The Lake Region Preview

<p>We move into Class B starting with the Lake Region Preview.  </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <p>Aberdeen Christian - The Knights lost an all state player but they had fairly good balance, they have a young star ready to take the lead, and only two players were lost from a 21-2 team. Crushed JVC in the opener too. </p> <p>Faulkton Area - This is somewhat of a rebuilding year with the top guys from a 10-win team graduated and only one senior on the team.  </p> <p>Ipswich - Half the rotation is back including two starters and one all league player.  Tigers have what it takes to improve a few games from an 11-10 season.  </p> <p>Langford Area - Return most of their players from a 9-12 squad, won their first game, an experienced team that should take a step forward. </p> <p>Leola/Frederick - The Titans will be good but they will have a bit of chemistry to form after losing three all league honored starters.  [player_tooltip player_id="757852" first="Isaac" last="Sumption"] will lead the club and they will be good, but lost game one as they develop as a unit. </p> <p>North Central - On one hand the Thunder returns their entire rotation from a season ago.  On the other hand they didn’t win a league game last year (5 wins total).  They will be better as a team and win a bit more, but still going to be tough for them to win in league play. </p> <p>Northwestern - Lost a hell of a player in [player_tooltip player_id="879081" first="Zech" last="Clemens"] that led the team to 13 wins and broke all school scoring records. Also lost two other starters so there will be a bit of a step back. </p> <p>Warner - Five of the top eight Monarchs return from a 13-10 team and they are led by one of the elite players in the league in [player_tooltip player_id="975514" first="Landon" last="Leidholt"].  Warner will contend this season with Leidholt battling Isakson and Sumption for league MVP.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Lake Region Predictions</strong></p> <ol> <li>Aberdeen Christian </li> <li>Warner</li> <li>Langford Area</li> <li>Leola/Frederick</li> <li>Ipswich</li> <li>Northwestern</li> <li>Faulkton Area</li> <li>North Central</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Lake Region Preseason All Conference</strong></p> <p><em>First Team</em></p> <p><span style="font-size: 1rem;">[player_tooltip player_id="975542" first="Brent" last="Ekanger"] of Aberdeen Christian (Sr)</span></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="963760" first="Jackson" last="Isakson"] of <span style="font-size: 1rem;">Aberdeen Christian </span>(Soph)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="975514" first="Landon" last="Leidholt"] of Warner (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="757852" first="Isaac" last="Sumption"] of Leola/Frederick (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="968196" first="Ty" last="Kadlec"] of Ipswich (Jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Second Team</em></p> <p>Jett Becker of <span style="font-size: 1rem;">Aberdeen Christian</span> (Sr)</p> <p>Alex Braun of Warner (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="975567" first="Colin" last="Frey"] of Langford Area (Sr)</p> <p>Josh Hoffman of Leola/Frederick (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="975601" first="Benton" last="West"] of Langford Area (Sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Third Team</em></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="968179" first="Bryce" last="Beitelspacher"] of North Central (Jr)</p> <p>Bennett Cassens of Faulkton Area (Jr)</p> <p>Bryce Peterson of Langford Area (Sr)</p> <p>Nick Schlechter of  Faulkton Area (Sr)</p> <p>Malek Wiker of <span style="font-size: 1rem;">Aberdeen Christian</span> (Soph)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Fourth Team</em></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="968212" first="Cade" last="Larson"] of Langford Area (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="975614" first="Alec" last="Maier"] of North Central (Sr)</p> <p>Josh McQuarie of Ipswich (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="963840" first="Jude" last="Ortmeier"] of Northwestern (Soph)</p> <p>Hunter Schipke of Northwestern (Sr)</p>