA (6 teams)
Armstrong/Cooper
Benilde-St. Margaret's School
Edina
Hopkins
Holy Angels
Wayzata

7AA (10 teams)
Andover
Anoka
Cambridge-Isanti
Duluth Denfeld
Duluth East
Duluth Marshall
Forest Lake
Grand Rapids
Rock Ridge
Northern Edge

8AA (9 teams)
Alexandria
Bemidji
Brainerd
Buffalo
Elk River/Zimmerman
Moorhead
Roseau
St. Cloud Public
St. Michael-Albertville

[Brodziak Fan Club]

Had a little fun with this. Based on Class A Guy's most recent AA teams.

1AA (8 teams. Rosemount moves in.)
Rochester Mayo
Rochester Century/JM
Owatonna
New Prague
Lakeville South
Lakeville North
Farmington
Rosemount

2AA (8 teams. Minnetonka moves out. Edina moves in.)
Prior Lake
Shakopee
Bloomington Jefferson
Edina
Eden Prairie
Chanhassen
Chaska
Holy Family

3AA (8 teams. Rosemount moves out. Holy Angels moves in.)
Apple Valley
Eastview
Eagan
Park of Cottage Grove
St. Thomas
Two Rivers
Cretin-Derham Hall
Holy Angels

4AA (8 teams)
East Ridge
Woodbury
Hill-Murray
Stillwater
Gentry
White Bear Lake
Mounds View
Roseville

5AA (8 teams. Maple Grove moves out. Andover and Anoka move in.)
Totino-Grace
Spring Lake Park/Coon Rapids
Centennial
Blaine
Champlin Park
Anoka
Rogers
Andover

6AA (7 teams. Edina and Holy Angels move out. Minnetonka, Maple Grove, and Buffalo move in. Section of death )
Minnetonka
Benilde
Hopkins
Armstrong/Cooper
Wayzata
Maple Grove
Buffalo

7AA (8 teams. Andover and Anoka move out.)
Forest Lake
Northern Edge
Cambridge-Isanti
Duluth Denfeld
Duluth Marshall
Duluth East
Rock Ridge
Grand Rapids

8AA (8 teams. Buffalo moves out.)
St. Michael-Albertville
Elk River
St. Cloud
Alexandria
Brainerd
Bemidji
Moorhead
Roseau

[East Side Pioneer Guy]

If someone has to move into Section 1AA, the Pioneers will take one for the team. We'd have no problem heading down Hwy 52 for a final. And then y'all wouldn't be whining about a home ice section final.

[ndirishfighting]

Move Andover to 5AA aren’t they in that vacinity?

[Brodziak Fan Club]

Move Andover to 5AA aren’t they in that vacinity?

Yeah, but then 7AA is REALLY weak. It does make sense to have both sections have 8 teams though.

[Brodziak Fan Club]

Edited my original post with Andover in section 5 instead of 7.

[ndirishfighting]

It does make 7AA weaker if move Andover but it would be just like 1AA I wouldn’t see much difference between the two

[East Side Pioneer Guy]

It does make 7AA weaker if move Andover but it would be just like 1AA I wouldn’t see much difference between the two

That is... kinda mind blowing.

[Brodziak Fan Club]

Working on an offseason project that has me looking into program histories. Paging Duluth area hockey minds: Why is Marshall in AA? They were a consistent threat to make state in class A. They have never made it past the semis in 7AA. A couple decent seasons lately but nothing to write home about. Are they putting more of an emphasis on hockey?

[ndirishfighting]

Marshall is AA cause they are sick of dealing with Her man town!

[ClassAGuy]

Got sent a new one today...

Austin will be AA and fill up 1AA with 8 teams. The Packers have an enrollment of 1159 up over 100 kids from 2 years ago and they co-opt with both Pacelli High School & Southland High School whose enrollments cut 1/2 equal out to bump them over the line.

Austin will be in AA next year which put 1AA back at 8 teams with no additions needed.

[ClassAGuy]

Got sent a new one today...

Austin will be AA and fill up 1AA with 8 teams. The Packers have an enrollment of 1159 up over 100 kids from 2 years ago and they co-opt with both Pacelli High School & Southland High School whose enrollments cut 1/2 equal out to bump them over the line.

Austin will be in AA next year which put 1AA back at 8 teams with no additions needed.

This has now been confirmed with team.

Austin is in 1AA next year

AA back to 64 teams you could now make 8 even numbered 8 team sections again in AA

[The51]

Got sent a new one today...

