The 36th annual Spirit of Duluth Tournament will be played this weekend. The tournament is really three tourneys, a 16 team peewee A tournament, a 16 team bantam AA tournament, and a Junior Gold Tourney. This preview covers the peewee AA tourney. The Spirit is noted for playing games in multiple arenas throughout Duluth. That is true this year. Based on current schedules for this year’s tourney, Edina peewees will play in the Sill arena on Friday, DECC and Seitz on Saturday, and if they make it to the championship game, Seitz on Sunday morning and Sill on Sunday afternoon. If they lose, they could end up playing in Fryberger and Mars. The Hornets should win.
The scores have been pouring in on the YHH rankings and the stronger teams are rising to the top. Based on the rankings as of this past weekend; #2 ranked Duluth East AA, #9 ranked Wayzata AA, #1 ranked Edina AA, and #7 ranked Eden Prairie AA should win their pools. Edina AA should then beat Wayzata AA in one semifinal and Duluth East AA should beat Eden Prairie AA. Edina AA should beat Duluth East AA for the title. But let’s look beyond the numbers and provide the human perspective.