Listed below are the top rated teams that competed in the 2005-2006 Great Northwest season. We list 32 teams each for grades 6, 7 and 8 for purposes of determining who will be invited to the League Championship Tournament (LCT). These ratings are a by-product of the power rating system. Our ratings work on a formula basis, much like college basketball’s RPI or college football’s Bowl Coalition rating system. You will note that many teams are rated ahead of one or more teams to which they lost during the course of the season. It is consistency during the season that determines the final ratings, even though late season play is weighted more heavily than early season play. Teams that dropped in the rankings from the season before shouldn’t necessarily feel that they have regressed. At each grade level, we added several teams for the 2005-2006 season. Many of these teams were rated at the B+ level or higher, making it more difficult to make the top 32. Also note that teams playing “up” a grade level are not included in the rankings. For example, a 6th grade “A” team playing in some 6th and some 7th grade meets, is ranked only with the 6th grade teams. Note also Paragraph B-11 in your 2004-2005 rule book: “Teams that fail to play at least three meets during the 2005-2006 season, or who declined to play in the most recent LCT and offer no legitimate excuse for doing so, will not be included in this season’s year-end rankings of top 32 teams at each grade level.” There are at least one or two teams at each grade level that would otherwise have been ranked below, but are not, because of Rule B-11. We have, however, made exceptions for teams that played in at least two strong meets last season and have made a more significant commitment to the League for the 2006-2007 season. Since this top 32 ranking exists solely for the purpose of determining which teams will be invited to the League Championship Tournament, and in what order, it would be confusing to list teams not eligible to play in the LCT. 9th Grade Girls
(Last Season’s 8th Grade) 166 Total Teams
8th Grade Girls
(Last Season’s 7th Grade) 155 Total Teams
7th Grade Girls
(Last Season’s 6th Grade) 141 Total Teams
6th Grade Girls
(Last Season’s 5th Grade) 123 Total Teams
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Osseo-Fairchild Barron Gold Menomonie Blue River Falls Medford Red Wausau West Blue Amery Fall Creek Columbus Hayward Newman Catholic Assumption Amherst Eau Claire Volunteers Blue Wisconsin Rapids Red Altoona Lady Rails Hudson White Somerset Red Marshfield Black Colfax Poplar Gold Phillips Eau Claire Lavender Lightning Stillwater Red Reedsburg Rebels Stevens Point La Crescent Green Dover-Eyota Holmen Heat Weyauwega-Fremont Ashland Baraboo
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Eau Claire Volunteers Blue Somerset Black Mondovi Eliminators Ashland Prentice Hayward Menomonie Altoona Lady Rails Colfax Richland Center Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln Merrill Blue Stillwater Red Columbus Barron Auburndale Amery Wausau West Blue Marshfield Osceola La Crosse Central Black Osseo-Fairchild D. C. Everest Green Royall Northland Pines Goodhue Duluth East La Crescent Green Baraboo Rice Lake Blue Onalaska Suns
11. Chippewa Falls Cardinal Flight Red
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Eau Claire Swish La Crosse Hoopfest Eau Claire Volunteers Blue Menomonie Chippewa Falls Cardinal Flight Red Hudson White Somerset Black Richland Center Hurley Superior Rice Lake St. Joseph Durand Barron Bears Lake Holcombe River Falls Gold Hayward Eau Claire Fire Stillwater Red Baraboo Blue Bloomer Medford Red Amery Black Chetek D. C. Everest Green Altoona Boyceville Colfax Westby Antigo La Crescent D. C. Everest White Prescott
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Eau Claire Purple Reign White Bear Lake Eau Claire Gems Eau Claire Fusion Holmen Magic La Crosse Hoopfest Hayward Duluth East Eau Claire Volunteers Blue Hudson White Medford White Brookwood Northland Pines Somerset Black Chippewa Falls Cardinal Flight Red Barron Northwood Ladysmith Medford Red Altoona Lady Rails Menomonie Owen-Withee Eau Claire Cheetahs Osseo-Fairchild Westby St. Croix Falls Colfax Stevens Point Wittenberg-Birnamwood Merrill Blue Cambridge-Isanti Eau Claire Flash
