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goldy313 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 10:01 pm Obviously, this won’t affect the new alignment coming out in April but what happens in two years when there are no Free/Reduced lunch students?

You have to apply for the F/R lunch rate and that is how the state counts the F/R students but without a benefit to actually apply for it I can’t imagine the numbers will be accurate.

goldy313 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 26, 2023 12:22 am Trying hard to stay apolitical…. Inflation and Government at the State and state levels decreasing the income levels needed for Government support are changing the way the MSHSL qualifies things. (Is changing the poverty requirement for a family of 4, say, from $60,000 to $95,000 really an increase or a decrease?) The MSHSL needs to adapt quickly.

It is fairly obvious that the increase in people depending on Government helps the party passing the laws…..until they over reach.

ClassAGuy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 25, 2023 8:39 am Hearing Tartan and Hastings appealed down some are saying they both got approved... I can understand Tartan but was surprised by Hastings ... If true would fill the giant hole in teams for 4A the section is down to 6 teams right now.

ClassAGuy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 10:12 am Heard a rumor Tartan got approval for Class A any truth to that?

Brodziak Fan Club wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:05 pm I’m on spring break and have some time on my hands. Combine that with the fact that I’m a total dork about high school hockey and geography and I present to you… a 3-class high school hockey realignment. The classes are based on who I think “should” be in each class instead of pure enrollment numbers. Classes AAA and AA would each have 48 teams, leaving 49 for Class A. I know others have done similar things on here. This is just for fun… take it or leave it .

1AAA
Northfield
Lakeville South
Lakeville North
Eastview
Rosemount
Hastings

2AAA
Holy Family
Eden Prairie
Chanhassen
Chaska
Shakopee
Prior Lake

3AAA
Holy Angels
Cretin-Derham Hall
St. Thomas Academy
Woodbury
East Ridge
Park of Cottage Grove

4AAA
Hill-Murray
Stillwater
Mahtomedi
White Bear Lake
Gentry Academy
Mounds View

5AAA
Totino-Grace
Champlin Park
Maple Grove
Rogers
St. Michael-Albertville
Buffalo

6AAA
Wayzata
Orono
Benilde-St. Margaret’s
Blake
Minnetonka
Edina

7AAA
Rock Ridge
Grand Rapids
Hermantown
Duluth East
Andover
Centennial

8AAA
Elk River
Moorhead
Bemidji
East Grand Forks
Roseau
Warroad

jg2112 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:35 am I would really like that 3 section alignment, with this caveat:

The team that finishes last in each AAA section is "relegated" to the relevant AA section the following season, with the corresponding section champion being "promoted" to AAA.

Same thing for A and AA. This would stop the constant lobbying for sections and would place teams into sections by merit.

Now, it might cause some player movement, but that player movement already happens with the current stale, predictable format.

bardown27 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 10:58 am

ClassAGuy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 6:57 am From Youth Hockey Hub Twitter
BHS

YHH hearing the following information on section realignment for next year.

New Prague and Northfield to 1AA
Waconia to 2AA
Two Rivers to 3AA
Cambridge to 7AA

Teams petitioned to go from AA to A but denied:

Armstrong/Cooper, B-ville/AV, Osseo, St. Cloud

Things are going to be interesting some movement Class A Sections are gonna need to be fixed 4A right now only has 6 teams curious to see some more major movement than normal in a 2 year cycle

If the above is true (I'm skeptical on NF, as someone on twitter pointed out the MSHSL enrollment sheet for 23/24 and 24/25 has NF 100 students below the AA cutoff of 1202), I see the sections as follows:

2 (9): Chan, Chaska, EP, HF, Jefferson, PL, Shakopee, Tonka

Slap Shot wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 8:16 am

bardown27 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 10:58 am

ClassAGuy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 6:57 am From Youth Hockey Hub Twitter
BHS

YHH hearing the following information on section realignment for next year.

New Prague and Northfield to 1AA
Waconia to 2AA
Two Rivers to 3AA
Cambridge to 7AA

Teams petitioned to go from AA to A but denied:

Armstrong/Cooper, B-ville/AV, Osseo, St. Cloud

Things are going to be interesting some movement Class A Sections are gonna need to be fixed 4A right now only has 6 teams curious to see some more major movement than normal in a 2 year cycle

If the above is true (I'm skeptical on NF, as someone on twitter pointed out the MSHSL enrollment sheet for 23/24 and 24/25 has NF 100 students below the AA cutoff of 1202), I see the sections as follows:

2 (9): Chan, Chaska, EP, HF, Jefferson, PL, Shakopee, Tonka

That's 8?

Brodziak Fan Club wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 7:08 pm lol at the snark and vitriol coming from ESPG and StanleyCup, respectively (blueblood, not sure what your emojis are referring to). How dare people think and talk about high school hockey on a high school hockey message board?

To paraphrase the great Allen Iverson: If you don’t like it, don’t read it.

WestMetro wrote: ↑Sun Apr 02, 2023 7:25 pm YHH tweet speculates we may get the MSHSL section change announcement this week

Cookster wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 7:28 pm I wish they would treat Private/Charter Schools similar to how they do it in Georgia. Every Private School has a multiplier ( was 2x, now I beleive it is 1.5. So if Mahtomedi's numbers are 1150, they would bump up to 1725, and they would move up to AA without a choice

defense wrote: ↑Fri Apr 07, 2023 12:31 pm Just my opinion but Detroit Lakes should be in 6a. 8a has 10 teams, 6a has 8.