The Suburban East Preview

<p>The Suburban East Conference, also known as the SEC locally, has a few state contenders, a few solid teams, but then half the league seems to be rebuilding. Here is our preview.</p> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <p>State Title Contender: CDH, East Ridge</p> <p>The Raiders lose one starter but replace that starter with J'Vonne Hadley who gives the team more versatility because of his size.  CDH has the pieces to make a run, they just have to be able to defend quality size.  There are different types of players on the Raider roster with size which will allow them to throw 20 fouls at a guy.  One of those guys is East Ridge big Ben Carlson.  Ben is the lone returning starter for the Raptors although East Ridge has a lot of quality players coming up through their system. </p> <p>Compete with Most: Woodbury, Mounds View, Roseville</p> <p>Woodbury only won six games last year but a lot of good young players earned time which should get them to being at least .500 this season.  The Royals have two double figure players returning, other experience back and maybe a key transfer. My gut feeling is that this will be a really nice year for the Mustangs.  They have a lot of solid growing pieces including Dylan Wheeler. The Raiders from Roseville should improve on their ten wins with so many guys making up a big senior class. </p> <p>Rebuilding: White Bear Lake, Forest Lake, Irondale, Park, Stillwater</p> <p>WBL losses most of their senior production.  They aren't rebuilding in the sense that they have to build up talent, it's more that a bunch of new players are going to be in the rotation.  Forest Lake lost all of their double figure scorers including Dorell Young who is no longer at the school.  There are several reserve players ready to step into bigger spots. Irondale has had some really good players and they will again this year with Iggy Ejifor but they can never seem to get over the hump. The Park Wolfpack had some good players last year leading to a solid season but losing so much means rebuilding experience. Stillwater went 12-15 but lost most of their rotation.  It will likely be a step back season but there is talent coming up through the younger levels. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Predicted Order of Finish</strong></p> <ol> <li>Cretin-Derham Hall</li> <li>East Ridge</li> <li>Woodbury</li> <li>Mounds View</li> <li>Roseville</li> <li>White Bear Lake </li> <li>Forest Lake</li> <li>Irondale</li> <li>Park of Cottage Grove</li> <li>Stillwater</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Preseason All SEC Conference</strong></p> <p><strong>First Team Pre-Season All Conference</strong></p> <p>Ben Carlson of East Ridge (Sr)</p> <p>Tre Holloman of CDH (Soph)</p> <p>J'Vonne Hadley of CDH (Sr)</p> <p>Curtis Jones of CDH (Sr)</p> <p>Kendall Blue of East Ridge (Soph)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Second Team Pre-Season All Conference</strong></p> <p>Amari Carter of CDH (Sr)</p> <p>Drew Adams of East Ridge (Jr)</p> <p>Dylan Wheeler of Mounds View (Soph)</p> <p>Bradley Cimperman of Woodbury (Jr)</p> <p>Iggy Ejiofor of Irondale (Sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Third Team Pre-Season All Conference</strong></p> <p>Will Burke of CDH (Sr)</p> <p>Thomas Gebhardt of Mounds View (Sr)</p> <p>Brody Kriesel of East Ridge (Sr)</p> <p>Mac Lochner of Woodbury (Jr)</p> <p>Zac Thomas of East Ridge (Jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Fourth Team Pre-Season All Conference</strong></p> <p>Keyshawn Payne of Roseville (Sr)</p> <p>Parker McMorrow of Woodbury (Sr)</p> <p>Spencer Nath of Roseville (Sr)</p> <p>Jayden Lane of Park (Jr)</p> <p>Jon Montgomery of Mounds View (Sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Fifth Team Pre-Season All Conference</strong></p> <p>Brice Peters of White Bear Lake (Sr)</p> <p>Ben Smalley of Stillwater (Sr)</p> <p>Eric Peterson of Forest Lake (Sr)</p> <p>Rob Jeter of East Ridge (Sr)</p> <p>Jack Tauer of CDH (Jr)</p> <p>Danny McGraw of CDH (Sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Sixth Team Pre-Season All Conference</strong></p> <p>Jack Janicki of White Bear Lake (Fr)</p> <p>Jordan Boysen of Forest Lake (Jr)</p> <p>Sam Shikenjanski of Stillwater (Jr)</p> <p>Max Shikenjanski of Stillwater (Fr)</p> <p>Owen Rettke of Roseville (Sr)</p>