Listed below are the top rated teams that competed in the 2005-2006 Great Northwest season. We list 32 teams each for grades 6, 7 and 8 for purposes of determining who will be invited to the League Championship Tournament (LCT). These ratings are a by-product of the power rating system. Our ratings work on a formula basis, much like college basketball’s RPI or college football’s Bowl Coalition rating system. You will note that many teams are rated ahead of one or more teams to which they lost during the course of the season. It is consistency during the season that determines the final ratings, even though late season play is weighted more heavily than early season play. Teams that dropped in the rankings from the season before shouldn’t necessarily feel that they have regressed. At each grade level, we added several teams for the 2005-2006 season. Many of these teams were rated at the B+ level or higher, making it more difficult to make the top 32. Also note that teams playing “up” a grade level are not included in the rankings. For example, a 6th grade “A” team playing in some 6th and some 7th grade meets, is ranked only with the 6th grade teams. Note also Paragraph B-11 in your 2004-2005 rule book: “Teams that fail to play at least three meets during the 2005-2006 season, or who declined to play in the most recent LCT and offer no legitimate excuse for doing so, will not be included in this season’s year-end rankings of top 32 teams at each grade level.” There are at least one or two teams at each grade level that would otherwise have been ranked below, but are not, because of Rule B-11. We have, however, made exceptions for teams that played in at least two strong meets last season and have made a more significant commitment to the League for the 2006-2007 season. Since this top 32 ranking exists solely for the purpose of determining which teams will be invited to the League Championship Tournament, and in what order, it would be confusing to list teams not eligible to play in the LCT. 9th Grade Boys
(Last Season’s 8 Grade) 168 Total Teams
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8th Grade Boys
(Last Season’s 7 Grade) 156 Total Teams
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7th Grade Boys
(Last Season’s 6 Grade) 142 Total Teams
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6th Grade Boys
(Last Season’s 5th Grade) 138 Total Teams
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Stoughton Wausau West Superior Chippewa Falls MAXX White Bear Lake Orange Poplar Black La Crosse Central Red Eau Claire Tigers River Falls Wildcats Hudson White Fall Creek Stillwater White Stillwater Red Whitehall Bloomer Orange Stanley-Boyd Durand Osseo-Fairchild Washburn Hayward Marshfield Tigers Lakeland Westby Winona YMCA Newman Catholic Antigo Arcadia Tomah Gold Ashland Sparta Red Hurley
17. Chippewa Falls Cardinal Hoops
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Stillwater Red Merrill White Bear Lake Orange Thorp Eau Claire Eagles Purple Winona YMCA Superior Stallions Stillwater White Blair-Taylor Holmen Vikings New Richmond Black Baldwin-Woodville Marshfield Titans Goodhue Wisconsin Rapids Red Reedsburg Wausau West River Falls St. Croix Eagles Antigo Westby Chippewa Falls Cardinal Hoops Red Mondovi Magic Hudson White Eau Claire Rebels Saint Croix Central La Crosse Central Red Stanley-Boyd Osseo-Fairchild Colfax Duluth East Red Alma-Gilmanton Superior Spartans
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Onalaska Royals Blue White Bear Lake Orange Hudson White Baldwin-Woodville Poplar Black D. C. Everest Green Eau Claire Swish La Crosse Central Red Prentice Plum City Stevens Point Red Antigo Osseo-Fairchild Wisconsin Rapids Holmen Force Baraboo Blue Menomonie Spooner Red Bangor Blair-Taylor Siren Stillwater White Stillwater Red Ellsworth Purple Hurley Wausau West Eau Claire YMCA North Altoona Black Duluth East Boyceville Cambridge-Isanti Chippewa Falls MAXX
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Onalaska Royals Hudson White Barron Golden Bears Wausau West Blue White Bear Lake Orange Medford D. C. Everest Green Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Holmen Heat Duluth East Altoona Red Stillwater Red Menomonie Clayton Somerset Stillwater White La Crosse Central Red Columbus Wisconsin Rapids Prentice Elk Mound Black Eleva-Strum Royall Chippewa Falls MAXX (CACS) Poplar Black Arcadia Zumbrota-Mazeppa Westby Chippewa Falls Cardinal Hoops Eau Claire Rebels Chisago Lakes Eau Claire Storm