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Top girls' games: Sky-rocketing Orono has critical test against Blake

By Nick Gerhardt, Sport Ngin, 10/05/15, 3:30PM CDT

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Oct. 8: The Spartans have won nine straight games and face the surging Bears in a playoff tuneup.

Orono coach Erin Murray has her team gearing up for another run at the state tournament after winning the Class 1A title last year. Photo by Rick Orndorf

Orono coach Erin Murray has her team gearing up for another run in the Class 1A state tournament after winning title last year. The Spartans get a litmus test for postseason success when they host Blake on Oct. 8. Photo by Rick Orndorf

As the defending Class 1A state champion, Orono is no stranger to postseason success.

Neither is Blake, which reached the Class 1A state title game every year from 2011-13. The Bears won a state championship in 2011 but didn't make it out of Section 3 last season after falling to Minneapolis Washburn 4-0.

Both teams seem primed to enter the playoffs ready for a long run. Orono ranked No. 3 in the latest Class 1A poll provided by the state coaches association while Blake has climbed to No. 5.

This matchup featuring two of Class 1A's top-ranked teams that are expected to make a run at section titles is our Top Game of the Week.

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