The Central Lakes Preview
Year to year the Central Lakes Conference always gives you something new. Last year Fergus Falls won the league. Here is this year’s preview. Conference Commentary Top Ten in State: Fergus Falls, Alexandria With the Otters returning Dominic Aguilar Dominic…
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Continue ReadingYear to year the Central Lakes Conference always gives you something new. Last year Fergus Falls won the league. Here is this year’s preview.
Conference Commentary
Top Ten in State: Fergus Falls, Alexandria
With the Otters returning Dominic Aguilar Dominic Aguilar 6'2" | SG Fergus Falls | 2021 State MN and Chase Fazio they are a certain threat in Class AA basketball. They need some role players to step up if they are to fulfill want they want but Aguilar at combo guard and Fazio inside is a combo others don’t have. For Class AA basketball they are top ten.
I’m not sure that Alexandria will start in the top ten as Class AAA basketball is all of a sudden deep and talented with prospects from all corners of the state. Alexandria was 20-9 last year and return their top three players led by new Bemidji State commit Colton Roderick Colton Roderick 6'5" | SF Alexandria | 2021 State MN .
Alex and Fergus Falls split games last year but the Otters won the league. Why am I picking Alexandria to win it this year? Two reasons: 1) they return a bit more talent and 2) the CLC seems to have a new winner every year.
Compete with Most: St. Cloud Apollo, Brainerd, Sartell-St. Stephen, Rocori, Willmar
The Apollo Eagles will not slip as far from last year as you think but they have a ton of players to replace. Thomas Diew Thomas Diew 6'7" | C St. Cloud Apollo | 2022 State MN is one of the best players in the league for certain they will go through him. Brainerd has a bit more back than Apollo but like Apollo the Warriors have a top talent to run their offense through regularly. That player is Griffin Rushin Griffin Rushin 6'7" | PF Brainerd | 2021 State MN . The better of the three teams listed should be Sartell based on the amount of talent coming back. And don’t sleep on Rocori, a 13-15 team from a year ago that returns three of their top four players. Willmar won only seven games last year but they were a younger squad. They should be about a .500 team this year.
Rebuilding: Sauk Rapids-Rice, St Cloud Tech
20-21 Conference Predictions
- Alexandria
- Fergus Falls
- Sartell-St Stephen
- Rocori
- Brainerd
- St Cloud Apollo
- Willmar
- St Cloud Tech
- Sauk Rapids-Rice
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First Team
Dominic Aguilar Dominic Aguilar 6'2" | SG Fergus Falls | 2021 State MN of Fergus Falls (Sr)
Thomas Diew Thomas Diew 6'7" | C St. Cloud Apollo | 2022 State MN of St. Cloud Apollo (Jr)
Chance Fazio Chance Fazio 7'0" | C Fergus Falls | 2021 State MN of Fergus Falls (Sr)
Colton Roderick Colton Roderick 6'5" | SF Alexandria | 2021 State MN of Alexandria (Sr)
Griffin Rushin Griffin Rushin 6'7" | PF Brainerd | 2021 State MN of Brainerd (Sr)
Second Team
Gustav Gunderson Gustav Gunderson 6'0" | PG Sartell | 2021 State MN of Sartell (Sr)
Tucker Haakonson Tucker Haakonson 6'1" | SG Rocori | 2021 State MN of Rocori (Sr)
Erik Hedstrom Erik Hedstrom 6'5" | SF Alexandria | 2022 State MN of Alexandria (Jr)
Kris Hoskins of Alexandria (Jr)
Devyn Yeager Devyn Yeager 6'7" | PF St. Cloud Tech | 2022 State MN of St. Cloud Tech (Jr)
Third Team
Luke Humbert Luke Humbert 6'0" | SG Rocori | 2021 MN of Rocori (Sr)
Mason Lund Mason Lund 6'6" | SF Sartell | 2022 State MN of Sartell (Jr)
Ethan Opsahl Ethan Opsahl 6'4" | PF Sauk Rapids-Rice | 2021 State MN of Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sr)
Jayden Philippi Jayden Philippi 5'11" | PG Rocori | 2021 State MN of Rocori (Sr)
Jacob Rosendahl Jacob Rosendahl 6'2" | SG Willmar | 2021 State MN of Willmar (Sr)
Fourth Team
Abel Aho of Fergus Falls (Sr)
Chase Dirksen Chase Dirksen 6'3" | SF Willmar | 2021 State MN of Willmar (Sr)
Alex Harren of Sauk Rapids-Rice (Jr)
Blake Hartwig of Sartell-St. Stephen (Sr)
Sam May of Willmar (Sr)
KyTavion Norwood KyTavion Norwood 5'11" | PG St. Cloud Tech | 2021 State MN of St. Cloud Tech (Sr)