#1s Thrive and Alive in A

#3 posting 11.2.2008
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A PLAYOFFS
SECTION 1
Defending champ Bethlehem Academy beat Mabel-Canton in four with a margin of 23 points. Holly Hafemeyer had 24 points for BA. Kate Horihan had 27 points for MC. From the Faribault Daily News and Rochester Post Bulletin.

SECTION 2
Martin County West swept Sleepy Eye St. Mary's with a margin of 15 points. Alyssa Taylor had 14 kills for MCW. From the New Ulm Journal.

SECTION 3
Last year's runner up Windom swept Minneota. The links will come with Monday's papers.

SECTION 4
Southwest Christian (Chaska) is headed to state for the first time with a sweep of Meadow Creek. I will get back to the out & about later

SECTION 5
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa swept Nevis with a margin of 18 points. Heidi Lensing had 25 points for BBE. From the St. Cloud Times.

SECTION 6
Ada-Borup beat Underwood in four with a margin of 29 points. Nicole Smart had 19 points for AB. Aann Bjorklund had 16 points for Underwood. From the Fargo Forum and Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

SECTION 7
Deer River swept Chisholm for their first trip to state. DR's margin was 22 points. During the year DR beat the Bluestreaks in five. DR's coach Connie Boyum-Erzar has been at the helm for 27 years. From the Duluth News Tribune.

SECTION 8
Lake of the Woods swept Northern with a margin of 16 points. Ashley Feldman had 14 kills for LOW. From the Grand Forks Herald.

All section winners were #1 seeds.
So this is how I would seed 1-8 (the state only has the courage to seed 1-4).
1. Bethlehem Academy
2. Windom
3. Ada-Borup
4. Southwest Christian Chaska
5. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
6. Martin County West
7. Lake of the Woods
8. Deer River

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Playoff Out & About: SW Christian Chaska/Meadow Creek

#5 posting 11.1.2008
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SECTION 4A
Championship
SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN CHASKA stars 3, MEADOW CREEK saints 0
(25-17, 25-18, 25-11)

Southwest Christian of Chaska is headed to the state A tournament for the first time with a sweep of Meadow Creek. The Stars kept building strength as the day went on. Cassie Haag had 18 points to lead the Stars.

There must have been jitters early for both teams as both teams allowed runs on the first three serves. Meadow Creek ran off five straight to lead 5-3. That was to be the last time they scored on their serve in the first set. After that SWC put together 12 straight first ball side outs. Both teams traded 10 side outs. SWC missed three serves in that stretch. Haag started to heat up with two points, one on an overpass kill that forced MC to take their first time out trailing 13-10. At one stretch Haag had five of the eight Stars points. With nothing to show off the Saints serve it was hard to cut the margin. MC took their second time out trailing 22-15. The first set ended on a block by Angie Swanson.

SWC didn't quite have the same air tight FBSO game in the second set. MC had another good start with a run of four to lead 6-4. SWC used a five point run with Angie Swanson providing four straight points (five if you count the point right before the sequence). MC took a time out at 11-7. MC had one last thrust with a four point run to tie the contest at 12. Then SWC shut the door with four straight FBSO. SWC got Haag involved in a 10-2 run with six points. MC didn't help their cause with three straight missed serves including point 25.

MC changed their service order with the #4 spot becoming the #1 spot. MC was moving Tija Rudzitis away from Haag. It didn't faze SWC. They had their best start with an 8-2 run. That forced a MC time out. MC did close to 10-6, but again SWC had a door slamming FBSO game. They were 9/10 and .824 for the whole match. SWC had a six point run that took another MC time out at 15-6. For the third set MC earned only 5 points compared to 15 earned for SWC. The match ended on a Swanson kill and the Stars will be headed to State.

