The 8AAA Profile
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<p>The last section to talk about in Class AAA is 8AAA, a wide open group with Alexandria entering the season as the favorite. Power rankings, The Section 15, and a few words to get you ready for the season. </p>
<p><strong>8AAA Power Rankings</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Alexandria</li>
<li>Sartell-St Stephen</li>
<li>St Cloud Apollo</li>
<li>Bemidji</li>
<li>Little Falls</li>
<li>St Cloud Tech</li>
<li>Sauk Rapids-Rice</li>
<li>Detroit Lakes</li>
</ol>
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<p><strong>The Section 15</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>First Team</strong></em></p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="958643" first="Thomas" last="Diew"] of St. Cloud Apollo (Jr)</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="957212" first="Gustav" last="Gunderson"] of Sartell-St. Stephen (Sr)</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="850732" first="Erik" last="Hedstrom"] of Alexandria (Jr)</p>
<p>Kris Hoskins of Alexandria (Jr)</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="774753" first="Colton" last="Roderick"] of Alexandria (Sr)</p>
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<p><em><strong>Second Team</strong></em></p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="774872" first="Luke" last="Kush"] of Little Falls (Sr)</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="958683" first="Mason" last="Lund"] of Sartell-St. Stephen (Jr)</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="958663" first="Gavin" last="Luksik"] of Bemidji (Jr)</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="957611" first="Ethan" last="Opsahl"] of Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sr)</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="958727" first="Devyn" last="Yeager"] of St. Cloud Tech (Jr)</p>
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<p><em><strong>Third Team</strong></em></p>
<p>Nate Cihak of Detroit Lakes (Jr)</p>
<p>Zach Gwost of Little Falls (Jr)</p>
<p>Blake Hartwig of Sartell-St. Stephen (Sr)</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="1071110" first="Brayden" last="Lenzmeier"] of Sartell-St. Stephen (Sr)</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="774866" first="KyTavion" last="Norwood"] of St. Cloud Tech (Sr)</p>
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<p><strong>Final Thoughts</strong></p>
<p>8AAA has two teams bringing back most of their roster from good/solid teams. Alexandria won 20 games last season and have three of the best four players in this section. Sartell-St. Stephen was a 16-game winner a year ago and they return about half their rotation and have a good mix of skill, experience, size, and toughness. Little Falls should take a step forward with what they have back and the mess that is St. Cloud Tech should start to be cleaned up by new coach Christian Pekarek. It can’t get any worse than last season’s three wins. The other squads in this group replace most of their rotation. </p>
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