As playoffs approach, teams are starting to tighten the screws. We see OMG as the team to beat. The Leafbirds are way too deep up front with two first lines and a great blue-line. There are fiver or six teams who have made great strides in the second half of the year. Teams like Rogers, Andover and Stillwater have really made strides. The North Region will be as competitive a years as we've seen in the last five or six.

Warroad won state in PWA two years ago, this year they have most of the same players; can they do it again at the Bantam level? Mankato has a really amazing end to the season, they win district nine and beat Rochester (Red), Mankato may be very underrated in the rankings at 5, but we see the sky is the limit for Mankato. Tartan and Alexandria are the two teams to not mess with this postseason, Tartan only has three losses on the year and Alexandria is on a 12-game win streak heading into playoffs.

Bantam B is loaded with teams at the top, and it is a complete toss up for who we think is going to win state. Too many great teams to predict. Stillwater (Black) is for sure the favorite though, but Edina (Green) has been very tough as of late and could take them down. Prior Lake was on the brink of the top ten for the last couple of weeks, two district wins this past week most certainly propelled them in. Very crazy year in Bantam B and we are intrigued to see how the postseason goes.