Section Previews

Teams:  Farmington, Lakeville North, Lakeville South, New Prague, Owatonna, Rochester Century, Rochester John Marshall, Rochester Mayo Notable Graduates:  Team Outlook Lakeville South was the winner in a fairly close battle in 2024, but it looks like Rochester Century will be the favorite in 2025. Century senior Owen Kelly is the top retuning point scorer from

Teams:  Austin, Faribault, Mankato East, Mankato West, Northfield, Red Wing, Simley, Winona Notable Graduates:  Team Outlook Northfield certainly graduated some top points and some relay power but it looks like they have plenty in the tank to repeat as Section 1A Champions in 2025.  Senior Josh Kraby will lead the way coming off his state

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