Bantams still a good predictor of HS success

[O-townClown]

Edina won the 2023 state Bantam championship, defeating Minnetonka, Grand Rapids & Moorhead at the state tournament. All are in this year's AA HS tourney. The old adage going back 40 years or more is that the state Bantams is a good predictor of HS success 2-3 years out.

Also in the field were OMG (#1 seed in Section V this year), Rogers (#1 in VI), Stillwater & White Bear Lake (IV).

[elliott70]

The thing that can change it is private schools.

[WarmUpTheBus]

Hibbing Bantam A team won the state in 2023 also. They played AA and A at Dakota Arena
and Hibbing was the best team I saw that weekend.

[StanleyCup55]

Edina also won the 2021 Pee Wee AA state tourney over Minnetonka in the championship.

Other teams in that tourney
Andover
Hermantown
Moorhead
Bloomington Jefferson
Woodbury
Osseo-Maple Grove

[East Side Pioneer Guy]

The thing that can change it is private schools.

Or transfer rules that are not enforced.

[CrimsonCakeEater]

The thing that can change it is private schools.

Well when you see Woodbury youth teams at state you can usually pencil in some good Hill-Murray teams in a few years!

[headsupsticksdown]

Apologies for the dumb question here but can someone explain why the talent time and time again chooses to go to Hill/CDH and not Woodbury/Eastridge? Woodbury public schools aren't bad by any means and I've always heard good things about Coach Vogel so what's the deal? Obviously hard to deny the tradition at say Hill and CDH but what's really the driving factor? You throw in the young talent that's brewing in Cottage Grove and between those 3 schools it'd be fun as heck to see them all go at it each season.

[smhockey77]

Rosemount has been to the last two Bantam AA state tournaments finishing 5th and 2nd. Only team to beat the Irish was the Spuds.

[East Side Pioneer Guy]

Apologies for the dumb question here but can someone explain why the talent time and time again chooses to go to Hill/CDH and not Woodbury/Eastridge? Woodbury public schools aren't bad by any means and I've always heard good things about Coach Vogel so what's the deal? Obviously hard to deny the tradition at say Hill and CDH but what's really the driving factor? You throw in the young talent that's brewing in Cottage Grove and between those 3 schools it'd be fun as heck to see them all go at it each season.

I think you just hit on it, there are three high schools in South Washington County School Dist.