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New Class 6A Football Sections Set

Section 5AAAAAA will include Maple Grove Senior High along with several other metro schools.

The new Class 6A football sections set to begin for the 2012 season have been released, according to the Minnesota State High School League’s website.

The MSHSL announced this spring that it would expand to a six-class, 11-man football playoff system beginning in 2012. The expansion called for a 32-team Class 6A tournament, which will be broken into four, eight-team sections: Section 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Section 5AAAAAA will include , Blaine High School, Brainerd High School, Centennial High School, Champlin Park High School, Coon Rapids High School, Anoka High School and .

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The eight teams will compete in section play, with one team advancing to the new four-team Class 6A state tournament.

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