PAYNESVILLE, Minn. – The Hopkins Royals girlss basketball team was ranked Number 1 among Class AAAA high schools by the Minnesota Basketball News newsletter Pacesetter. The rankings were by Kevin Anderson, who operates the web site kjasr.com. In bold below are southeast Minnesota teams:
Pacesetter rankings. On December 3.
Class AAAA
1. Hopkins
2. Chaska
3. Minnetonka
4. Wayzata
5. Eden Prairie
6. Stillwater
7. St. Michael-Albertville
8. East Ridge
9. Maple Grove
10. Lakeville North
11. Shakopee
12. Rochester Marshall
13. Centennial
14. Blaine
15. Roseville
16. Rosemount
17. Edina
18. Waconia
19. Cambridge-Isanti
20. Spring Lake Park
Class AAA
1. Becker
2. Austin
3. Mankato East
4. DeLaSalle
5. Holy Angels
6. Totino-Grace
7. Hill-Murray
8. Grand Rapids
9. Marshall
10. St. Paul Como Park
11. Benilde-St. Margaret’s
12. Mankato West
13. Kasson-Mantorville
14. Hutchinson
15. Mahtomedi
16. Detroit Lakes
17. Visitation
18. Hermantown
19. Alexandria
20. Red Wing
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Winona High plays AAA.
Class AA
1. Providence Academy
2. Minnehaha Academy
3. Fergus Falls
4. Lake City
5. St. Croix Lutheran
6. Goodhue
7. Sauk Centre
8. Holy Family Catholic
9. Albany
10. Hawley
11. Rochester Lourdes
12. Jackson County Central
13. Caledonia
14. Pequot Lakes
15. Barnesville
16. Eden Valley-Watkins
17. Crookston
18. Perham
19. Pine City
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Winona Cotter plays AA.
Class A
1. Mountain Iron-Buhl
2. Minneota
3. Cass Lake-Bena
4. Mayer Lutheran
5. Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s
6. Hayfield
7. Hancock
8. New York Mills
9. Breckenridge
10. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley
11. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
12. Badger-Greenbush-Middle River
13. Cromwell-Wright
14. Granada-Hunt.-E.Chain-Truman-ML
15. Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
16. Chisholm
17. Lake Park-Audubon
18. Sleepy Eye
19. Ogilvie
20. Underwood