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Edina looked the part of a top seed with a 6-2 victory over Elk River/Zimmerman in the Class AA quarterfinals of the Minnesota State High School League’s Boys Hockey State Tournament on Thursday, March 7 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

Unseeded Cretin-Derham Hall faced a tall task when it faced No. 3-seeded Centennial in the Class AA quarterfinals of the Minnesota State High School League’s Boys Hockey State Tournament on Thursday, March 7 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The task became mountainous when Centennial built a three-goal early lead that appeared to break the Raiders’ spirit.

High school bands from Section 2A Subsection 8 gathered in Jordan for the annual Large Group Contest. Yes, the MSHSL is involved in athletics, but it also proudly oversees all kinds of fine arts activities, ranging from theater to speech to debate to visual arts to choir and band.

Chanhassen’s magical season continued with a 7-0 victory over Rochester Century/John Marshall in the Class AA quarterfinals of the Minnesota State High School League’s Boys Hockey State Tournament on Thursday, March 7 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

Mahtomedi made a statement in the opening round of the Class A Boys Hockey State Tournament Wednesday night, defeating Orono 5-2 at the Xcel Energy Center. The Zephyrs, the defending state champs, are seeded fourth in the tournament field and the Orono Spartans are No. 5.

The top-seeded Hermantown Hawks, who have won four state titles, opened the 2024 Boys Hockey State Tournament with a 6-0 victory over unseeded Alexandria Area in Wednesday night's quarterfinal game.

St. Cloud Cathedral, the No. 3 seed in the Minnesota State High School League’s Class A Boys Hockey tournament, defeated Northfield 6-1 in the quarterfinal round.

Warroad was off and running in its 25th state tournament appearance, posting an 8-1 victory over New Ulm in the Class A quarterfinals of the Minnesota State High School League’s Boys Hockey State Tournament on Wednesday, March 6 at the Xcel Energy Center.

Phil Johnson, coach of three Mr. Soccer Award winners and four All-Americans, will be honored with eleven others in the League's Hall of Fame Class of 2024.

For the 80th time, the Minnesota State High School League's Boys Hockey State Tournament will take center ice as one of the marque high school events in the country. Sixteen teams will play for championships in two enrollment classes beginning Wednesday, March 6.

The state’s best adapted floor hockey teams are set to take over Coon Rapids High School for the Minnesota State High School League’s state tournament on March 8-9. Both a CI and PI team champion will be crowned on Saturday afternoon.

Jim Birkemeyer of R & J Broadcasting in greater Minnesota is the Minnesota State High School League's 2024 Outstanding Media Service Award winner in the Electronic Division.