What’s new with our Class A and AA team rankings?

<p>A pretty fair number of our top 25 rated teams in all 4 classes laid an egg this past week, and so our rankings have been pretty seriously scrambled. This was especially true in Class AA, and yet our biggest gainer in AA was one of those teams that lost. And in addition to that we have 3 new teams moving into the top 20 and another 4 in the top 25.</p> <p>Class A was not quite as volatile with one new team in the top 20 and 4 in the top 25.</p> <p>Here are some of the biggest movers.</p> <p><strong>Class AA</strong></p> <p>• Holy Family won 2 of 3, losing 46-42 to #2AA Rush City at the Breakdown. But, they also beat Watertown-Mayer, which turned around and beat then #10AA Byron at the Breakdown. The Fire’s only other loss is to AAA DeLaSalle and, so, with the other losses among Class AA teams, Holy Family moves all the way from #13 to #7—again, despite a loss this week.</p> <p>• Watertown-Mayer had dropped out of our top 25 the previous week but moves back in at #13 after the win over Byron, in which Monika Czinano outplayed Byron’s Yokie Lee.</p> <p>• Glencoe-Silver Lake entered the top 25 at #14 after thumping AAA Hutchinson 89-82 on Friday night.</p> <p>• Jordan enters at #17 after hammering Worthington 94-61 thanks to 15 3s.</p> <p>• Winona Cotter, Duluth Marshall, Caledonia and Albany enter the top 25 in Class AA. The best win among this quartet of teams is Duluth Marshall’s 2-point win at Esko.</p> <p>• Roseau and Byron were the biggest losers, each dropping 9 spots. Roseau lost for the 3rd time to Class A Badger-Greenbush-Middle River. Apparently, life without Kiley Borowicz is even more complicated than we thought. Byron dropped from #10 to #19 after the loss to Watertown-Mayer.</p> <p><strong>Class A</strong></p> <p>• Wabasso was the biggest gainer, but that was strictly because of some losses up above—Heritage Christian, Minneota and Stephen-Argyle.</p> <p>• St. Clair moved into the top 20 at #18, but again this was as much to other teams losing than to any big win on their part. Still, they 4-0 and that’s better than a sharp stick in the eye, especially considering that they all of a sudden became the highest-rated team in Section 2A.</p> <p>• Badger-Greenbush-Middle River is #22 after its big win over Roseau. In a wide-open Section 8A, Sacred Heart is #18, Stephen-Argyle is #20, BGMR is #22 and Red Lake is #25.</p> <p>• Heritage Christian is the big loser. After losing at the Breakdown Tipoff without Taylie Scott, they’ve now lost 2 with their point guard on board to Mpls. North and St. Agnes. Despite the 0-3 record, we still expect a bounceback, so they dropped from #9 to #16.</p> <p><strong>Big Games This Week</strong></p> <p>• St. Clair puts its new ranking on the line at Sleepy Eye on Monday night.</p> <p>• BGMR, Red Lake, Sacred Heart and Stephen-Argyle are all in action at Northland CTC Tuesday night, but I don’t know what the matchups are.</p> <p>• Future Moorhead State teammates Nicole Herbranson (Barnesville) and Natalie Steichen (Dilworth-GF) square off at Barnesville on Tuesday.</p> <p>• Winona Cotter and Caledonia put their undefeated records on the line at Caledonia on Tuesday.</p> <p>• Norwood Young America visits Jordan on Thursday.</p> <p>• In perhaps the biggest grudge match in A or AA this week, New London-Spicer visits Sauk Centre on Thursday.</p> <p>• Goodhue is at Zumbrota-Mazeppa on Friday.</p> <p>• The Hiawatha Valley-3 Rivers showcase is Saturday at the Mayo Civic Auditorium, with 5 rated teams participating.</p> <p>• Concordia is at Heritage on Saturday.</p> <p>So there’s plenty of opportunities for more scrambled eggs next week at this time.</p>