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Alot of opinions on who's the boss in the state this year but here is one amateur guess at the state seedings/pairings.

1. LNorth
2. Edina
3. Elk River
4. Wayzata (whoever come from this section is at least 4 or 3)
5. STA
Bemidji
Blaine
White Bear or Stillwater (I just don't think Hill is going)

LNorth
White Bear

Wayzata
STA

Elk River
Blaine

Edina
Bemidji

__________

LNorth
STA

Elk river
Edina
__________

LNorth
Elk River

My guess at the state seeds and match ups:

Afternoon Session
2. Edina vs Cretin Durham Hall
3. Wayzata vs Grand Rapids

Evening Session
1. Lakeville North vs Bemidji
4. White Bear Lake vs 5. Blaine

I think if STA keeps doing what they're doing, they'll be the #3. The Section 6 winner will get the 4 & Elk River the 5. (*Of course this is assuming no upsets, which there will probably be at least 1 of the top 5 that bows out. History says so: '14 HM, '13 BSM & Eagan, '12 Tonka, '11 HM).

1. Lakeville North
2. Edina
3. St. Thomas Academy
4. Section 6 Winner
5. Elk River

Hill-Murray/White Bear Lake
Blaine/Centennial/Maple Grove
Bemidji/Roseau/Moorhead

An Edina-STA semifinal match would be epic in the fact that it would make the fan hatred of having to watch an Edina-Hill Murray game look like the sportsmanship game of the year. So much anger directed at high school kids by 17,000 people; I can't resist it!

Havent attempted to follow thru to X seedings and game pairings, largely because two sections for sure are wide open, and momentum in the next month will have a lot to do with who in those sections gets thru the playoffs. But anyway......

Section 1: LV North
Section 2: Edina
Section 3: St Thomas
Section 4: Hill Murray
Section 5 Wide Open: Blaine, Centennial, Maple Grove,Anoka
Section 6 Wide Open: BSM, Wayz, EP, (Mtka darkhorse)
Section 7 Elk River
Section 8 Bemidji (Elliott has convinced me)

I guess if pushed right now, I would say Blaine and BSM, but not a very high level of confidence probability in either guess.

So how would those eight flow thru to seedings and game pairings?

Doc Holliday wrote:An Edina-STA semifinal match would be epic in the fact that it would make the fan hatred of having to watch an Edina-Hill Murray game look like the sportsmanship game of the year. So much anger directed at high school kids by 17,000 people; I can't resist it!

So true haha.

And ya, I can't see STAA not getting at least the #3 seed even if they drop one to HM. I think STAA needs 4+ losses to seriously be dropped to a 4 seed, and that would probably require ER winning out. A 2-3 loss Cadet team with wins over Wayzata, BSM, Tonka (twice) and HM would definitely be worthy of no lower than a 3.

My State right now:

Lakeville North vs Blaine
STA vs Elk River

Edina vs Bemidji
Hill-Murray vs Wayzata

I don't use our tickets if the championship is two of Edina/BSM/Hill and now STA. If the semis have three of those, I doubt I'll go either. Hoping for some underdogs!

Bonin2121 wrote:I don't use our tickets if the championship is two of Edina/BSM/Hill and now STA. If the semis have three of those, I doubt I'll go either. Hoping for some underdogs!

I got "dibs"

Just Checking wrote: I got "dibs"

Good club seats. The tournament isn't the same as it used to be!

2) Edina vs Eden Prairie

3) Elk River vs Bemidji

1) Lakeville North vs Blaine

4) Hill Murray vs St Thomas

Edina vs Elk River

Lakeville North vs St Thomas

Edina vs St. Thomas

Edina

thestickler07 wrote:

Doc Holliday wrote:An Edina-STA semifinal match would be epic in the fact that it would make the fan hatred of having to watch an Edina-Hill Murray game look like the sportsmanship game of the year. So much anger directed at high school kids by 17,000 people; I can't resist it!

So true haha.

And ya, I can't see STAA not getting at least the #3 seed even if they drop one to HM. I think STAA needs 4+ losses to seriously be dropped to a 4 seed, and that would probably require ER winning out. A 2-3 loss Cadet team with wins over Wayzata, BSM, Tonka (twice) and HM would definitely be worthy of no lower than a 3.

What does the second A stand for in STAA? Is that just a joke about them being in AA now?

Traxler wrote:

thestickler07 wrote:

Doc Holliday wrote:An Edina-STA semifinal match would be epic in the fact that it would make the fan hatred of having to watch an Edina-Hill Murray game look like the sportsmanship game of the year. So much anger directed at high school kids by 17,000 people; I can't resist it!

So true haha.

And ya, I can't see STAA not getting at least the #3 seed even if they drop one to HM. I think STAA needs 4+ losses to seriously be dropped to a 4 seed, and that would probably require ER winning out. A 2-3 loss Cadet team with wins over Wayzata, BSM, Tonka (twice) and HM would definitely be worthy of no lower than a 3.

What does the second A stand for in STAA? Is that just a joke about them being in AA now?

Yes joke about AA

1. LN
2. Edina
3. STA
4. Hill
5. Blaine
6. Wayzata
7. Elk River
8. Bemidji


Seeds
1. LN
2. Edina
3. STA
4. Elk River
5. Blaine

LN over Bemidji
Edina over Hill
STA over Wayzata
Elk over Blaine


LN over Elk
STA over Edina


LN over STA
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