2026 State Tournament: The Games of the Week

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It's our final top games of the week ranking and it's ranking the first round games of the state tournament that starts TOMORROW!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We rank the best games of the week for you so if you are curious what first round games to see, here is our list!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) 10AAAA Alexandria (6 seed) vs 3AAAA Maple Grove (3 seed) at the Target Center (at 4pm Tuesday) </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) 7A Cherry (7 seed) vs 3A Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton (2 seed) at the Target Center (at 3pm Thursday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) 6AAA Waseca (6 seed) vs 3AAA Minnehaha Academy (3 seed) at Williams Arena (at 8pm Wednesday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(4) 4A Hills-Beaver Creek (5 seed) vs 2A Southland (4 seed) at the Target Center (at 1pm Thursday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(5) 8AAAA Chaska (5 seed) vs 7AAAA Lakeville South (4 seed) at the Target Center (at Noon Tuesday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(6) 9AA Albany (5 seed) vs 4AA Jackson County Central (4 seed) at the Target Center (at 8pm Tuesday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(7) 7AAA Mankato East (5 seed) vs 4AAA Northfield (4 seed) a Williams Arena (at Noon Wednesday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(8) Apple Valley (7 seed) vs 2AAAA Wayzata (2 seed) at the Target Center (at 2pm Tuesday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(9) 6A Red Lake County (3 seed) vs 10A Liberty Classical (6 seed) at the Target Center (at 5pm Thursday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(10) 8AAA Sartell (6 seed) vs 3AAA Richfield (3 seed) at Williams Arena at (at 4pm Wednesday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(11) Blaine (8 seed) vs 1AAAA Tartan (1 seed) at the Target Center (at 10am Tuesday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(12) Blake (7 seed) vs 2AA Pequot Lakes (2 seed) at Williams Arena (6pm Wednesday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(13) Minneapolis South (8 seed) vs 1AAA Totino-Grace (1 seed) at Williams Arena (at 10am Wednesday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(14) 2AAA DeLaSalle (2 seed) vs 9AAA Grand Rapids (7 seed) at Williams Arena (at 2pm Wednesday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(15) Upsala (8 seed) vs 1A Henning (1 seed) at the Target Center (at 11am Thursday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(16) Perham (8 seed) vs 1AA Goodhue (1 seed) at the Target Center (at 6pm Tuesday)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->