The Conference Review – Wright County East

<p>The Wright County East was controlled by Waconia this year and they lead our Conference Review all league squad. </p> <p><strong>The Final Standings (with the NHR Prediction)</strong></p> <ol> <li>Waconia (1)</li> <li>Delano (2)</li> <li>Orono (4)</li> <li>Hutchinson (6)</li> <li>Holy Family (5)</li> <li>New Prague (3)</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The Review</strong></p> <p><strong>At the Top</strong> –  Waconia and Delano were neck and neck most of the year and the final difference was the Cats knocking off Delano twice.  Both teams were ranked in the 6-8 spot all year at the Class AAA level but it was Waconia that saw role players step forward, [player_tooltip player_id="774810" first="Spencer" last="Swanson"] have a huge junior year, [player_tooltip player_id="846122" first="PJ" last="Hayes"] score at an All Metro level, and [player_tooltip player_id="846136" first="Connor" last="Schwob"] show more range both with his shot, and as a player. </p> <p><strong>The Surprise</strong> –  The Tigers were expected to improve but by nine games?  That’s what they did, a 15-win season.  Hutch still had a rough conference season so the next step as a team is obvious but Hutchinson did surprise.  </p> <p><strong>What Happened?</strong>  - Holy Family and New Prague both had very rough years.  Neither had the depth nor the offensive fire power to have the years they hoped for. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Postseason All Wright County East Conference </strong></p> <p><strong><u>First Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="846122" first="PJ" last="Hayes"] of Waconia (Sr). </p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="846136" first="Connor" last="Schwob"] of Waconia (Sr). </p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="955646" first="Terron" last="O’Neill"] of Delano (Sr). </p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="532583" first="Trey" last="Longstreet"] of Delano (Jr).</p> <p>Keagan Smith of Delano (Sr). </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Second Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="774810" first="Spencer" last="Swanson"] of Waconia (Jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="774896" first="Connor" last="Chappell"] of Orono (Jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="846226" first="Russell" last="Corrigan"] of Hutchinson (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="846182" first="Parker" last="Johnson"] of New Prague (Sr).</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="846169" first="Nick" last="Hendler"] of Holy Family (Sr). </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Third Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958656" first="Jacob" last="Farrell"] of Orono (Soph)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="850725" first="Sam" last="Rensch"] of Hutchinson (Soph)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="846196" first="Max" last="Otto"] of Delano (Sr).</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="956158" first="Jack" last="Balsiger"] of Delano (Sr).</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="955897" first="Ryan" last="Delange"] of Waconia (Sr).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>