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Prologue A fun Saturday running between a pair of games in St. Paul and then off to St. Anthony for the night session.  Biggest crowd I'...

Prologue Off to Hopkins for a Lake Conference showdown between the #2 ranked Royals and #5 ranked Eden Prairie.  The pricey but quality walk...

A rare metro occurrence takes me off the beaten path to a new gym tonight.  Its FAIR at Hope Academy in a matchup of small city schools.  FA...

Prologue Czar walks in the gym, he says, "Why I am large in the middle now, why am I large in the middle now?", oh my life is so h...

Prologue Its a very light night on the metro schedule due to caucuses.  But we do get a handful of private school matchups on the docket.  F...

Prologue Off to Bloomington Kennedy for their important section 2AAAA showdown with Prior Lake.  Kennedy also trying to hold on to 3rd plac...

This is the 4th CzarPI of the 2013-14 season ( see CzarPI Explained here ). It includes games through Saturday, February 1st, 2014. The v...

A big Friday and Saturday night of games.  Fun matchups of city teams from St. Paul and Minneapolis, an outstate game and an old school coac...

Prologue My week of critical conference matchups continues with a trip to Osseo to see the #4AAAA Orioles host #3AAAA Champlin Park.  Champ...

Prologue Another trip to the east side for another big showdown.  Tonight its Tartan and Hill-Murray in a battle of 2 of the top teams in t...

Prologue Off to Woodbury for a 3rd place showdown in the Suburban East between Mounds View and the host Royals.  Winner of this game stays ...

This is the 3rd CzarPI of the 2013-14 season ( see CzarPI Explained here ). It includes games through Saturday January 25th, 2014. The va...

I made the cold journey to the 2014 Border Battle in Kaukauna, WI.  For the 3rd straight year, the home state destroys the visitors.   Home ...

Prologue Its another trip to St. Paul to see a battle of Lions as St. Croix Prep makes the trip to The Sal to take on CHOF.  As usual no re...

Prologue Off to The Old Kingdom for the 4th Annual Midwest Players Classic at the La Crosse Center in La Crosse, WI.  Not quite the Minneso...

Prologue I continue this week's tour of St. Paul with a visit to #8AAAA Cretin-Derham Hall for a big Suburban East showdown with Rosevi...

Prologue Its a pair of new teams on the schedule tonight.  Wayzata makes their usual non-conference game against the St. Paul City as they ...

Prologue Off to #3AAAA Champlin Park for a non-conference game with Spring Lake Park.  Surprised I didn't see more notables in the buil...