The Weekly Top Five – Fury Zurn on the Rise

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What teams stood out the most with undefeated records or a great one-loss weekend?&nbsp; We give you the weekly Top Five today!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Weekly Top Five</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>[program_tooltip program_id='2075672' first='Minnesota' last='Fury'] Zurn</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Minnesota Rise Hulke</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>[program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'] Fuerte</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>[program_tooltip program_id='2075674' first='Minnesota' last='Heat'] PBB</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>[program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'] Lernell</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Undefeateds</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It was a big weekend for [program_tooltip program_id='2075672' first='Minnesota' last='Fury'] Zurn: they beat SSA SD in the semis by a decent margin and earned a big overtime win over Select Fuerte to win the event.&nbsp; It's not just the win, it was a victory avenging a previous loss.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Minnesota Rise Hulke is a team that has really put together a nice season. After a 4-0 weekend to win their division the Rise has now won 15 of 20 games this season. They beat two teams from Wisconsin, a team from South Dakota, and [program_tooltip program_id='2078859' first='Starks' last='Elite'] in the title game.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Great 4-1 or 3-1 Runs</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'] Fuerte was a congested traffic lay-up at the buzzer missed away from winning the weekend championship.&nbsp; They defeated four opponents by 20 or more points including an Elevate Skills team that added a couple players and were quite tough.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075674' first='Minnesota' last='Heat'] PBB was 3-1 and their lone loss was a three score defeat to the top Sanford Sports Academy team from South Dakota. The Heat defeated Select Lernell in the second round earning a spot in the quarter finals.  They also grabbed a one score win over the Rise.  A team getting better. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Real Phenom Puma lost a game to a solid Missouri Phenom program in a close game but they beat a secondary Wisconsin Swing team and hammered a couple local teams from Ball City and Lace Up in the Showcase. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'] Lernell knocked off a very good [program_tooltip program_id='2075310' first='Northstar' last='Titans'] Stone team in what will be chatted about as one of the bigger upsets of the season.&nbsp; They also beat Minneapolis Central and even they lost to the Heat, it was still a big weekend for them.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Heat GVR and Titans Stone both lost in first round upsets but bounced back for one loss weekends and a consolation championship.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Next Weekend</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The final weekend before about a four week break is NHR State which will have 20 of the top 25 teams in the state plus a couple of the top teams from North Dakota as well.  A weekend full of talent in the oldest event the state has…. The State Tournament. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There is also an event in Eau Claire that a few teams from Minnesota will also be playing in.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->