Seeding the State, Spring Trips

#1 posting 4.2.2008
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SEEDING THE STATE
The MSHSL approved the seeding of the state volleyball tournament. The top four teams will be seeded in all three classes. Seeding had wide approval when I had the poll question up last fall.

ITALY TRIP
Brittany Stamer of Hutchinson traveled to Italy with Northern Lights on a trip of a lifetime. From the Hutchinson Leader.

SPRING SCHEDULE
Ohio State was 2-2-1 at Chicago last weekend. It was the first time out with new coach Geoff Carlston.

Purdue will be at Indianapolis this weekend.

FIRST BALL
The D2 National champs Concordia St. Paul volleyball team threw out the first ball for the Minnesota Twins' second game.

Next up: tomorrow

Post Season Tournaments, Seed the State

#1 posting 10.22.2007
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TOURNAMENT RECAPS
Chaska won their own title with an upset win over Eagan in the finals. From the Chaska Herald.

Willmar finished 2-2 at Moorhead. From the West Central Tribune.

POST SEASON TOURNAMENTS
The StarTribune handicaps the post season volleyball tournament field.

THIS WEEK
There are a few non tournament games left today with Rocori at St. Michael-Albertville the most interesting.
MONDAY
In class A 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 all start off their tournaments
In AA 1 is in action
TUESDAY
In class AAA 3 is the only section playing in what is traditionally a football playoff night.
WEDNESDAY
7 A continues along with 7AA and 1 & 4 in AAA
THURSDAY
A: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
AA: 1, 2, 5, 8
AAA: 2, 3 are in action
FRIDAY
A: 3
AA: 3, 6
AAA: 1, 4
SATURDAY
AAA: 2
There are more, but they haven't been posted yet.

You can find out seeds, who plays who, and where and when from the MN State High School League or by checking out MN Scores.

SEED THE STATE TOURNAMENT
I don't understand why the state tournaments are not seeded. If you want the best to play the best you need to have them meet in the finals, not the quarters or semis. I know basketball did this last year and it worked out fine. Perhaps no one wants to be labeled the 8th seed. Last year the #1 team in the South Dakota girls basketball tournament got beat by #8 Brandon Valley in the quarters.
By seeding the tournament you will generate more interest and, if the seeding is accurate, make for a much better tournament.

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next up: college reports

Rough 1A East Seeds

#1 posting 10.20.2007
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sorry this is late, I was at the Rochester Century volleyball tournament with my team.

TOURANMENTS
Cannon Falls beat host Rochester Century in the B semifinals last night in their tournament. From the Rochester Post Bulletin.
In the A Bracket Rochester Mayo, defending champs, and Rochester JM won the semifinal matches.
Minneapolis Henry did not win a match on Friday or Saturday. The Patriots lost to Cannon Falls, and Pine Island on Friday, then Blue Earth and Irondale today.

In the Moorhead Tournament, it was Moorhead and DGF winning twice in their pools. From the Fargo Forum.

Fergus Falls finished 7th in the Sartell tournament. From the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

SEEDS
The Rochester Post Bulletin looks at the rough and tumble 1A tournament. Mabel-Canton is the 4th seed in 1A East. The RPB also looks at the 1AA tournament.

FEATURE
Stephanie Boulton is featured along with her balanced Minneota team in the Marshall Independent.

Wabasso's Andrea Rohlik's improvement is chronicled in the Marshall Independent.

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next up: college reports

Cross Q&A

#1 posting 10.19.2007
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TOURNAMENTS
St. Cloud Cathedral took the Sartell tournament championship with a two game win over the hosts. From the St. Cloud Times.

In the Underwood tournament: Wheaton defeated KMS. Underwood defeated Rothsay for 3rd place.

Q&A
Middle Taylor Cross from 21-3 Hill-Murray has a Q&A in the StarTribune.

SEEDS
Rogers is 9 in 5AAA; Zimmerman is 6 in 5AA North. From the Elk River Star News.

COACHING
The West Central Tribune looks at former local players that are now area coaches.

LATE RESULTS
The Alexandria Echo Press reports on the Central Lakes title shared by Alexandria.

The Echo Press also looks at area teams and their finals regular season games with Ashby; Brandon-Evansville; Osakis; and West Central.

GOPHERS
Minnesota is on the road this weekend to Northwestern and Michigan State. They are looking to snap a three game losing streak. From the Minnesota Daily.

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next up: tomorrow late afternoon.

More Seeds

#2 posting 10.18.2007
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SEEDS
Section 2AAA, one of the roughest in the state, has Chaska at #4. Prior Lake is #8 and if they win will face #1 seed Shakopee.
Other recent seeds #1 & #2
Section
AAA
1 ????
2 Shakopee; Eden Prairie
3. Lakeville North, Eagan
4. Woodbury, Hill-Murray
5. Blaine; Centennial
No word on 1, 6, 7, 8
Shakopee is #1 in 2; Blaine #1 in 5
AA
1W Stewartville; 1E Caledonia
2E Jordan; 2W LeSueur-Henderson
4W Minnehaha 4E ????
5 ????
6N St. Cloud Cathedral
7S Esko; 7N Hibbing
8N Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton; 8S Fergus Falls
3 has YME, Benson, Pipestone, and Jackson County Central as #1s. Marshall is a #2 in the SW quadrant.
A
1E Goodhue; 1W Bethlehem Academy
2N Sleepy Eye St. Mary's; 2S Martin County West
3N Minneota; 3S Windom
4N Meadow Creek; 4S SW Christian Chaska
5 Nevis, Onamia, Bertha-Hewitt; Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
6N Ada-Borup. 6S Ashby
7E Carlton; 7W Hill City
8

You can see more of the seeds here on the MSHSL site on the right side.

AWARDS
Betty Slinger (Faribault Bethlehem Academy, 2004) of UW-Green Bay was named the first recipient of the U.S. Army/Horizon League Female Scholar-athlete of the month this month.

GOPHER VOLLEYBALL NOTES
The 10 page Gopher Volleyball notes are out and highlights the upcoming matches at Northwestern and Michigan State to close out the first half of the conference season.

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Next up: tomorrow.

5AAA Seeds, Granquist Player of the Week

#3 posting 10.17.2007
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SEEDS IN 5AAA
1 Blaine
2 Centennial
3 Totino Grace
4 Champlin Park
5 Osseo
6 Spring Lake Park
7 Maple Grove
8 Mounds View
9 Rogers
10 Irondale
11 Coon Rapids
12 Park Center

Seeds #1-4 get a 1st round bye

#1 Blaine's Jessica Granquist was named AVCA/MaxPreps Player of the Week

Today is Osseo Coach Bill Quan's birthday.

2AAA releases their seeds later in the day. The Hutchinson Leader takes the crystal ball to come up with the seeds.

Mankato East swept Austin in the Big 9 finale. From the Austin Daily Herald.

United South Central beat Blooming Prairie in four. From the Austin Daily Herald.

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next up; Later today with more news.