you can see the entire SW Christian Chaska vs Meadow Creek photo gallery at kevinanderson.photostockplus.com

rotation, player, position, aces-blocks-kills--totals
SW CHRISTIAN CHASKA
1. Lucie Miller, 2009, L 0-0-0-----0
1fr: Martha Perrel, 2011, MH 0-0-4----4
2. Jessica Carlin, 2010, RH 3-0-5----8
3. Emily Robertson, 2010, DS 1-0-0----0
3fr: Lacey Hazel, 2010, OH 0-0-2---2
4. Cassie Haag, 2009, 0-5-13-----18
5. Sarah Bremer, 2010, S 0-0-0---0
6. Angie Swanson, 2009, OH 1-1-11-----13
totals: 5-6-35-----46 points, 29 points on MC errors

MEADOW CREEK
MC started with this rotation in sets 1 and 2. In set three they started with the 4th spot (Rudzitis)
1. Lauren Sutherland, 2010, MH 0-0-3-----3
2. Lexi Bertsch, 2010, L 0-0-0----0
2fr: Danielle Carter, 2010, OH 0-1-2----3
3. Steph Rohwer, 2010, S 0-0-0----0
4. Tija Rudzitis, 2009, MH 0-2-8----10
5. Kelli Strandland, 2010, OH 0-0-4----4
5. Lisi Arnstrom, 2010, OH 0-0-0----0
6. Courtney Fregeau, 2010, DS 1-0-0-----1
6fr: Camille Bowers, 2010, S 0-0-1-----1
6fr: Annie Griffin, 2010, RH 0-0-0----0
totals: 1-3-18-----22 points, 24 points on SW errors

TRENCH PLAYER
Cassie Haag force in the middle

BY THE NUMBERS
team, fbso/fbso attempts; fbso %; points, % earned; % allowed
SW Christian Chaska 28/34-.824; 75; .613; .522
Meadow Creek 16/35-.457; 46; .478; .387
Runs 3+: SWC 12, MC 3
Longest string: SWC 6, MC 5
Missed Serves: SWC 11, MC 6
Time Out %: MC 4/6-.667; SWC did not take a time out.

ROTATIONS
SW CHRISTIAN CHASKA
1. Miller 15-11 .577
2. Carlin 16-6 .727
3. Robertson 16-9 .640
4. Haag 7-6 .538
5. Bremer 10-7 .588
6. Swanson 11-7 .611
totals: 75-46 .620

MEADOW CREEK
1. Sutherland 8-14 .364
2. Bertsch 9-16 .360
3. Rohwer 9-12 .429
4. Rudzitis 6-10 .375
5. Strandlund 6-9 .400
6. Fregeau 8-14 .364
totals: 46-75 .380

RACE TO:
Set: 5 10 15 20 25
set 1 M S S S S
set 2 M S S S S
set 3 S S S S S

BIGGEST LEAD
Team 1 2 3
SW Christian 8 8 14
Meadow Creek 2 2 1

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Mabel-Canton Rallies Down 2-0 to Beat WK

#3 posting 10.31.2008
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A PLAYOFFS
There were 7 sections in operation last night with 14 subsection finals.
There were 8 sweeps and 4 five setters.
There was one top 10 battle--in 1A with Mabel-Canton beating Wabasha-Kellogg in five.
There were 2 lower seeds winning. MC and in section 6 #4 South Underwood beat #3 Brandon-Evansville.

SECTION 1
In the East #2 seed Mabel-Canton upended #1 Wabasha-Kellogg in five with a margin of xx points. WK led 2-0. It was dead even in point totals. MC won the last three sets by two each. Plus video from the Rochester Post Bulletin (3:13).

In the West #1 seed Bethlehem Academy swept #3 Kenyon-Wanamingo with a margin of 41 points. From the Faribault Daily News, Red Wing Republican Eagle and the Rochester Post Bulletin (no video this time).

SECTION 2
In the North #1 Sleepy Eye St. Mary's ended the Cinderella run of #7 GFW in a sweep. Each of the sets were decided by two points. SESM's margin therefore was 6 points. GFW was the first to reach 23 in each set. From the New Ulm Journal.

In the South #1 Martin County West swept #3 St. Clair with a margin of 24 points. From the Mankato Free Press and Fairmont Sentinel.

