Pine Island

Well, I don't know.

Pine Island's really tough.

Um-

Okay

[laughs]

I'm not afraid to.

But as far as on the girls' side, like, if they know that Pine Island is gonna be stiffer competition and the, the team thing is a factor, are they, you know, looking for those maroon uniforms a little bit more? Is that extra motivation?

Um-

Yeah, they would be number three out of the big three in section one AAA.

Pine Island's gonna be the top seed.

ZM should be second.

They're 5-1, and then Cotter right behind them.

There was never any Goodhue versus Red Wing, obviously.

Uh, Goodhue and Cannon Falls was pretty good.

I'd imagine Pine Island and ZM to be pretty good as well, and then kind of-

Yeah

You know, they're one of those teams way out west, but they're in that section with, with that 3A, um, section three and, um, they're, they're a really nice looking team.

And then from there, my last one is, uh, Pine Island, so in section 3A one.

So they've kinda come back here, um, from a dominant year last year, and they've kinda picked right up where they left off, and so they're looking really good.

It's a, it's a little bit more of a, um, complimentary offense maybe compared to last year, you know, when they, when they had Nick Tine there kinda running up and down the field all, all game-

Yep

... and, and some of the boys over there and, and, uh, Skirska, and, and he's, he's having a nice year as well for them.

So I think, um, Pine Island's been real strong, and they've taken on...

They've been battle tested really too.

What an interesting section that is.

You got ZM, Pine Island, and Cotter all playing tight games at the top, and then below that, draw them out of a hat, La Crescent, PEM, Lake City, Red Wing.

It's like there's three teams, and then there's four teams.

Interesting section.

so I'll start there.

Mm-hmm.

Pine Island's still at the top, 5-0, so good for them.

Week one did not look all that great for them, so to stay 5-0 and to actually get a little bit more, I don't know, convincing of being that undefeated team.

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So, um, yeah, both those teams gotta be feeling pretty good heading into this week, um, with, with big wins last week, so.

And then to round it out, um, I had two and oh Zumbrota playing two and oh Pine Island, and I had picked Pine Island in that one.

Pine Island ends up winning that game, uh, 20 to 10.

So, um-

Yeah

Yeah.

Let's talk about those games.

So I'm gonna start out with, I'm gonna start out with Pine Island and Cotter, okay? Um-

Good to be with you, Lynn.

Yes, thank you for coming all the way down to Southern Minnesota, Pine Island, here at the Church of St. Michael.

Yes, and I just happened to hear that our Western South Dakota friends weren't sure where Pine Island is.

Well, now they're going to find out Pine Island.

If you go to Rochester and you go north about a 15-minute drive, you're going to run right into Pine Island.

Right.

Beautiful little city here.

Just north of Rochester, Minnesota.