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Big South well represented in football polls

Thu 10-15-2020

MINNEAPOLIS - There's no Big South Conference in football, but five schools from the conference are rated in three classes in the first Minnesota football polls of the season compiled by The Associated Press.

In Class 2A, Redwood Valley (1-0) is rated third and Blue Earth Area (1-0) fourth.

Waseca (1-0) is rated first in Class 3A, with Luverne (1-0) tied for eighth. Fairmont (0-0) received votes.

Marshall (1-0) is second in the Class 4A rankings.

Other top-ranked teams are Hills-Beaver Creek (1-0) in nine man, Blooming Prairie (1-0) in Class 1A, Caledonia (1-0) in Class 2A, Hutchinson (1-0) in Class 4A, Chaska (1-0) in Class 5A and Lakeville South (1-0) in Class 6A.

Following are the complete polls. Listed are rank, team and won-loss record. First-place votes are in parenthesis.

9-man
1. Hills-Beaver Creek (1) 1-0
2. Mountain Iron-Buhl 1-0
3. Win-E-Mac 1-0
(tie) Nicollet 1-0
5. Stephen-Argyle 1-0
6. Grand Meadow (1) 1-0
7. Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 1-0
(tie) Cromwell 1-0
(tie) South Ridge 1-0
10. Fertile-Beltrami 1-0
Others receiving votes: LeRoy-Ostrander, Renville County West.
Class 1A
1. Blooming Prairie (2) 1-0
2. Mahnomen-Waubun 1-0
3. Minneota 1-0
4. Dawson-Boyd (1) 1-0
5. Mayer Lutheran 1-0
(tie) Browerville 1-0
7. Underwood 1-0
8. New Ulm Cathedral 1-0
(tie) Wabasso 1-0
10. Wabasha-Kellogg 1-0
Others receiving votes: Murray County Central, Goodhue, BOLD, Breckenridge, Deer River.
Class 2A
1. Caledonia (2) 1-0
2. Minneapolis North (1) 1-0
3. Redwood Valley 1-0
4. Blue Earth Area 1-0
5. Moose Lake-Willow River 1-0
6. West Central-Ashby 1-0
7. Crosby-Ironton 1-0
(tie) Barnesville 1-0
(tie) Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 1-0
(tie) Chatfield 1-0
(tie) Paynesville 1-0
Others receiving votes: Holdingford, Frazee, Wadena-Deer Creek, Eden Valley-Watkins, Maple River, Kimball.
Class 3A
1. Waseca (1) 1-0
2. Annandale (1) 1-0
3. Cannon Falls 1-0
(tie) Rochester Lourdes (1) 1-0
5. Albany 1-0
6. Dassel-Cokato 1-0
(tie) Pierz (1) 1-0
8. Luverne 1-0
(tie) Stewartville 1-0
10. New London-Spicer (1) 1-0
Others receiving votes: Perham, Mora, Aitkin, Foley, Litchfield, Proctor, St. Croix Lutheran, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton, Esko, Fairmont.
Class 4A
1. Hutchinson (4) 1-0
2. Marshall 1-0
3. Fridley 1-0
4. Becker 1-0
5. Rocori (1) 1-0
6. Orono 1-0
(tie) Detroit Lakes 1-0
8. Byron 1-0
(tie) South St. Paul 1-0
10. Willmar 1-0
Others receiving votes: Winona, Simley, Jordan, Hill-Murray, Grand Rapids, Benilde-St. Margaret's.
Class 5A
1. Chaska (4) 1-0
2. St. Thomas Academy (1) 1-0
3. Rogers 1-0
4. Owatonna 1-0
5. Mankato West 1-0
6. Moorhead 1-0
7. Andover 1-0
8. Robbinsdale Cooper 1-0
9. Chanhassen 1-0
10. Robbinsdale Armstrong 0-0
Others receiving votes: Alexandria, Irondale, Mahtomedi, Elk River, Rochester Century, Tartan, Rochester Mayo, Monticello.
Class 6A
1. Lakeville South (2) 1-0
2. Eden Prairie (2) 1-0
3. Prior Lake (1) 1-0
4. Lakeville North 1-0
5. Woodbury 1-0
6. St. Michael-Albertville 1-0
(tie) Blaine 1-0
8. Champlin Park 1-0
9. Maple Grove 1-0
10. Wayzata 0-1
(tie) East Ridge 0-1
(tie) Farmington 0-1
Others receiving votes: Stillwater, Shakopee, Rosemount.