Meanwhile, in Class 4A, a new No. 1 emerges after weeks of back and forth.
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Marcus Fuller and Jim Paulsen make guesses about four state finals Friday and three more Saturday.
The best players. Keys to winning. The best rivals. Get ready for Minnesota high school football’s state championship games by watching our Prep Bowl Preview Show here:
Receiver vs. defensive back. Defensive lineman vs. offensive line. This week, many of Minnesota’s best high school football players will go head-to-head.
The state semifinals at U.S. Bank Stadium begin Thursday. Our writers predict winners of some of the week’s biggest matchups.
Over three days, three of the first 10 in the Strib Varsity rankings hit the end of their seasons.
Randy Shaver returned for the second night in a row to cover football state quarterfinal action. Watch Friday’s “Strib Varsity Live” right here.
Staff writer Jim Paulsen ranks the top 25 teams in the state that are still alive in the postseason playoffs.
Other teams to earn No. 1 seeds in their classes include Grand Rapids and Marshall in 4A, Annandale and Waseca in 3A, JCC in 2A and Minneota in 1A.
Three teams in the top 10 — No. 3 Rosemount, No. 8 Forest Lake and No. 9 Byron — lost to teams that didn’t make the list.
The first full week of the postseason led to Moorhead’s quick rise and not much else.