SECTION 3
In the North #1 Minneota survived an upset bid from #6 KMS in a fiver. KMS led 2-1. Minneota's point margin was 14 points. From the Marshall Independent and West Central Tribune.

In the South #1 Windom swept #3 Murray County Central with a margin of 23 points. Windom's experience was a key factor in the win. From the Worthington Daily Globe and Marshall Independent.

SECTION 4
In the North #1 Meadow Creek needed five to get past #2 Heritage. MC's point margin was 23 points.

In the South #1 SW Christian of Chaska beat New Life in four with a margin of 7 points.
No links as usual on these contests.

SECTION 5
In the North #1 NW Nevis swept #1 NE Onamia. Not a link to be found.

In the South #1 SE Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa swept #1 SW Bertha-Hewitt with a margin of 24 points. From the West Central Tribune.

SECTION 6
In the North #1 Ada-Borup swept #3 Norman County West with a margin of 27 points.

In the South #4 Underwood swept #3 Brandon-Evansville with a margin of 23 points. no links....yet.

SECTION 8
In the East #1 Lake of the Woods swept #3 Fosston with a margin of 34 points.

In the West #1 Northern needed five sets to beat #3 Win-E-Mac. WEM's had a 1 point advantage for the night.
Both matches are reported in the Grand Forks Herald.

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Magic Continues for GFW & KMS

#3 posting 10.29.2008
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A PLAYOFFS
There were 26 contests last night.
13 ended in sweeps, 4 went five sets.
There were 10 upsets (or lower seeds beating higher seeds).
The magic continues for #7N GFW as the Thunderbirds beat #3N Cedar Mountain-Comfrey in section 2
#6N KMS beat #2N Lakeview in section 3.
Two #1 subsection seeds fell:
in section 6S #4 Underwood beat Parkers Prairie, and in section 7 #2W Chisholm beat #1E Babbitt-Embarrass.

SECTION 2
#3S St. Clair swept #2S Nicollet with a margin of 23 points. From the Mankato Free Press and New Ulm Journal.
Young #1S Martin County West swept #5S JWP with a margin of 37 points. From the Fairmont Sentinel and Mankato Free Press.
#7N GFW beat #3N Cedar Mountain-Comfrey in five. CMC had a 2 point advantage on the night. From the New Ulm Journal.
#1N Sleepy Eye St. Mary's sweept #4N MN Valley Lutheran with a margin of 18 points. From the New Ulm Journal.

SECTION 3
#1S Windom beat #4S SW Star in four with a margin of 25 points. From the Worthington Daily Globe.
#3S Murray County Central topped #2S SW MN Christian in five. SW Christian had a 1 point advantage for the night. MCC won the fifth set 16-14. From the Worthington Daily Globe.
#1N Minneota swept #4N MACCRAY with a margin of 30 points. From the Marshall Independent.
#6N Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sundberg beat #2N Lakeview in five with a margin of 4 points. KMS won the 5th set 15-12.

SECTION 4
It is an all MCAA final five. The only upset came with #3E New Life beating #2S St. Agnes in four with a margin of five points

SECTION 5
#1SE Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa swept #2SE Braham with a margin of 29 points. From the West Central Tribune.
The other #1 seeds all advanced---Bertha-Hewitt in the SW; Onamia in the NE; Nevis in the NW.

Late report--Osakis beat Browerville last week. From the Echo Press.

SECTION 6
In the south half of the section it will be #3 vs #4 for the subsection championship.
#3 Brandon-Evansville swept #2 Chokio-Alberta-Herman-Norcross with a margin of 19 points.
#4 Underwood toppled #1 Parkers Prairie in four with a margin of 3 points.

Late reports--Brandon-Evansville beat Ashby last week. Ashby before that beat West Central. From the Echo Press.

SECTION 7
#2W Chisholm upended #1E Babbitt-Embarrass in a sweep with a margin of 18 points. From the Hibbing Daily News (you need to be a subscriber---it doesn't cost money).
#1W Deer River beat #2E Carlton in four with a margin of 28 points.

