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How the Minnesota Top 25 fared in quarterfinal football games

Over three days, three of the first 10 in the Strib Varsity rankings hit the end of their seasons.

Spring Lake Park players celebrate at the end of their overtime victory over Alexandria on Saturday at Monticello High School. (Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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By Kevin Bertels

The Minnesota Star Tribune

Here’s a look at how the Minnesota Top 25 — this week including only teams still alive in the football playoffs — fared in state quarterfinal games:

1. Maple Grove (6A, 10-1): lost to No. 3 Lakeville South 49-31 on Friday at Eastview. Video reporter Alicia Tipcke covered the game for Strib Varsity and filed highlights and soundbites.

2. Centennial (6A, 9-2): lost to No. 8 Moorhead 35-21 on Thursday at Spring Lake Park. Video reporter Alicia Tipcke covered the game for Strib Varsity and filed highlights and soundbites.

3. Lakeville South (6A, 9-2): defeated No. 1 Maple Grove 49-31 on Friday at Eastview. Video reporter Alicia Tipcke covered the game for Strib Varsity and filed highlights and soundbites. Up next: semifinal Friday vs. Moorhead.

4. St. Thomas Academy (5A, 11-0): defeated No. 25 Rochester Mayo 21-14 on Saturday at Woodbury. Dominic Baez rushed for two touchdowns for the Cadets. Up next: semifinal Friday against St. Thomas Academy.

5. Minnetonka (6A, 9-2): defeated No. 16 St. Michael-Albertville 34-7 on Friday at Farmington. Jim Paulsen covered the game for Strib Varsity. Up next: semifinal Thursday vs. Edina.

6. Eden Prairie (6A, 8-3): lost to No. 15 Edina 23-21 on Friday at Osseo. Cassidy Hettesheimer covered the game for Strib Varsity.

7. Chanhassen (5A, 10-1): defeated No. 21 Cretin-Derham Hall 23-19 on Saturday at Osseo. Jim Paulsen covered the game for Strib Varsity. Up next: semifinal Saturday vs. Elk River.

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8. Moorhead (6A, 7-4): defeated No. 2 Centennial 35-21 on Thursday at Spring Lake Park. Video reporter Alicia Tipcke covered the game for Strib Varsity and filed highlights and soundbites. Up next: semifinal Friday vs. Lakeville South.

9. Spring Lake Park (5A, 11-0): defeated No. 11 Alexandria 13-12 in overtime Saturday at Monticello. Joe Gunther covered the game for Strib Varsity. Up next: semifinal Friday vs. St. Thomas Academy.

10. Jackson County Central (2A, 11-0): defeated Caledonia 42-15 on Saturday at Orono. Roman Voss, a quarterback committed to the Gophers, ran for five touchdowns and passed for another, all before the fourth quarter. Up next: semifinal Friday vs. Eden Valley-Watkins.

11. Alexandria (5A, 9-2): lost to No. 9 Spring Lake Park 13-12 in overtime Saturday at Monticello. Joe Gunther covered the game for Strib Varsity.

12. Minneota (1A, 10-0): defeated Lester Prairie 42-6 on Friday at Jordan. Joe Gunther covered the game for Strib Varsity. Up next: semifinal Saturday vs. Mahnomen-Waubun.

13. Marshall (4A, 11-0): defeated Totino-Grace 21-9 on Thursday at Blaine. Cassidy Hettesheimer covered the game for Strib Varsity. Up next: semifinal Thursday vs. Orono.

14. Annandale (3A, 11-0): defeated Litchfield 19-7 on Saturday at Rocori. Braylon Fobbe passed 6 yards to Gabe Westman for one Annandale touchdown, and Mike Koval and Isaiah Taylor ran for TDs. Up next: semifinal Saturday vs. Minneapolis North.

15. Edina (6A, 7-4): defeated No. 6 Eden Prairie 23-21 on Friday at Osseo. Cassidy Hettesheimer covered the game for Strib Varsity. Up next: semifinal Thursday vs. Minnetonka.

16. St. Michael-Albertville (6A, 5-6): lost to No. 5 Minnetonka 34-7 on Friday at Farmington. Jim Paulsen covered the game for Strib Varsity.

17. Elk River (5A, 9-2): defeated Minneapolis Washburn 53-20 on Saturday at Forest Lake. Carsyn Kleffman scored on four runs and caught a touchdown pass from Levi Harris. Up next: semifinal Saturday vs. Chanhassen.

18. Minneapolis North (3A, 11-0): defeated No. 23 Pine Island 50-21 on Saturday at Totino-Grace. Logan Lachermeier passed for 337 yards and four touchdowns, two of them to J’Marion Sanders, who had 174 receiving yards on seven catches. Tyshone Jenkins rushed for 180 yards and three touchdowns. Jeremiah Jackson made five catches for 99 yards and a TD. Up next: semifinal Saturday vs. Annandale.

19. Kasson-Mantorville (4A, 10-1): defeated No. 20 Hill-Murray 35-21 on Thursday at Stillwater. Jim Paulsen covered the game for Strib Varsity. Up next: semifinal Friday vs. Grand Rapids.

20. Hill-Murray (4A, 9-2): lost to No. 19 Kasson-Mantorville 35-21 on Thursday at Stillwater. Jim Paulsen covered the game for Strib Varsity.

21. Cretin-Derham Hall (5A, 7-4): lost to No. 7 Chanhassen 23-19 on Saturday at Osseo. Jim Paulsen covered the game for Strib Varsity.

22. Grand Rapids (4A, 10-1): defeated Benilde-St. Margaret’s 54-7 on Thursday at Brainerd. Mason Johnson rushed for 103 yards and four touchdowns. Up next: semifinal Friday vs. Kasson-Mantorville.

23. Pine Island (3A, 10-1): lost to No. 18 Minneapolis North 50-21 on Saturday at Totino-Grace. Nick Thein, who has rushed for 28 touchdowns this season, rushed for 126 yards and caught five passes for 48 yards, but he didn’t score.

24. Waseca (3A, 11-0): defeated Holy Family 14-0 on Saturday at Apple Valley. Kellen Klinger threw a pass to Owen Rupe for a second-quarter touchdown after Jordan Johnston scored on a run in the first quarter. Up next: semifinal Saturday vs. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton.

25. Rochester Mayo (5A, 6-5): lost to No. 4 St. Thomas Academy 21-14 on Saturday at Woodbury.

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Kevin Bertels has led the Minnesota Star Tribune’s high school sports coverage since fall 2021. Before that, he spent 23 years as the newspaper’s night Sports section coordinator, placing him in charge of the Sports copy desk.

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