Lakeville North at Owatonna
3 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 29

Lakeville North and Owatonna should vie for the Class 2A, Section 1 again this year.

Owatonna reached the section title game last season, losing to Rochester John Marshall 2-0. The Huskies came into that game as the two-time defending section champions.

Owatonna finished with a 12-3-3 record and returns captains Ryan Guenther, Luke Bunkers, Ricardo Mercado and Mitch Mayer.

Lakeville North, which fell to Rochester John Marshall 2-1 in overtime in last year’s section semifinals, should return nine players from a 7-5-4 squad. 

The Panthers and Huskies played to a 4-4 tie in last year's regular-season matchup in Lakeville.