SECTION 8
#3E Fosston swept #2E Laporte with a margin of 21 points.
#1E Lake of the Woods swept #5E Clearbrook-Gonvick with a margin of 26 points.
#1W Northern beat Red Lake County Central in four with a margin of 7 points.
#3W Win-E-Mac beat #2W Climax-Fisher with a margin of 4 points.

SEASON RECAPS
Indus was 4-16 this year. From the International Falls Daily Journal.

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Mabel-Canton Survives LeRoy-Ostrander

#1 posting 10.26.2008
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HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS
Section 1 in A and AA held contests yesterday.
There were two sweeps and one five set match in 1A.
There were three sweeps and one fiver plus one upset in 1AA.
Both sections will hold their subsection finals on Thursday in Rochester.

AA
Section 1
#1E Caledonia swept #4E Kingsland with a margin of 31 points, and #2E Chatfield beat #3E St. Charles in five with a margin of 4 points. From the Winona Daily News.
Stewartville and Pine Island swept in the west.

A
Section 1
#3W Kenyon-Wanamingo knocked off #2W Hayfield in four with a margin of 19 points. From the Austin Daily Herald.
#1W Bethlehem Academy swept #5W Waterville-Elysian-Morristown with a margin of 28 points. Holly Hafemeyer had 16 points for BA. From the Faribault Daily News.
#1E Wabasha-Kellogg swept #4E Rushford-Peterson with a margin of 15 points. From the Winona Daily News.
#2E Mabel-Canton trailed 2-0 before rallying to beat #3E LeRoy-Ostrander. MC's Kate Horihan had 26 kills. (in the Winona Daily News).

LATE RESULTS
8AA #1N East Grand Forks beat #4N Roseau in four with a margin of 3 points. From the Grand Forks Herald.

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Two 6s Advance in A

#3 posting 10.25.2008
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A PLAYOFF RESULTS
There were four upsets---two of which involved 6s over 3s: in 3N Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sundberg beat Canby in five and 6N Hawley stopped Park Christian in a sweep.
There were 5 five set matches and 24 sweeps.

3
#6N KMS beat #3N Canby in five with a margin of 8 points. Plus #5N MACCRAY's win over #4N Renville County West in the West Central Tribune.

#1N Minneota swept #8N RTR with a margin of 28 points. Plus five other results in the Marshall Independent.

#1S Windom swept #9S Edgerton with a margin of 38 points. The Eagles had 19 aces on the night. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

#3S Murray County Central swept #6S Fulda with a margin of 17 points.

#4S SW Star swept #5S Red Rock Central with a margin of 19 points. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

#2S SW MN Christian swept #7S Westbrook-Walnut Grove with a margin of 25 points.

5
#3NE Barnum beat #2NE East Central

#1SE Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa swept #5SE Eden Valley-Watkins with a margin of 29 points. From the West Central Tribune.

6
#6 Hawley upset #3 Park Christian in a sweep with a margin of 16 points. Hawley had 17 aces on the night. From the Fargo Forum.

7
There were no upsets there.

8
#5E Clearbrook-Gonvick beat #4E Kellier-Northome

#2E Laporte swept Mahnomen with a margin of 22 points. Plus three other results in the Bemidji Pioneer.


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GFW Upsets Cleveland

#3 posting 10.24.2008
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A PLAYOFFS
Six of the eight sections were in operation last night.
There were 7 upsets last night. Again most were 5s over 4s.
The biggest upset came with #7S GFW dropping #2S Cleveland in five in section 2. GFW was in the state tournament last year.

1
#3E LeRoy-Ostrander beat #11E Houston in four with a margin of 8 points. From the Austin Daily Herald and Rochester Post Bulletin.
#1E Wabasha-Kellogg beat #8E Lewiston-Altura in four with a margin of 24 points. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
#4E Rushford-Peterson swept #5E Goodhue with a margin of 23 points.
#5W Waterville-Elysian-Morristown beat #4W Blooming Prairie in five. From the Austin Daily Herald.
#2W Hayfield swept #7W Alden-Conger with a margin of 31 points. From the Austin Daily Herald.
#3W Kenyon-Wanamingo beat #6 Southland in four with a margin of 22 points. From the Austin Daily Herald.
#1W Bethlehem Academy swept #8W Glenville-Emmons with a margin of 45 points. From the Faribault Daily News.

