The 7AA Profile
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<p>The northeast portion of Minnesota consistently has strong basketball. Esko has controlled the section for some time but contenders are stepping forward. </p>
<p><strong>7AA Power Rankings</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Esko</li>
<li>Pierz</li>
<li>Moose Lake-Willow River</li>
<li>Pequot Lakes</li>
<li>Virginia</li>
<li>Crosby-Ironton</li>
<li>Duluth Marshall</li>
<li>Aitkin</li>
<li>International Falls</li>
<li>Greenway</li>
<li>Eveleth-Gilbert</li>
<li>Pillager</li>
<li>Proctor</li>
<li>Mesabi East</li>
<li>Two Harbors</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>The Section 15</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>First Team</strong></em></p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="1071306" first="Eli" last="Blue"] of Esko (Sr)</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="957236" first="Mason" last="Carlson"] of Virginia (Sr)</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="957617" first="Jonah" last="Prokott"] of Pierz (Sr)</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="774819" first="Mason" last="Olson"] of Moose Lake-Willow River (Sr)</p>
<p>Brody Watrin of Moose Lake-Willow River (Sr)</p>
<p> </p>
<p><em><strong>Second Team</strong></em></p>
<p>Riley Fischer of Esko (Sr)</p>
<p>Hunter Hannuksela of Mesabi East (Sr)</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="774869" first="Bode" last="Magnuson"] of Pequot Lakes (Sr)</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="958778" first="Jordan" last="Oehrlein"] of Crosby-Ironton (Jr)</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="958738" first="Carsen" last="Turk"] of Crosby-Ironton (Jr)</p>
<p> </p>
<p><em><strong>Third Team</strong></em></p>
<p>William Bittman of Eveleth-Gilbert (Jr)</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="962252" first="Grant" last="Hansen"] of Greenway (Soph)</p>
<p>Korey Jackson of Pequot Lakes (Sr)</p>
<p>Mitchel Leidenfrost of Pierz (Sr)</p>
<p>Hunter Nissen of Aitkin (Sr)</p>
<p>Jasper Timm of Duluth Marshall (Jr)</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Final Thoughts</strong></p>
<p>Esko has been in the section title game every season for the past eight years earning six trips to state, a second place trophy, and whatever they gave away last season award wise. Who can challenge this season? Pierz was ready to challenge last year but didn’t get the chance and Moose Lake-Willow River has a pair of seniors that could them to the top ten. Pequot Lakes has an experienced team and Crosby-Ironton has another talented group on the come up. Open section? Yes. But 7AA goes through Esko.</p>
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