The 281 Preview

<p>The 281 Conference is next up in our preview series running through Class B basketball.  </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <p>Highmore-Harrold - Three of the top five players are back including one of the elite guys in the league, [player_tooltip player_id="975535" first="Remington" last="Paynter"].  Off to a nice start this year as well with a 12 point win.  Likely a .500 level squad again. </p> <p>Hitchcock-Tulare - Won only one game last season and lost their best player to graduation.  Likely will up the win total but still rebuilding. Still a fairly young squad with only one senior. </p> <p>Iroquois/Doland - Lost their best two returning players to transfer (Huron), lost their top players from last season to graduation, and scored just six points in their season opener. Looks like a tough year ahead. </p> <p>James Valley Christian - JVC has only three upperclassmen on their team coming off a season where they won just two games, and graduated four seniors who started.  [player_tooltip player_id="963759" first="Landon" last="Wallman"] is a nice sophomore but the team is off to a tough start at 0-2.</p> <p>Sanborn Central/Woonsocket - Another team that has hit a bit of a restart with four seniors graduating from a 13-10 squad (and only one senior on the team this season).  They will be solid, likely just under .500, a high single digit win squad. </p> <p>Sunshine Bible Academy - We are still looking for the exact answer as to what the plan is but only a few varsity games planned/scheduled as the team has no upperclassmen and five of the nine man roster is middle schoolers.  Likely playing a lot of the games at the younger levels. </p> <p>Wessington Springs - Expectations are high with the Spartans bringing back their top talent from a 13-9 squad.  Looking to contend for a league title with [player_tooltip player_id="975504" first="Jacob" last="Messmer"] leading the way.  Opened the year with a win, six of last year’s top seven is back. </p> <p>Wolsey-Wessington - Four starters return from a 19-3 team, the Warbirds are a massive favorite in this league.  They will be thinking about a state run this year and with a pair of double figure scoring all league players back they have goals set high. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>281 Predictions</strong></p> <ol> <li>Wolsey-Wessington</li> <li>Wessington Springs</li> <li>Highmore-Harrold</li> <li>Sanborn Central/Woonsocket</li> <li>James Valley Christian</li> <li>Hitchcock-Tulare</li> <li>Iroquois/Doland</li> <li>Sunshine Bible Academy</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>281 Preseason All Conference</strong></p> <p><em>First Team</em></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="975554" first="Tristan" last="Abbott"] of Wolsey-Wessington (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="968164" first="Payson" last="Gohn"] of Wolsey-Wessington (Jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="975535" first="Remington" last="Paynter"] of Highmore-Harrold (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="975504" first="Jacob" last="Messmer"] of Wessington Springs (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="968169" first="Mason" last="Schelske"] of Wessington Springs (Jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Second Team</em></p> <p>Cooper Hainy of Wessington Springs (Sr)</p> <p>Corbin Haarmeyer of Wolsey-Wessington (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="975627" first="Tyler" last="Kole"] of Wessington Springs (Sr)</p> <p>Brady Larson of Sanborn Central/Woonsocket (Soph)</p> <p>Ethan Nelson of Wolsey-Wessington (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="963759" first="Landon" last="Wallman"] of James Valley Christian (Sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Third Team</em></p> <p>Dylan Schimke of Wessington Springs (Sr)</p> <p>Tryce Slykhuis of Sanborn Central/Woonsocket (Jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="963811" first="Nolan" last="Triebwasser"] of Sunshine Bible Academy (Soph)</p> <p>Justin Wiesler of Highmore-Harrold (Jr)</p> <p>Jake Williams of Wolsey-Wessington (Sr)</p>