2
#4N Minnesota Valley Lutheran beat #5N Buffalo Lake-Hector with a margin of 4 points. Each set ended with a two point margin. From the New Ulm Journal and West Central Tribune.
#7N GFW stopped #2N Cleveland in five with a margin of 10 points. From the New Ulm Journal.
#1N Sleepy Eye St. Mary's swept #8N LeCenter with a margin of 32 points. From the NUJ.
#2N Cedar Mountain-Comfrey beat McLeod West in four with a margin of 19 points. From the New Ulm Journal.

#3S St. Clair stopped #6S Truman in four with a margin of 20 points. From the Mankato Free Press.
#5S JWP swept #4S GHECML with a margin of 22 points.
#1S Martin County West swept #8S MLBO with a margin of 43 points. From the Worthington Daily Globe.
#2S Nicollet swept #7S Mankato Loyola with a margin of 16 points. From the New Ulm Journal.

4
#5N Providence knocked of #4N West Lutheran in five.

5
#5SW Menahga beat #4SW Verndale in four with a margin of 5 points.
#5SE Eden Valley-Watkins swept #4SE Ogilvie with a margin of 17 points.

6
no upsets
Ashby swept West Central with a margin of 22 points. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

8
#9E Bagley knocked off #8E Blackduck.

TODAY
Sections 3 and 7 play today.

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Only A Action in 7

#3 posting 10.23.2008
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A PLAYOFFS
7
Most of the action last night were sweeps.
There were a pair of fours however---
#4W Littlefork-Big Falls beat #5W Bigfork with a margin of 37 points.
#3W Nashwauk-Keewatin beat #6W Hill City with a margin of 15 points.

The only upset came with #5E Cook County swept #4 Cotton with a margin of 14 points.

Chisholm swept Northland with a margin of 35 points. From the Hibbing Tribune.

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Dzubay 700; 2 Upsets in 1A East

#1 posting 10.21.2008
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HIGH SCHOOL REPORTS
CAMDEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Minneota swept Lakeview in the Camden championship with a margin of 24 points. From the Marshall Independent.

Kimball swept Upsala with a margin of 12 points. From the St. Cloud Times.

SECTIONS BEGIN
1A East:
#10 Fillmore Central beat #7 Lanesboro in four with a margin of zero points. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
#11 Houston upset #6 Grand Meadow in a sweep with a margin of 17 points. From the Austin Daily Herald.
#5 Goodhue swept #12 Hope Lutheran with a margin of 26 points. From the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

1A West:
#6 Southland swept #11 MN Deaf with a margin of 36 points.
#9 seed Glenville-Emmons beat #8 Lyle-Pacelli in four with a margin of 8 points.
Both from the Austin Post Bulletin and Albert Lea Tribune.
#4 Blooming Prairie swept #13 Cannon Valley Lutheran with a margin of 58 points.
From the Austin Daily Herald.
#7 Alden-Conger beat #10 Medford in four with a margin of 34 points. From the Albert Lea Tribune and the Owatonna People's Press.

2A South:
#9 seed MLBO beat #8 LCWM in a fiver. The margin was zero. From the Worthington Daily Globe.
#7 Mankato Loyola swept #10 Springfield with a margin of 14 points. From the Mankato Free Press.

3A South:
#6 seed Fulda swept #11 Hills-Beaver Creek with a margin of 43 points.
#5 seed Red Rock Central beat #12 Round Lake-Brewster in four with a margin of 15 points.
#7 seed Westbrook-Walnut Grove swept #10 Ellsworth with a margin of 29 points.
#9 Edgerton survived #8 Adrian in a fiver with a margin of 3 points.
All from the From the Worthington Daily Globe.

