Some really competitive sections comprise the eight Class AAA sections. Here's how they look.
Starting with Section 1, there are a couple of red hot teams that are the top two seeds. They are the top seeded Byron Bears, who bring an eight game winning streak into section play and the second seeded Winona Winhawks, winners of seven straight. But don't count out the third seeded Stewartville Trojans. Looks like a three team race.
It could be a four team race in Section 2 as the top seeded St. Peter Saints rebound from a regular season ending loss to the Byron Bears. Looking to prevent Saints fans from heading up Highway 169 are the second Marshall Tigers and the third seeded Mankato East Cougars. Looking to pull the upset is the fourth seeded New Ulm Eagles, on a nine game winning streak. Can they avenge their two regular season losses to St. Peter and make the section race even more complex?
In Section 3, the top seeded Minneapolis Roosevelt Teddies are three wins away from becoming the fourth City Conference school to advance to the state tournament. But standing in their way are the second seeded Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders and the third seeded St. Paul Como Park Cougars.
The top ranked team in Class AAA is also the top seed in Section 4, the DeLaSalle Islanders. They enter section play on a 12 game winning streak. Can they get past the second seeded Mahtomedi Zephyrs and the third seeded Hill-Murray Pioneers?
Over in Section 5, the top seeded Becker Bulldogs could see their long state tournament run come to an end in the second seeded Monticello Magic. The Bulldogs swept the regular season series with the Magic. Could they meet a third time in St. Michael-Albertville on March 7?
Good news for Benilde-St. Margaret's fans, your Red Knights have overcome an injury to outstanding senior Olivia Olson and clinched the top seed in Section 6. But the defending Class AAA champions have to get past the second seeded Delano Tigers, whose only loss was in overtime to St. Peter. Which one of these two teams will head to The Barn?
Up in the Iron Range, the Rock Ridge Wolverines are the top seed and will need to contend with the second seeded Cloquet Lumberjacks and third seeded Grand Rapids Thunderhawks en route to the school's first tournament berth.
The Section 8 pairings have not yet been released but it's very likely the top seed will be the Alexandria Cardinals, who look to face possibly the Fergus Falls Otters for the third time this season.
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