Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:07 pm
Could not have said it better myself sir ilbokilbok wrote:Minneapolis suburbs love to overestimate the relative strength of their teams.
Minnetonka was considered a class to itself all year until being dominated and barely escaping Hill-Murray in four overtimes. Edina benefited from a generous seeding in not facing the Pioneers.
Last year, Edina was knocked out in the quarterfinals while Eden Prairie only advanced past Hill-Murray's JV team on a bogus overtime goal.
In years prior, Hill's section was widely considered the toughest when White Bear Lake, Centennial, Roseville, et al had ranked teams.
Hill-Murray had a tougher time with its section than it did with Edina in the 2008 state championship, and Centennial barely squeaked past Hill on its way to shutting out the 2004 tournament field.
The same has held true for many of Hill's tournament teams, including the last single class champions who had to face Minnesota's top ranked teams in sections before tearing through the 1991 state tournament competition.
Despite Hill-Murray's tough sections and the only schedule in Minnesota comprised completely of historical state tournament participants, you don't hear the Pioneers whining like those Minneapolis suburbs.