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I have been consistently inconsistent in my picks so far this season, with weekly records of 16-4, 11-9 and 14-6. My batting average is .684, which I – and anybody named Mauer – will take.
There are not a ton of huge, consequential games this week in the metro. Fourth-ranked Champlin Park and Blaine might settle a few things in a Thursday contest in the Northwest Suburban Conference, we’ll know more about the Lake when Eden Prairie plays host to Lakeville South, and Totino-Grace entertains Becker in a nice non-conference Class 4A matchup.
Outstate is where it’s at this week, with plenty of attractive games. There are six of those games among this week’s predictions, and the winners I have selected (and probably have jinxed) include Rushford-Peterson, New London-Spicer, Rochester Century and Verndale.
The most shocking fact about this week is that we have already reached the halfway point of the regular season. And summer just arrived … or at least it feels that way.
John Millea is on Twitter at twitter.com/stribjohn
Last week’s record: 14-6
Season record: 41-19
Metro Top 10
1. Eden Prairie 42, Lakeville South 21
2. Cretin-Derham Hall 41, East Ridge 7
3. Wayzata 24, Edina 7
4. Champlin Park 36, Blaine 32
5. Lakeville South loses to No. 1 Eden Prairie, 42-21
6. Totino-Grace 27, Becker 20
7. Hopkins 32, Duluth East 14
8. Andover 37, Coon Rapids 21
9. Stillwater 27, Roseville 13
10. Mahtomedi 36, Tartan 17
11 Other Games
Rogers 21, St. Michael-Albertville 14
Prior Lake 23, New Prague 21
Chaska 24, Chanhassen 14
DeLaSalle 32, St. Anthony Village 24
Benilde-St. Margaret’s 24, Fridley 21
Mankato West 28, Winona 20
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 28, New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva 22
Rushford-Peterson 28, Chatfield 18
New London-Spicer 27, Albany 24
Rochester Century 24, Owatonna 23
Verndale 33, Bertha-Hewitt 28
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