FELDY: The first Class A boys hockey poll of the season is out, and three-time defending Section 1A champion Rochester Lourdes is again in the top 10. The Eagles, who placed sixth at the state tournament last year, are ranked No. 5. The Eagles are the lone Section 1 team in the top 20.
Defending state champ St. Thomas Academy is ranked No. 1.
The entire poll, with first-place votes in parentheses:
1. St. Thomas Academy (11)
2. Breck (8)
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3. Hermantown
4. Totino-Grace
5. Rochester Lourdes
6. Hibbing/Chisholm
7. Thief River Falls
8. Warroad
9. Little Falls
10. St. Cloud Cathedral
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11. Blake
12. Duluth Denfeld
13. Rogers
14. Duluth Marshall
15. East Grand Forks
16. Mahtomedi
17. South St. Paul
18. Fergus Falls
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19. Virginia/Mt. Iron-Buhl
20. Orono
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In the girls polls, a pair of Section 1 teams are ranked in the Class AA poll, and four Section 1 teams are in the Class A poll, including No. 6-ranked Red Wing. Here are the girls polls:
CLASS AA
1. Minnetonka (11)
2. Benilde-St. Margaret's
3. Edina (2)
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4. Roseville Area (3)
5. Hill-Murray
6. White Bear Lake
7. Stillwater Area
8. Eden Prairie
9. Elk River-Zimmerman
10. Lakeville South
11. Anoka
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12. Lakeville North
13. North Wright County
14. Roseau
15. Coon Rapids
16. Wayzata
17. Eastview
18. Centennial
19. Rosemount
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20. Buffalo
CLASS A
1. Warroad (9)
2. Breck (1)
3. South St. Paul
4. Blake
5. Crookston
6. Red Wing
7. Chisago Lakes
8. Eveleth-Gilbert
9. Mound-Westonka
10. Orono
11. Thief River Falls
12. East Grand Forks
13. Hutchinson
14. Totino-Grace
15. Alexandria
16. Fergus Falls
17. Northfield
18. Mankato East
19. Proctor-Hermantown
20. Mankato West
