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Teams:  Alexandria, Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Fosston-Bagley-Crookston, Morris Area-Minnewaska, Park Rapids, Perham-New York Mills, Thief River Falls, BMGR-Warroad-Rosseau Notable Graduates:  Team Outlook Park Rapids will again be the favorite in this section, although Alexandria may close the gap a little.  Park Rapids sophomore Avery Schuller will return in defense of her section titles in the […]

Teams:  Bemidji, Brainerd, Buffalo, Elk River, Moorhead, Rogers, Sartell St- Stephen, Sauk Rapids-Rice, St. Michael-Albertville Notable Graduates:  Team Outlook Sartell- St. Stephen and Brainerd have battled it out over the last few years.  It was Brainerd in 2022 and Sartell in 2023.  Sartell- St. Stephen graduated a large and talented class last year and will

Teams:  Andover, Anoka, Blaine, Cambridge-Isanti, Centennial, Coon Rapids, Duluth East, Forest Lake Notable Graduates:  Team Outlook This is going to be a battle between defending champion Blaine and last year’s runner up Anoka.  The Bengal’s senior class will feature Gabby Busch and Nevaeh Miller.  Busch finished 4th in the 200 IM and 5th in the

Teams:  Cherry, Chisholm, C-E-C, Duluth Denfeld, Grand Rapids, Hibbing, International Falls, Mesabi East, Northeast Range Ely, Proctor-Hermantown, Rock Ridge, Two Harbors-Silver Bay Notable Graduates:  Team Outlook This will be a competitive section meet again this season.  Rock Ridge took home the title last year, but Mesabi East will be challenging them, and you can never

Teams:  Hopkins, Minneapolis Southwest, Minneapolis Washburn, Richfield, Robbinsdale Armstrong, St. Louis Park, St. Paul Central, St. Paul Highland Park Notable Graduates:  Team Outlook It’s a fairly large gap for anyone to make up on Robbinsdale Armstrong and becomes even more of a challenge when Armstrong doesn’t graduate a lot of points.  Senior Joy van Learhovren

Teams:  Albany, St. Cloud Cathedral/St. John’s Prep, Holdingford, Little Falls, Melrose Area, Rocori, Sauk Centre, St. Cloud Apollo, St. Cloud Tech Notable Graduates:  Team Outlook Melrose took the title in 2023 and by a sizeable 91 points over St. Cloud Tech and both schools lose about the same number of points to graduation.  Melrose has

Teams: Champlin Park, Irondale, Maple Grove, Osseo, Park Center, Spring Lake Park, Wayzata Notable Graduates:  Team Outlook Maple Grove closed the gap some last year but still has a way to dethrone Wayzata in 5AA.  Wayzata has a slew of high-section point scorers returning that should carry them to another title.  To start with, they

Teams:  Becker, Big Lake, Chisago Lakes, Foley, Lakes International Language Academy, Milaca, Monticello, Ogilvie – Mora, Princeton Notable Graduates:  Team Outlook Monticello won the section by over 300 points last season and may actually add to that margin this season.  The team is loaded with returning point scorers at the section and state level, starting

Teams:  East Ridge, Mounds View, Roseville, Stillwater, Tartan, White Bear Lake, Woodbury Notable Graduates:  Team Outlook The loss of points through graduation looks to be about equal among the top teams so it appears that Stillwater will be the favorite going into the 2024 season.  The Ponies will be led by sophomore Lucy Paczosa, who

Teams:  Cretin-Derham Hall, Hill-Murray, Humbolt-Washington-OWL, Mahtomedi, Mounds Park Academy, North St. Paul, Simley, South St. Paul, St. Paul Como Park, St. Paul Johnson, Visitation Notable Graduates:  Team Outlook Visitation will look to continue their long run of consecutive titles and it’s hard to imagine they won’t.  Visitation will be led by a group of top