Austin will be AA and fill up 1AA with 8 teams. The Packers have an enrollment of 1159 up over 100 kids from 2 years ago and they co-opt with both Pacelli High School & Southland High School whose enrollments cut 1/2 equal out to bump them over the line.

Austin will be in AA next year which put 1AA back at 8 teams with no additions needed.

This has now been confirmed with team.

Austin is in 1AA next year

AA back to 64 teams you could now make 8 even numbered 8 team sections again in AA

There's gotta be a better system. They were a 7 seed in 1A and lost to Waseca 8-0 in sections

[ClassAGuy]

Got sent a new one today...

Austin will be AA and fill up 1AA with 8 teams. The Packers have an enrollment of 1159 up over 100 kids from 2 years ago and they co-opt with both Pacelli High School & Southland High School whose enrollments cut 1/2 equal out to bump them over the line.

Austin will be in AA next year which put 1AA back at 8 teams with no additions needed.

This has now been confirmed with team.

Austin is in 1AA next year

AA back to 64 teams you could now make 8 even numbered 8 team sections again in AA

There's gotta be a better system. They were a 7 seed in 1A and lost to Waseca 8-0 in sections

Agree team had record year won 17 games last year for some actual program momentum ... They won 10 games combined in the previous 5 years!

Now they have to go AA because their co-opt puts them over the line by around 50 kids... Yet MPLS, Highland Park, Osseo, Tartan, St Louis Park, Waconia etc are allowed into A... Huh? Disappointing for Austin and for AA of any hope of added a tougher team to 1AA is gone now.

[SpreadOut!]

This has now been confirmed with team.

Austin is in 1AA next year

AA back to 64 teams you could now make 8 even numbered 8 team sections again in AA

There's gotta be a better system. They were a 7 seed in 1A and lost to Waseca 8-0 in sections

Agree team had record year won 17 games last year for some actual program momentum ... They won 10 games combined in the previous 5 years!

Now they have to go AA because their co-opt puts them over the line by around 50 kids... Yet MPLS, Highland Park, Osseo, Tartan, St Louis Park, Waconia etc are allowed into A... Huh? Disappointing for Austin and for AA of any hope of added a tougher team to 1AA is gone now.

Makes absolutely zero sense. Austin has a 52.5% non-white enrollment and 60% of its students are economically disadvantaged. Again, compare this to Minneapolis Southwest High School—where most of the kids on the Minneapolis High School co-op team go to school: in addition to having a larger enrollment than Austin, just 36.3% of Southwest’s students are non-white and even less, 29%, are economically disadvantaged. And the youth programs? Minneapolis had 7 bantam teams and 8 peewee teams this past season (again, most of the youth hockey players in Minneapolis live within the Southwest attendance boundaries). Austin had just one bantam team (a B team) and three peewee teams. MY. GOD. Is the MSHSL president or someone else high up with the organization a Southwest grad or something? This makes no sense at all.

[East Side Pioneer Guy]

If only there were a simple solution. Like, just having one class. Nah, that's just crazy talk.

[cjmhockey19]

Does anyone know an AD that can leaks the section to us, apparently schools have received new sections and wont be posted on website until Friday

[ClassAGuy]

Leaked New AA Sections

1AA (8teams)
Austin
Farmington
Lakeville North
Lakeville South
New Prague High School
Owatonna High School
Rochester Century/John Marshall
Rochester Mayo


2AA (8 teams)
Bloomington Jefferson
Chanhassen
Chaska
Eden Prairie
Holy Family
Minnetonka
Shakopee
Prior Lake


3AA (8 teams)
Apple Valley/Burnsville
Cretin-Derham Hall
Eagan High School
Eastview High School
Park Cottage Grove
St. Thomas Academy
Two Rivers High School
Rosemount

4AA (8 teams)
East Ridge
Gentry Academy
Hill-Murray
Mounds View
Roseville
Stillwater
White Bear Lake
Woodbury

5AA (8 teams)
Andover
Anoka
Blaine
Centennial
Champlin Park
Maple Grove
Spring Lake Park/Coon Rapids
Totino Grace

6AA (8 teams)
Armstrong/Cooper
Benilde-St. Margaret's School
Buffalo
Edina
Hopkins
Holy Angels
Rogers
Wayzata

7AA (8 teams)
Cambridge-Isanti
Duluth Denfeld
Duluth East
Duluth Marshall
Forest Lake
Grand Rapids
Rock Ridge
Northern Edge

