One team exited the top 10 while another entered, but the newest No. 1 position is a first for a relatively young program.
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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.
The teams are beginning section tournaments this week as they play their way toward state.
Moorhead and Woodbury entered the rankings, and Rosemount kept rising in the top five.
The ranked teams lost mostly to each other, but Edina (loser to Moorhead) and Cretin-Derham Hall (loser to Elk River) were spectacular exceptions.
Maple Grove rose to No. 1 in Class 4A, and Eagan surged up the list into a tie for second.
Ahead of the final games of the regular season, Centennial and Lakeville South moved into the upper echelon in Class 6A.
As the regular season nears its Wednesday end, a few unforeseen upsets and close games Friday jumbled Jim Paulsen’s list.