3A North
#7 Wabasso beat #10 Tracy-Milroy-Balaton in four with a margin of 25 points.
#8 RTR swept #9 Central Christian with a margin of 19 points.
All From the Marshall Independent.
#6 KMS swept #11 Dawson-Boyd with a margin of 39 points. Plus five more results from the West Central Tribune.

1AA East
#8 Plainview-Elgin-Millville beat #9 Winona Cotter in four with a margin of 15 points. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

SECTION PREVIEWS
AAA
The Rochester Post Bulletin looks at section 1. Owatonna is the #1 seed. Farmington is #2. Full Bracket.

The StarTribune looks at the rough and tumble section 2.

Section 6: Wayzata is #1; Hopkins is #2.

Section 8: Alexandria is #1 in the North; St. Michael-Albertville #1 in the South.

AA
Blue Earth is the #2 seed in section 2 West. From the Faribault County Register.

Section 4: Visitation is #1 in the East. No word on the West.

Section 5: Delano is #1 in the South; Mora #1 in the North.

Section 7: Esko is #1 in the South; Hibbing #1 in the North.

A
Section 8: Lake of the Woods is #1 in the East; No word on the west

MILESTONES
Stewartville coach John Dzubay reached the 700 career win mark with a consolation semifinals at the Chaska tournament over the weekend. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Katie Speedling of Wabasha-Kellogg is the Athlete of the Week for KTTC.

LATE REPORTS
Bethlehem Academy was a Jeckyll and Hyde team at Chaska. From the Faribault Daily News.

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GFW Crashes the Party

#3 posting 11.4.2007
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A RESULTS
1: Bethlehem Academy topped Wabasha-Kellogg in four. It is FBA's sixth straight trip to the bright lights. 6-2 Holly Hafemeyer had 16 blocks (according to the Winona paper) for FBA. From the Rochester Post Bulletin and Winona Daily News.

2: upstart #4 North seed GFW is headed to state with after a five gamer with Martin County West. From the New Ulm Journal.

3: In the #1 vs #2 battle in the state polls it was Windom beating Minneota in four. This is another case where the Marshall and Worthington papers will have the story on Monday.

4: Mayer Lutheran outlasted Meadow Creek in four. Again nothing from the big two metro papers.

5: BBE stopped Pine River-Backus in four. go to the tail end of the St. Cloud Times article.

6: Wheaton upset Ada-Borup in a fiver with the final going 19-17. This game was at Morris and the Fargo and Grand Forks papers didn't get there.

7: Chisholm upset Hill City in four. It is the Bluestreaks first trip to the show. From the Duluth News Tribune.

8: The Northern Freeze froze out Lake of the Woods in three. From the Grand Forks Herald.

BREAKDOWN
Here is the entire grouping
AAA 4, .500; .250; 1.000; .000
AA 8, .750; .125; 1.000; .000
A 8, .125; .250; .500; .375
As you can see you can leave after the first game in AAA and AA and know who will win the match. In class A you never know what you will get. There were more upsets, more close games.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
KILLS
Steph Kruggle, GFW 24 vs Martin County West 3-2
Heidi Lensing, BBE 24 vs Pine River-Backus 3-1

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GFW Pulls Another Upset

#3 posting 11.2.2007
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A ACTION
2: #4 seed GFW pulled their second straight upset with a sweep of #2 seed MN Valley Lutheran.
Martin County West went five, including a 17-15 final game, to be Nicollet in the South sub section. From the New Ulm Journal.

3: Minneota topped Renville County West in four. RCW won the first game. From the Marshall Independent.
Windom swept SW Star. From the Worthington Daily Globe. That sets up a juicy 3A final with #1 Windom vs #2 Minneota on Saturday at SW MN State.

8: Lake of the Woods and the Northern Freeze, both #2 seeds and the highest seeds left, both advance to the championship on Saturday.

BREAKDOWN
#games, %sweeps, %5; %first game winners; %upsets
AAA 7, .571; .143; .571; .429
AA 10, .400; .200; .800; .300
A 7*; .429; .143; .571; .143
totals: 24; .458; .167; .667; .292
*one game unaccounted for

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