With the 2007 Minnesota State High School football tournament fast approaching, I figured this would be as good a time as ever to post my predictions for all the rounds of all the classes, finishing with my state champions in each class. Mind you, some of these are pure guesses since I haven’t seen or read about many of these teams, but what the hay, here it goes.
Nine-man quarterfinals:
Verndale def. Houston
Stephen-Argyle def. McGregor
Wheaton def. Cleveland
Littlefork-Big Falls def. Waubun
Nine-man semifinals
Stephen-Argyle def. Verndale
Wheaton def. Littlefork-Big Falls
Nine-man championship.
Stephen-Arygle will keep their impressive undefeated streak alive by beating Wheaton for yet another championship.
Class 1A quarterfinals
Goodhue def. Royalton
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg (KMS) def. Lake of the Woods
Adrian def. Mankato Loyola
Mahnomen def. Cook County
Class 1A semifinals
Goodhue def. KMS
Adrian def. Mahnomen
Class 1A championship
Goodhue will win the title, just too strong and too much tradition for Adrian.
Class 2A quarterfinals
Norwood Young America def. Caledonia
Eden Valley-Watkins def. Hawley
Triton def. Luverne
Pierz def. Moose Lake-Willow River
Class 2A semifinals
Eden Valley-Watkins def. Norwood Young America
Triton def. Pierz
Class 2A championship
Triton will find a way and sneak past Eden Valley-Watkins for the title.
Class 3A quarterfinals
Rochester Lourdes def. DeLaSalle
Perham def. Rockford
Glencoe-Silver Lake def. LeSueur-Henderson
Albany def. Proctor
Class 3A semifinals
Perham def. Rochester Lourdes
Glencoe-Silver Lake def. Albany
Class 3A championship
Glencoe-Silver Lake will win their second straight title, and it shouldn’t even be close.
Class 4A quarterfinals
Mahtomedi def. New Prague
St. Michael-Albertville def. Sartell
Waconia def. Minneapolis Washburn
Totino-Grace def. Duluth East
Class 4A semifinals
Mahtomedi def. St. Michael-Albertville
Totino-Grace def. Waconia
Class 4A championship
Totino-Grace will cruise to the victory over Mahtomedi. The real championship game in Class 4A came in the section title game which Totino-Grace topped Spring Lake Park in.
Class 5A quarterfinals
Cretin-Derham Hall def. Lakeville North
Wayzata def. Brainerd
Eastview def. Mounds View
Eden Prairie def. Andover
Class 5A semifinals
Wayzata def. Cretin-Derham Hall
Eden Prairie def. Eastview
Class 5A championship
In upset fashion, Wayzata finds a way to top Eden Prairie for the championship.
For all I know, these picks may be extremely accurate. I am not the high school football guru that I once was
Ok, I never was!
With that said, I’ve got a question for ya…How does one possibly become knowledgeable enough to be able to predict the outcome of the Triton vs Luverne football game? Do you subscribe to something? Isn’t “Triton” a type of “trailer?” I mean, I can barely point out on a map where these cities are let alone be able to predict a winner!
Which leads me to my next question…Who assisted with the picks? Mr. Rosell? Mr. Ide? I’m curious to see how accurate you’ll be. If you are more than 80% correct, you officially win the “Rube of the Year” award and you should be able to gain a few minutes a week on KFAN, possibly even taking those minutes from Carl Gerbschmidt!
Keep up the “posts,” Hammer…..Now if only we can get 10 frequent visitors to the blogs, we may be able to get some interesting commentary instead of my useless posts
Give it time…”If you write it, they will come!”