Lake of the Woods Upsets #1AA DGF

#2 posting 11.1.2006
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MURPHY VERBALS
Blair Murphy has made a verbal to Concordia-St. Paul. She is the 12th player from 2007 to make a verbal. She joins Rachel Knutsen from St. Michael-Albertville in verbals to CSP.

HS SECTION RESULTS
AAA
5
Both top seeds moved on, but #2 St. Michael-Albertville had to go five to beat #3 Osseo. Each team traded wins with STMA winning the odd games.
#1 Wayzata swept Armstrong.
6
As I told you last night Chaska and Eden Prairie moved on in what I would say is a MiniState tournament. The StarTribune has a report on both games. The Chaska Herald also has story. Compare with my report from last night.
7
#1 S Forest Lake and #1 N Hibbing each had sweeps in the semifinals.
8
All the top seeds advanced here. Alexandria did need five games over Detroit Lakes including a 15-13 game five to make the semifinals.
Moorhead had a sweep over Perham. From the Fargo Forum.
Sauk Rapids and Rocori won in the south half of the section. From the St. Cloud Times.

AA
3
The north half went according to script, but the South half had both top seeds lose. #4 Jackson County Central beat #1 St. James in four, while #3 Pipestone moved on with a four game win over #2 Windom. From the Worthington Daily Globe.
In the North Springfield swept Renville County West. Also GFW, as top seed, beat Redwood Valley in Redwood Falls. Both stories from the New Ulm Journal, and the West Central Tribune.
4
In another half of the bracket with top seeds falling the #4 Concordia Roseville and #3 Minnehaha moved on. In the west side things were on track with Jordan and Mayer Lutheran winning their battles.
5
Esko and Carlton swept past their opponents. From the Duluth News Tribune.
St. Cloud Cathedral knocked out Pierz. from the St. Cloud Times and Brainerd Dispatch
6
Top seeds moved on here with BBE and Montevideo winning in four, while MACCRAY and Sauk Centre takings sweeps. The West Central Tribune has more on these games.
7
Both #1s moved on: Virginia from the North half, #1 South Pine River-Backus beat North #2 Chisholm in five. From the Brainerd Dispatch.
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Lake of the Woods, without their coach Laurie Bitter, upset #1AA DGF in five. LOW trailed 2-0 before mounting their comeback. LOW won two point squeakers in games 3 and 4. Jason Wilson is at the helm now for LOW. From the Fargo Forum.
Wadena-Deer Creek swept West Central in the other game. from the Brainerd Dispatch.

A
2
In the north half of the section #5 Cedar Mountain-Comfrey upset #1 KMS in five. All other games went according to script. Central Christian also won with a convincing sweep of Lester Prairie. From the West Central Tribune.
In the south things turned out well for top seeds. Nicollet moved on with a three game win over GHECML. From the Mankato Free Press.
Sleepy Eye St. Mary's steamrolled Truman. From the New Ulm Journal.
3
#3 Fulda upset #2 Edgerton in the south half with all other games going to the favorites. It took SW Star five games to get by SW MN Christian however. Here are the Worthington Daily Globe reports.
In the north half Minneota and Lakeview each won. From the Marshall Independent.
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All top seeds advanced in this section
5
Both #1s advanced with Hill City from the North and Betha-Hewitt in the south.
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Again both #1s move on with Ulen-Hitterdal from the north, and #1 Wheaton taking the south with a sweep over Underwood. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.
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Both #1s advanced with Cook and Littlefork-Big Falls moving on.
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On the south side #4 Climax-Fisher stunned #1 Clearbrook-Gonvick in four. CF lost the first game and then took the rest.
In the North half of the section #3 Warren-Alvarado-Oslo upset #2 Northern in five.

NUMBER CRUNCHING
ASSISTANTS
5 games
AA
Brianna Erickson, Pine River-Backus 45 vs Chisholm 2-3
4 games
AA
Andre'a Wynn, Crosby-Ironton 45 vs Virginia 1-3

KILLS
5 games
AA
Carlie Waibel, Lake of the Woods 25 vs DGF 3-2
Jennifer Lopez, DGF 24 vs LOW 2-3
Naomi Anderson, Pine River-Backus 19 vs Chisholm 2-3
Chelsea Christensen, Pine River-Backus 18 vs Chisholm 2-3
4 games
AA
Annie Adams, Crosby-Ironton 17 vs Virginia 1-3
3 games
AAA
Chelsie Sobieck, Forest Lake 18 vs Hermantown 3-0
AA
Amber Ryan, Esko 22 vs MLWR 3-0
Anna Zyvoloski, St. Cloud Cathedral 17 vs Pierz 3-0
A
Kresson Vreeman, Central Christian 18 vs Lester Prairie 3-0

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