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Eagles open strong

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Prologue A pair of heavyweights getting together as #4AAAA Eden Prairie made in the trip into the city to visit #7AAA Minneapolis Washburn....

Charting a new technical course in section 4A

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Prologue Traditionally, a trip to St. Agnes for me means a frigid experience.  Nice change of pace for a very warm winter evening.  Tonig...

2012-13 Week 1 Impressions

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The 1st week of the 2012-2013 Minnesota High School Boys Basketball Season is in the book.  Here's what caught my eye. Wins of Note E...

Breaking down opening Saturday

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Its the 1st Saturday of the season and in traditional Saturday form that means a bunch of games.  I started with an iron range boys/girls do...

Prepping for a big season

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Prologue There were some good big school games in the distant outreaches of the metro.  That made it an easy decision to step back and take...

Opening night with Bears in the Park

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Prologue Its opening night and that's a chance for #3 Blake to make a statement on the road vs St. Paul Como Park.  Also the 1st game f...

Beacons to the New Season

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There's a light at the end of the proverbial tunnel of fall basketball and at the other end is the start of the 2012-13 season.  This li...

Thoughts from Pulley Jamboree and week 1

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With Minnesota getting its annual late start, once again I decided to return to The Old Kingdom to start my season.  3 games last week with ...

What to watch for in the 2012-13 Season

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The Czar's 2012-2013 Season Preview Series concludes after 5 weeks and 25 previews.  In this final preview let's condense everything...

12-13 Section 7AAAA Preview

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This is the 24th preview in my 2012-2013 season preview series.  In this 2nd to last preview in my 5 week long look at the metro ...

12-13 Section 6AAAA Preview

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This is the 23rd preview in my 2012-2013 season preview series.  In this preview, a look at section 6AAAA.  For a list of al...

12-13 Section 5AAAA Preview

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This is the 22nd preview in my 2012-2013 season preview series.  In this preview, a look at section 5AAAA.  For a list of al...

12-13 Section 4AAAA Preview

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This is the 21st preview in my 2012-2013 season preview series.  The final week of previews begins with a look at section 4AAAA.  For a li...

12-13 Section 3AAAA Preview

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This is the 20th preview in my 2012-2013 season preview series.  In this preview, we stay in the southern region of the metro to...

12-13 Section 2AAAA Preview

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This is the 19th preview in my 2012-2013 season preview series.  The final segment of my previews begins here as we finish with previews o...

12-13 Section 6AAA Preview

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This is the 18th preview in my 2012-2013 season preview series.  In this preview, from the east side to the west side for a look...

12-13 Section 4AAA Preview

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This is the 17th preview in my 2012-2013 season preview series.  In this preview, we look at section 4AAA.  For a list of a...

2012-13 Section 3AAA Preview

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This is the 16th preview in my 2012-2013 season preview series.  In this preview, we begin our look at the large school sections...

12-13 Section 4AA Preview

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This is the 15th preview in my 2012-2013 season preview series.  To end the 3rd week of previews, let's take a look at section 4AA. F...

2012-13 Section 4A Preview

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This is the 14th preview in my 2012-2013 season preview series.  In the first set of previews, we took a look at 12 metro area conferences ...