2019-20 1A Preview: Pre-Season Top Five and All-State Predictions

<p>The 2019-20 boys basketball season starts all across the state and today let's take a quick look at the 1A level with our pre-season top five and the projected All-State Team.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Pre-Season Top Five</span></p> <p>1. Nixyaawii<br /> 2. Trinity Lutheran<br /> 3. Life Christian<br /> 4. Triad<br /> 5. Crosshill Christian</p> <p>Analysis: Trinity Lutheran will have most everyone back including the high-scoring Matt Eidler and Life Christian has some talented transfers, but Nixyaawii with most of its team returning seems to have everything in place to repeat as 1A champs.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">All-State Predictions</span></p> <p><strong>Mick Schimmel, Nixyaawii</strong> (POY)<br /> <strong>Matt Eidler, Trinity Lutheran</strong><br /> <strong>Blake Lambert, Life Christian</strong><br /> <strong>Ethan Moritz, Triad</strong><br /> <strong>Taysin Burns, Nixyaawii</strong></p> <p>Analysis: There's no question Eidler will score a ton of points and may end up among the state's all-time leaders in scoring. But when it comes down to it it's the best player on the best team for player of the year and that appears to be Schimmel.</p>