The Minnesota High School League released its Section alignments for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years with several changes for section teams in northwest Minnesota. We have a list of all the sports and who is in and who is out next year. The WINTER sports sections are listed below –
BOYS BASKETBALL
Section 8A (21 teams) (added Mahnomen/Waubun, Red Lake. and lost Ada-Borup-West)
Badger-Greenbush-Middle River
Bagley
Blackduck
Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig
Cass Lake-Bena
Clearbrook-Gonvick
Climax-Fisher
Fertile-Beltrami
Fosston
Goodridge-Grygla-Gatzke
Kittson County Central
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen/Waubun
Northern Freeze
Northome/Kelliher
Red Lake County Rebels
Red Lake
Sacred Heart
Stephen-Argyle
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo
Win-E-Mac
Section 8AA (13 teams) (lost Fergus Falls, Frazee, and Red Lake)
Barnesville
Crookston
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
East Grand Forks
Hawley
Menahga
Park Rapids
Pelican Rapids
Perham
Roseau
Thief River Falls
Wadena-Deer Creek
Warroad
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Section 8A (22 teams) (added Mahnomen/Waubun, and Red Lake)
Badger-Greenbush-Middle River
Bagley
Blackduck
Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig
Cass Lake-Bena
Clearbrook-Gonvick
Climax-Fisher
Fertile-Beltrami
Fosston
Goodridge-Grygla-Gatzke
Kelliher/Northome
Kittson County Central
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen/Waubun
Northern Freeze
Red Lake
Red Lake County Central
Red Lake Falls
Sacred Heart
Stephen-Argyle
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo
Win-E-Mac
Section 8AA (14 teams) (lost Fergus Falls, and Red Lake)
Barnesville
Crookston
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
East Grand Forks
Frazee
Hawley
Menahga
Park Rapids
Pelican Rapids
Perham
Roseau
Thief River Falls
Wadena-Deer Creek
Warroad
DANCE – HIGH KICK AND JAZZ
Section 4A – 13 teams (lost Minnewaska and Osakis)
Aitkin
Bagley
Blackduck
Crookston
Crosby-Ironton
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
Duluth Marshall
Ely
Frazee
Hawley
Mahnomen/Waubun
Pelican Rapids
Wadena-Deer Creek
BOYS HOCKEY –
Section 8A (10 teams) No changes
Bagley-Fosston (Clearbrook-Gonvick)
Crookston (Sacred Heart and Fertile-Beltrami)
Detroit Lakes (Perham)
East Grand Forks
Kittson County Central (Tri-County)
Lake of the Woods
Park Rapids (Nevis, Menahga, Walker-H-A)
Red Lake Falls (RLCC)
Thief River Falls (Warren-A-O)
Warroad
GIRLS HOCKEY –
Section 8A (6 teams) No changes
Crookston (Sacred Heart)
Detroit Lakes (Perham)
East Grand Forks
International Falls (Indus)
Thief River Falls (Red Lake Falls, Warren-A-O)
Warroad
WRESTLING –
Section 8A (8 teams) No changes
Badger-Greenbush-Middle River
Barnesville
Crookston
Fertile-Beltrami
Fosston-Bagley
Frazee
Mahnomen/Waubun
United North Central
Section 8AA (12 teams) (Albany out, Minnewaska in)
Alexandria
Detroit Lakes
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
Fergus Falls
Minnewaska
Park Rapids
Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus
Perham
Roseau
Sauk Centre-Melrose
Thief River Falls
United Clay Becker