There’s a new No. 1 in the Top 25. After you read the rankings, scroll down to see Jim Paulsen’s prediction of how section tournament top seeds are shaping up.

Six teams make their Top 25 debut this week, three of them from the small-school classification.

Wednesday marked the first day of the early signing period. Here’s where Division I- and II-bound athletes from the state are headed next.

The 16-year-old will play for the U.S. National Team Development program this season.

From Strib Players of the Year in their respective sports to All-Minnesota team selections, this group of athletes will begin the upcoming school year as experienced stars.

The 7.7 miles that separate the Xcel Energy Center and 3M Arena at Mariucci stand as a boulevard of shattered dreams for Minnesota high school hockey players.

Every game has one or more, from the first of Wednesday’s Class 1A quarterfinals (St. Cloud Cathedral’s John Hirschfeld) to the last in Thursday’s Class 2A first round (Rogers’ Parker Deschene and Nolen Geerdes, Edina’s Sam Peckham).

Sixteen teams have a chance to win a state title. But first they must get past the quarterfinals.

Longtime Star Tribune writers David La Vaque and Jim Paulsen offer their predictions on which boys hockey teams take home the Class 2A and Class 1A titles.

The Class 2A and 1A brackets will come out Saturday, and the games will start Wednesday.