The Three Rivers Preview

<p>The Three Rivers Conference is a dozen team small school league with a lot of talent.  Nearly half the league had 18 or more wins a year ago. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <p>State Title Contender: Caledonia, Rushford-Peterson</p> <p>Caledonia enters the season number three in Class AA with the momentum of smacking Minneapolis North in the Breakdown Summer State Tournament and then outlasting Waseca for the championship. The Warriors had a couple bad losses last year but they've grown.  And it's not just Eli and Noah growing, some really good players are developing around them too.  Rushford-Peterson is a top ten team in Class A to start the season as they look like one of Class A's deeper squads.  Luke O'Hare and Kobe Lind are really good players with a lot around them, plus the Trojans are always coached so well.</p> <p>Top Ten Potential: La Crescent-Hokah, Dover-Eyota, St Charles</p> <p>Each of these three teams is top 25 worthy in Class AA basketball and if depth has been developed around the top players these teams could push to the top ten with a big win and consistent victories over the teams they should beat.  Each of these teams is in very similar spots.  Dover-Eyota has the biggest star in Williams but both La Crescent-Hokah have solid St Charles tandems. </p> <p>Compete with Most: PEM, Lewiston-Altura, Southland, Chatfield</p> <p>These are the four teams that we expect to make the biggest jump this year.  Southland won six games last year but they have some solid young players while PEM brings back nearly everything.  And between Gunner Reed of Lewiston-Altura and Reid Johnson of Chatfield, these are very good players leading their teams. </p> <p>Rebuilding: Cotter, Fillmore Central, Wasbasha-Kellogg</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Predicted Order of Finish East</strong></p> <ol> <li>Caledonia</li> <li>Rushford-Peterson</li> <li>La Crescent-Hokah</li> <li>Lewiston-Altura</li> <li>Winona Cotter</li> <li>Fillmore Central</li> </ol> <p><strong>Predicted Order of Finish West</strong></p> <ol> <li>St. Charles</li> <li>Dover-Eyota</li> <li>PEM</li> <li>Southland</li> <li>Chatfield</li> <li>Wabasha-Kellogg</li> </ol> <p><strong>Power Rankings</strong></p> <ol> <li>Caledonia</li> <li>Rushford-Peterson</li> <li>La Crescent-Hokah</li> <li>St. Charles</li> <li>Dover-Eyota</li> <li>PEM</li> <li>Lewiston-Altura</li> <li>Southland</li> <li>Chatfield</li> <li>Winona Cotter</li> <li>Wabasha-Kellogg</li> <li>Fillmore Central</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Preseason All Three Rivers Conference</strong></p> <p><strong>First Team Pre-Season All Conference</strong></p> <p>Noah King of Caledonia (Sr)</p> <p>Eli King of Caledonia (Soph)</p> <p>Brady Williams of Dover-Eyota (Sr)</p> <p>Luke Schwartzhoff of La Crescent (Sr)</p> <p>Drew Maloney of St. Charles (Jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Second Team Pre-Season All Conference</strong></p> <p>Luke O'Hare of Rushford-Peterson (Jr)</p> <p>Sam Privet of Caledonia (Jr)</p> <p>Kooper Vaughn of St. Charles (Jr)</p> <p>Gunner Reed of Lewiston-Altura (Sr)</p> <p>Blake Herber of PEM (Jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Third Team Pre-Season All Conference</strong></p> <p>Kobe Lind of Rushford-Peterson (Jr)</p> <p>Zach Todd of La Crescent (Sr)</p> <p>Justin Ruberg of Rushford-Peterson (Soph)</p> <p>Reid Johnson of Chatfield (Jr)</p> <p>Conner Schumacher of PEM (Jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Fourth Team Pre-Season All Conference</strong></p> <p>Austin Klug of Caledonia (Jr)</p> <p>Blake Blattner of Dover-Eyota (Sr)</p> <p>Thomas Mark of Lewiston-Altura (Soph)</p> <p>Connor Yocum of Winona Cotter (Jr)</p> <p>Ethan Forthun of Southland (Jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>