8AA (8 teams)
Alexandria
Bemidji
Brainerd
Elk River/Zimmerman
Moorhead
Roseau
St. Cloud Public
St. Michael-Albertville

[CrimsonCakeEater]

Leaked New AA Sections

1AA (8teams)
Austin
Farmington
Lakeville North
Lakeville South
New Prague High School
Owatonna High School
Rochester Century/John Marshall
Rochester Mayo


2AA (8 teams)
Bloomington Jefferson
Chanhassen
Chaska
Eden Prairie
Holy Family
Minnetonka
Shakopee
Prior Lake


3AA (8 teams)
Apple Valley/Burnsville
Cretin-Derham Hall
Eagan High School
Eastview High School
Park Cottage Grove
St. Thomas Academy
Two Rivers High School
Rosemount

4AA (8 teams)
East Ridge
Gentry Academy
Hill-Murray
Mounds View
Roseville
Stillwater
White Bear Lake
Woodbury

5AA (8 teams)
Andover
Anoka
Blaine
Centennial
Champlin Park
Maple Grove
Spring Lake Park/Coon Rapids
Totino Grace

6AA (8 teams)
Armstrong/Cooper
Benilde-St. Margaret's School
Buffalo
Edina
Hopkins
Holy Angels
Rogers
Wayzata

7AA (8 teams)
Cambridge-Isanti
Duluth Denfeld
Duluth East
Duluth Marshall
Forest Lake
Grand Rapids
Rock Ridge
Northern Edge

8AA (8 teams)
Alexandria
Bemidji
Brainerd
Elk River/Zimmerman
Moorhead
Roseau
St. Cloud Public
St. Michael-Albertville

Who at the MSHSL thought 6AA needed a fifth top 10 team?

[East Side Pioneer Guy]

Who at the MSHSL thought 6AA needed a fifth top 10 team?

The Group of Death

[CrimsonCakeEater]

Who at the MSHSL thought 6AA needed a fifth top 10 team?

The Group of Death

I just want to know how they managed to put Rogers *and* Buffalo in that section but not Maple Grove, not that that would’ve been much better. There should not be a possibility let alone a very good chance of top ten teams playing the the section quarterfinal.

[SpreadOut!]

Leaked New AA Sections

1AA (8teams)
Austin
Farmington
Lakeville North
Lakeville South
New Prague High School
Owatonna High School
Rochester Century/John Marshall
Rochester Mayo


2AA (8 teams)
Bloomington Jefferson
Chanhassen
Chaska
Eden Prairie
Holy Family
Minnetonka
Shakopee
Prior Lake


3AA (8 teams)
Apple Valley/Burnsville
Cretin-Derham Hall
Eagan High School
Eastview High School
Park Cottage Grove
St. Thomas Academy
Two Rivers High School
Rosemount

4AA (8 teams)
East Ridge
Gentry Academy
Hill-Murray
Mounds View
Roseville
Stillwater
White Bear Lake
Woodbury

5AA (8 teams)
Andover
Anoka
Blaine
Centennial
Champlin Park
Maple Grove
Spring Lake Park/Coon Rapids
Totino Grace

6AA (8 teams)
Armstrong/Cooper
Benilde-St. Margaret's School
Buffalo
Edina
Hopkins
Holy Angels
Rogers
Wayzata

7AA (8 teams)
Cambridge-Isanti
Duluth Denfeld
Duluth East
Duluth Marshall
Forest Lake
Grand Rapids
Rock Ridge
Northern Edge

8AA (8 teams)
Alexandria
Bemidji
Brainerd
Elk River/Zimmerman
Moorhead
Roseau
St. Cloud Public
St. Michael-Albertville

MSHSL: “How can we make 7AA as big of a joke as 1AA?”

Some random dude in Duluth. “Move Andover to 5AA.”

MSHSL: “Brilliant. Done deal.”

[SpreadOut!]

