The Wright County West Preview

<p>The Wright County West is still an eight team league although HLWW has replaced Mound-Westonka (Mound-Westonka moved to the Wright County East which we did not know when we wrote that preview).  </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <p><strong>Potential Top Ten in State</strong> –  Annandale, Litchfield</p> <p>Annandale and Litchfield will start the season just outside of the top ten in Class AA with a two week stretch of good play from entering the rankings.  Annandale brings back four starters from a team that won 20 games a season ago plus they added a solid transfer from Maple Grove that will add shooting and depth.  Litchfield won 18 games a year ago and also brings back four starters.  They don’t quite have as much talent back as the Cardinals but it’s close.  The games between these two teams this year should be excellent.  </p> <p><strong>Compete with Most – </strong>HLWW, Glencoe-Silver Lake, Rockford</p> <p>HLWW is the new team in the league and they bring back their guards from a solid team but lose their size.  Rockford also lost their size and by size I mean modern day hoops giants of height or strength.  Rockford has some of the best guards and wings in the league in their rotation this year plus [player_tooltip player_id="957205" first="Ryan" last="Boysen"] is the best player in the league this season.  GSL has the most promise with an experienced group that won half of their games a year ago. GSL only lost one guy from last year’s team.  </p> <p><strong>Rebuilding – </strong>Dassel-Cokato,  New London-Spicer, Watertown-Mayer</p> <p>The Royals were a solid team last year but they graduated most of their top contributors including all of their starters.  There are some bench pieces back but with a while new starting five that’s a rebuild.  D-C and New London-Spicer each one a single game in the league play last year so they will be taking a step to improve - hopefully - as their rebuild continues. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>20-21 Wright County West Conference Predictions</strong></p> <ol> <li>Annandale</li> <li>Litchfield</li> <li>Rockford</li> <li>Glencoe-Silver Lake</li> <li>Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted</li> <li>Watertown-Mayer</li> <li>Dassel-Cokato</li> <li>New London-Spicer</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Preseason All Wright County West Conference </strong></p> <p><strong><u>First Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="957205" first="Ryan" last="Boysen"] of Rockford (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958762" first="Carson" last="Gagnon"] of Annandale (Jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958704" first="Mitchel" last="Jaskowiak"] of Glencoe Silver-Lake (Jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="957210" first="Avery" last="Liestman"] of Litchfield (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="774749" first="Logan" last="Purcell"] of Annandale (Sr) </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Second Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1071111" first="Jordan" last="Boltz"] of Annandale (Sr)</p> <p>Noah Bush of HLWW (Sr)</p> <p>Mitchel Klockman of Glencoe Silver-Lake (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="957226" first="Tyson" last="Michels"] of Litchfield (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958689" first="Brady" last="Spaulding"] of Annandale (Jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Third Team</u></strong></p> <p>Jacob Christianson of Glencoe Silver-Lake (Sr)</p> <p>Eli Gillman of Dassel-Cokato (Jr)</p> <p>Drew Kotzer of Litchfield (Sr)</p> <p>Spencer Lade of HLWW (Sr)</p> <p>Jordan Uecker of Glencoe Silver-Lake (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="960333" first="Sam" last="Zilmer"] of Rockford (Jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Fourth Team</u></strong></p> <p>Ben Alsleben of Litchfield (Sr)</p> <p>Tyler Danielson of New London-Spicer (Sr0</p> <p>Hawkin Miller of Annandale (Jr)</p> <p>John Mueller of Watertown-Mayer (Soph)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958707" first="Derek" last="Pepin"] of Rockford (Jr)</p> <p>Carson Woolhouse of HLWW (Sr)</p>