Class A Girls Basketball Section Update

 Section play is underway in Class A with some sections down to the Final Four.  

Section 1 has three of the four remaining teams with 20+ wins.  They are the top seeded Hayfield Vikings, the second seeded Grand Meadow Superlarks and the third seeded Randolph Rockets.  The fourth seeded team and the only one with less than 20 wins is the Lanesboro Burros.  

Over in Section 2, it's the top seeded Mayer Lutheran Crusaders battling the BOLD Warriors in the North subsection and in the South subsection it will be The Battle of Sleepy Eye as the Sleepy Eye Indians face the Sleepy Eye St. Mary's Saints.  It's likely the town will be empty that night as fans head to St. Peter for this section showdown.  

In Section 3, the North subsection features the top seeded Lac Qui Parle Valley Eagles, winners of 13 straight games against the perennial power Minneota Vikings.  But in the South subsection, it's an All Edgerton final as the Edgerton Dutchman face the SW MN Eagles.  Is an All Eagles final in the works?  

Section 4 has just started and the top seeded Heritage Christian Eagles and the second seeded United Christian Academy Thunder could meet in the finals of a wide open section.  

A good place to give the hyphen key a workout is the West Subsection in Section 5.  There's Pine River-Backus facing top seeded Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa followed by Walker-Hackensack-Akeley vs. Nevis.  No hyphens in the East subsections as the Ogilvie Lions face the Barnum Bombers and the Upsala-Swanville Patriots battle the top seeded Braham Bombers.  Will the subsection final be The Battle of the Bombers?  

To Section 6 as the top four seeds are still alive in the North subsection as the fourth seeded New York Mills Eagles face the top seeded Underwood Rockets and the Breckenridge Cowboys face the Henning Hornets.  It's Hyphen City in the East Subsection as the top seeded and defending Class A champion Hancock Owls face Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley and Wheaton/Herman-Norcross faces Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunberg.  

It's been a great year for head coach Jeff Buffetta and the top seeded Mountain Iron-Buhl Rangers as the look toward returning to Minneapolis.  But there seems to be a logjam of outstanding teams that include the section seeded Cromwell-Wright Cardinals, the third seeded Ely Timberwolves and the fourth seeded South Ridge Panthers.  Add the fifth seeded Chisholm Bluestreaks and it shows the Iron Range is loaded with top girls basketball talent.  

Finally, in Section 8, the East subsection has top seeded Kelliher/Northome, the second seeded Fossdton Greyhounds and the third seeded Fertile-Beltrami Falcons.  The West subsection top seed is Badger/Greenbush-Middle River.

Plenty of outstanding girls basketball section play ccoming up.