EDC Preview: Part 2

Ryan James October 6, 2015 @ 08:45 PM

PHD kicks off the conference previews with the Eastern Dakota Conference which is 11 deep so we will break it into two parts and then produce the Conference predictions and pre-season all EDC teams. Basketball is not as far away as people know so we get you started with the October league previews.<h2>Teams</h2>Fargo Shanley Returning Starters. Shayne Dauenhauer (5-11, G, 12), Cameron Saville (6-1, 6, 10), Returning Bench Players. Kevin Wolfe (6-0, PF, 12) New Talent. Jacob Kava (6-2, PF, 10), Caleb Christman (6-2, PF, 10), Brandon Buisker (6-2, SF, 10) Trending. Same. Final Thoughts. They were two games over .500 last year and with so many expected sophomores in the rotation they will lack experienced but the sophomore group is tough and good so they will be competitive but likely somewhat under the average marl. Valley City Returning Starters. Dalton Ondracek (6-1, G, 12), Levi Nix (6-4, PF, 11), Nate Rodriguez (5-10, SG, 11), Hunter Burchill (5-10, PG, 10) Returning Bench Players. Ethan Zeltinger (6-1, SF, 12), Jordan Eggermont (6-1, SF, 12) New Talent. Eli Allen (6-0, SF, 11), Drew Oberlander (6-2, PF, 11) Trending. Up, some Final Thoughts. They won four games last year but started three underclassmen and played only a couple seniors so that experience should make them a bit better. That said the loss of Jared Lentz will hurt. Nate Rodriguez is a dangerous shooter and four starters back is nothing to ignore. Wahpeton Returning Starters. Carson Zarak (6-0, G, 12) Returning Bench Players. Reed Albrecht (6-3, F, 12) New Talent. Nate Beyer (5-9, PG, 12), Andrew Leinen (6-1, F, 12) Trending. Down Final Thoughts. It’s tough to know at all what will happen with the Huskies. They lost four starters and seven seniors from the rotation so you know there is going to be a bridge year but how good will they be in this bride season? There are solid seniors that will make that competitive but what is in the youth areas we simply don’t know. West Fargo Returning Starters. Creighton Pfau (6-3, SF, 12) Returning Bench Players. None New Talent. Simon Haboniman (5-10, PG, 11), Abdimalik Sufi (6-3, SF, 10), Tyson Jelinek (6-4, C, 12), Alex Talley (5-11, G, 12) Trending. Same Final Thoughts. We are big fans of Simon and Pfau so we expect a lot from them, there is good size and solid talent amongst the juniors that played JV, and although they lost all but really one consistent rotation guy, we still expect the Packers to be in that 3-4 range. West Fargo Sheyenne Returning Starters. Eric Ringdahl (6-4, PF, 12), Gavin Moeller (6-5, PF, 11), Andy Stephan (5-10, G, 12), Carter Bonnema (6-3, F, 11), Tyler Fritz (5-9, PG, 12) Returning Rotation Players. Josh Thiele (5-9, G, 11), Tyler Evenson (6-2, F, 12), Cole Christensen (5-10, G, 12), Hayden Reynolds (6-1, F, 11), New Talent. Kemal Hajric (6-4, PF, 10), Collin Trottier (6-5, PF, 11) Trending. Up Final Thoughts. They have everybody back, they have a ton of frontcourt options, if somebody gets hurt they have capable replacements ready just about everywhere, and when you have a team that brings back everything, you have not only competition but also a group that doesn’t have to be taught new things. They can go right into practice with a feel for what is going on .