Leaked New AA Sections

1AA (8teams)
Austin
Farmington
Lakeville North
Lakeville South
New Prague High School
Owatonna High School
Rochester Century/John Marshall
Rochester Mayo


2AA (8 teams)
Bloomington Jefferson
Chanhassen
Chaska
Eden Prairie
Holy Family
Minnetonka
Shakopee
Prior Lake


3AA (8 teams)
Apple Valley/Burnsville
Cretin-Derham Hall
Eagan High School
Eastview High School
Park Cottage Grove
St. Thomas Academy
Two Rivers High School
Rosemount

4AA (8 teams)
East Ridge
Gentry Academy
Hill-Murray
Mounds View
Roseville
Stillwater
White Bear Lake
Woodbury

5AA (8 teams)
Andover
Anoka
Blaine
Centennial
Champlin Park
Maple Grove
Spring Lake Park/Coon Rapids
Totino Grace

6AA (8 teams)
Armstrong/Cooper
Benilde-St. Margaret's School
Buffalo
Edina
Hopkins
Holy Angels
Rogers
Wayzata

7AA (8 teams)
Cambridge-Isanti
Duluth Denfeld
Duluth East
Duluth Marshall
Forest Lake
Grand Rapids
Rock Ridge
Northern Edge

8AA (8 teams)
Alexandria
Bemidji
Brainerd
Elk River/Zimmerman
Moorhead
Roseau
St. Cloud Public
St. Michael-Albertville

MSHSL: “How can we make 7AA as big of a joke as 1AA?”

Some random dude in Duluth. “Move Andover to 5AA.”

MSHSL: “Brilliant. Done deal.”

It sure seems like the MSHSL is packing the metro sections to ensure two northern MN teams make the AA state tourney every year. Problem is this new 7AA—without Hermantown, who continues to refuse to make the jump even through they’ve played AA at youth level for years now—doesn’t produce a state-tourney quality team most years, just like 1AA.

[ClassAGuy]

Leaked New Class A Sections

1A (9 Teams)
Albert Lea
Dodge County
Faribault
La Crescent
Northfield
Red Wing
Rochester Lourdes
Waseca
Winona

2A (11 teams)
Blake
Breck
Delano
Hutchinson
Minneapolis
Mound Westonka
Orono
Providence Academy
SW Christian/Richfield
St Louis Park
Waconia

3A (10 teams)
Fairmont
Luverne
Mankato East
Mankato West
Marshall
Minnesota River
New Ulm
Redwood Valley
Windom
Worthington

4A (10 teams)
Chisago Lakes
Hastings
Irondale
Mahtomedi
Osseo
Simley
South St Paul
St Paul Academy
St Paul Highland Park
Tartan

5A (9 teams)
Becker Big Lake
Litchfield Dassel Cokato
Monticello
Mora
Princeton
Pine City
River Lakes
Sauk Rapids
St Cloud Cathedral

6A (9 teams)
Breckenridge/Wahpeton
Fergus Falls
Little Falls
Morris Benson
Northern Lakes
Prairie Centre
Sartell
Wadena Deer Creek
Willmar

7A (9 teams)
Cloquet/Esko/Carlton
Ely
Greenway
Hermantown
Hibbing
International Falls
North Shore
Moose Lake
Proctor

8A (10 teams)
Bagley Fosston
Crookston
Detroit Lakes
East Grand Forks
Kittson County Central
Lake of the Woods
Park Rapids
Red Lake Falls
Thief River Falls
Warroad

[SpreadOut!]

Leaked New Class A Sections

1A (9 Teams)
Albert Lea
Dodge County
Faribault
La Crescent
Northfield
Red Wing
Rochester Lourdes
Waseca
Winona

2A (11 teams)
Blake
Breck
Delano
Hutchinson
Minneapolis
Mound Westonka
Orono
Providence Academy
SW Christian/Richfield
St Louis Park
Waconia

3A (10 teams)
Fairmont
Luverne
Mankato East
Mankato West
Marshall
Minnesota River
New Ulm
Redwood Valley
Windom
Worthington

4A (10 teams)
Chisago Lakes
Hastings
Irondale
Mahtomedi
Osseo
Simley
South St Paul
St Paul Academy
St Paul Highland Park
Tartan
Becker Big Lake
Litchfield Dassel Cokato
Monticello
Mora
Princeton
Pine City
River Lakes
Sauk Rapids
St Cloud Cathedral

6A (9 teams)
Breckenridge/Wahpeton
Fergus Falls
Little Falls
Morris Benson
Northern Lakes
Prairie Centre
Sartell
Wadena Deer Creek
Willmar

7A (9 teams)
Cloquet/Esko/Carlton
Ely
Greenway
Hermantown
Hibbing
International Falls
North Shore
Moose Lake
Proctor

8A (10 teams)
Bagley Fosston
Crookston
Detroit Lakes
East Grand Forks
Kittson County Central
Lake of the Woods
Park Rapids
Red Lake Falls
Thief River Falls
Warroad

Look at 2A. Are you kidding me? Whoever approved these new sections should be banned from Minnesota for life.