| State Girls' Swimming and Diving Meet |
Visitation seeks fifth consecutive team title
The Visitation Blazers will be in hot pursuit of their fifth consecutive Class A title at this week's 2009 State Girls' Swimming and Diving Meet. The Stillwater Area Ponies are hoping to win their second consecutive Class AA title.
Visitation, which is located in Mendota Heights, returns at least one relay team or individual to every event except the 200-yard freestyle. Stillwater Area returns competitors in every event.
This year's meet features 733 athletes representing 103 teams. Nineteen teams or individuals are returning in both classes to defend 2008 titles.
The Schedule
This year's state meet will start on Thursday, November 19, and run through Saturday, November 21. All events will take place at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center on the Minneapolis campus. The Class A one-meter diving preliminaries, the first five of eight, will begin at noon on Thursday, followed by the Class AA diving preliminaries at 6:00 p.m. The Class A swimming preliminaries begin at noon on Friday, followed by the Class AA swimming preliminaries at 6 p.m. The Class A championship finals in all events begin at noon on Saturday, followed by the Class AA finals at 6 p.m.
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| State Adapted Soccer Tournament |
Park Center defends CI title;
Robbinsdale/Hopkins/Mound-Westonka defends PI title
Both defending champions from the 2008 tournament return in search of more gold. The Pirates of Park Center are looking for their second consecutive title in the CI tournament, while the Robins of Robbinsdale/Hopkins/Mound-Westonka are hoping to make it two in a row in the PI tournament.
The tournament will be conducted Friday and Saturday, Nov. 20 and 21, at Stillwater Area High School.
CI Division Quarterfinal Highlights
The defending champions from Park Center, who are the No. 3 seed in the North Division this year, return in search of more gold. Anoka-Hennepin is the top seed in the North Division, and South Suburban is the No. 1 seed in the South Division. All four quarterfinal games will be played on Friday, Nov. 20.
(No. 1 North) Anoka-Hennepin (10-0) vs. (No. 4 South) Dakota United (8-2-1) at 5 p.m. in Gym B.
(No. 2 South) Chaska/Chanhassen/Prior Lake/Shakopee (7-2-2) vs. (No. 3 North) Park Center (7-3-1) at 6:30 p.m. in Gym B.
(No. 2 North) Mounds View/Irondale/Roseville (8-2-1) vs. (No. 3 South) Burnsville/Farmington/Lakeville (8-3) at 8 p.m. in Gym B.
(No. 1 South) South Suburban (10-1) vs. (No. 4 North) St. Cloud Area (6-3-2) at 8 p.m. in Gym A.
Championship semifinal games are scheduled for noon on Saturday, with the third-place game at 3:30 p.m. and the championship game at 4 p.m. In the consolation bracket the semifinal games will be played on Saturday at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., with the consolation title match scheduled for 1:45 p.m.
PI Division Highlights
Robbinsdale/Hopkins/Mound-Westonka is on a quest for its second consecutive and fourth overall title. The Robins are the No. 1 seed in the North Division, and the Hawks of Dakota United are the top seed in the South Division. All four quarterfinal games will be played on Friday, Nov. 20.
(No. 1 North) Robbinsdale/Hopkins/Mound-Westonka (9-0-1 vs. (No. 4 South) St. Paul Highland Park (5-5-1) at 5 p.m. in Gym A.
(No. 2 South) South Suburban (8-2) vs. (No. 3 North) Mounds View/Irondale/Roseville (6-4-1) at 5 p.m. in Gym C.
(No. 2 North) Anoka-Hennepin (8-2) vs. (No. 3 South) St. Paul Humboldt (6-4-1) at 6:30 p.m. in Gym C.
(No. 1 South) Dakota United (10-0) vs. (No. 4 North) Park Center (6-5) at 6:30 p.m. in Gym A.
The two championship semifinal games will be played at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, followed by the 2:15 p.m. third-place game and the 2:30 p.m. championship game. The consolation semifinals will be played at 9 a.m. and the consolation championship will be played at 12:15 p.m.
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