Heartland Region November 15, 2008 at Sioux Falls SD
Iowa - Kansas - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - Wisconsin
Two teams and five individuals will qualify for NXN national finals December 6, 2008 at Portland OR.
Heartland Team Rankings - September 18 Rankings by Marc Bloom and Rich Gonzalez; distributed by NSSF Wayzata MN boys, Dowling Catholic IA girls still #1.
Last week's ranking in parentheses. BT=bubble team. NR=not ranked
BOYS
GIRLS
1.Wayzata (MN) [1]No major meet
2.Bismarck (ND)[2]Wins Mandan Kiwanis Inv taking 4 of top 8
3.Eden Prairie (MN) [3]Wins Metro Inv by 35 points with 30-second spread
4.Edina (MN) [5]Wins Applejack Inv by 53 points over strong field
5.Shawnee Mission NW (KS)[4]No major meet
6.Stevens Point (WI) [7]Sweeps top 7 places at home invite
7.Manhattan (KS) [BT]Defeats Aquinas to win Emporia meet
8.St. Thomas Aquinas (KS) [6]2nd to Manhattan at Emporia meet
9.Yankton (SD) [8]Wins Augustana Meet of Champs with 5 in top 14
10.C Rapids Washington (IA) [10]No major meet
Cut: Norfolk (NE) [10]
Bubble team alphabetically: Alexandria (MN), Kearney (NE), Madison-La Follette (WI), Moorhead (MN), Norfolk (NE), Owatonna (MN), Pleasant Valley (IA), Sioux Falls Roosevelt (IA), Valley (IA)
1.Dowling Cath (IA) [1] Wins Bobcat Inv by 59 with 5 in the top 10
2.Lakeville North (MN) [4] Wins Applejack Inv by 45 over Minnetonka, Lake So and other state powers
3.Lakeville South (MN) [2] 3rd at Applejack Inv after defeating Minnetonka by 20 the previous week
4.Minnetonka (MN) [6] 2nd at Applejack Inv after earlier tie-breaker loss to Lakeville North
5.Bismarck (ND) [3] Wins Mandan Kiwanis Inv by 8 over Dickinson
6.Eden Prairie (MN) [9] Wins Metro Inv by 28 over Chaska
7.Lawrence Free State (KS) [NR] Wins Millard So Inv by 29 over Nebraska powers Millard North and Marian
8.Yankton (SD) [5] Wins Augustana Meet of Champs by 21 points
9.Whitefish Bay (WI) [10] No major meet
10.Sioux Falls Roosevelt (SD) [7] No major meet
Cut: Manhattan (KS) [8]
Bubble teams alphabetically: Bay Port (WI), Blue Valley NW (KS), Chaska (MN), DeSoto (KS), Dickinson (ND), Fargo South (ND), Iowa City West (IA), Lincoln Pius X (NE), Manhattan (KS), Marian (NE), Millard No (NE), Minot (ND), Olathe East (KS), Omaha Westside (NE), Urbandale (IA), West Fargo (ND)