AA Tie Broken, 3 Letters for Defense: T-A-N

#3 posting 9.29.2008
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MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL POLLS
The top spot in AA is no longer a three way tie. St. Cloud is alone in first place by the narrow margin of one point. Marshall had four first place votes, one off SCC's total, but is further back at third.
CHANGES
AAA #2 Eastview and #4 Chaska flip flop spots from last week. Blaine makes their way in the top 10 to #8 while last week's #10 Alexandria drops out.
AA: Wadena-Deer Creek is the new #10 replacing last week's Caledonia.
A: Lakeview moves to #9 while last week's #10 Onamia is out.

AAA
1. Shakopee (15) 225
2. Eastview 198
3. St. Michael/Albertville 194
4. Chaska 192
5. Lakeville North 154
6. Waconia 142
7. Eden Prairie 111
8. Blaine 90
9. Woodbury 81
10. Owatonna 73
Others: Alexandria (58), Wayzata (46), Apple Valley (22), Andover (13), Lakeville South (2)

AA
1. St. Cloud Cathedral (5) 139
2. Jordan (1) 138
3. Marshall (4) 126
4. Hibbing 120
5. Stewartville 110
6. Delano 89
7. Jackson County Central 87
8. Belle Plaine 78
9. Le Sueur/Henderson 69
10. Wadena-Deer Creek 43
Others receiving votes: Caledonia (24), Rocori (6), Yellow Medicine East (6)

A
1. Bethlehem Academy (7) 169
2. Windom Area (3) 156
3. Minneota 140
4. Wabasha/Kellogg 121
5. Belgrade/Brooten/Elrosa 112
6. Mabel-Canton (1) 106
7. Ada-Borup 110
8. SW Christian 96
9. Lakeview 39
10. Martin County West 27
Others: Onamia (26), Climax-Fischer (22), SW Star Concept (10), Northern Freeze (8), Chisholm (7), Parker’s Prairie (6), Kerkoven-Murdock-Sunberg (6), SW MN Christian (6), Meadow Creek Christian (5), Renville County West (3), Win-E-Mac (1)

LATE HS RESULTS
PIERZ TOURNAMENT
Wadena-Deer Creek won the Pierz tournament. The hosts ended up in third. From the Brainerd Dispatch.
Littlefork-Big Falls finished 3-3 winning the Bronze division. From the International Falls Daily Journal.
Brainerd was 8th. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

COLLEGE NEWS
BIG 10 AWARDS
The Gophers' Christine Tan picked her third Big 10 Defensive Player of the Week. She also won last week. Maybe they should just call it the Tan Award. Vanessa King of Michigan State was named Offensive Player of the Week.

MORE D1 NEWS
Penn State will Dig Pink this weekend vs Michigan State.
Penn will hold their Dig Pink event on Oct. 24.

Marquette will hold two clinics for k-8 kids on Oct. 18 and Nov. 16.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Central Lakes was 2-2 at the NDSCS tournament this past weekend. From the Brainerd Dispatch.

Next up: Later today with an out & about