State Tournament Preview – St. Thomas More vs SF Christian
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The 4/5 game in Class A is what state tournaments are all about: talented teams from other parts of the state going head to head. Here is the Match-Up Preview. Team Profiles Sioux Falls Christian Seed/Rank/Record: 4/4/17-5 Top 3…
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Continue ReadingThe 4/5 game in Class A is what state tournaments are all about: talented teams from other parts of the state going head to head. Here is the Match-Up Preview.
Team Profiles
Sioux Falls Christian
Seed/Rank/Record: 4/4/17-5
Top 3 Wins: St. Thomas More, Tea Area, Dell Rapids
The 3 Ls: Vermillion, Sioux Valley, Flandreau
Previous Meeting: St. Thomas More jumped out on SFC 14-2 in the game played in last December before SFC turned things around and won 53-46. STM Senior Ryan Wojcik Ryan Wojcik 6'2" | SF St. Thomas More | 2021 State SD led the Cavs with 19 points and Caleb Hollenbeck Caleb Hollenbeck 6'3" | PG St. Thomas More | 2023 State SD added 15 points. Xavier Van Beek Xavier Van Beek 6'0" | SG Sf Christian | 2021 State SD had a team 14 points in the loss.
St. Thomas More
Seed/Rank/Record: 5/5/19-3
Top 3 Wins: Tea Area, Dell Rapids. Madison
The 3 Ls of Note: Sioux Falls Christian, Sioux Falls O’Gorman, Thunder Basin (WY)
The Match-Ups (SFC – STM)
PG: Xavier Van Beek Xavier Van Beek 6'0" | SG Sf Christian | 2021 State SD (6’0 Sr) vs Ethan Burnett (5’10 Jr) Edge – SFC
SG: Tyler Prins Tyler Prins 6'3" | SF Sioux Falls Christian | 2021 State SD (6’3 Sr) vs Caleb Hollenbeck Caleb Hollenbeck 6'3" | PG St. Thomas More | 2023 State SD (6’1 Soph) Edge – St More
SF: Brooks Nelson Brooks Nelson 6'3" | SF SF Christian | 2022 State SD (6’2 Jr) vs Ben Feist Ben Feist 6'3" | PF St. Thomas More | 2021 State SD (6’3 Sr) Edge – SFC
PF: Jaden Witte (6’3 Jr) vs Ryan Wojcik Ryan Wojcik 6'2" | SF St. Thomas More | 2021 State SD (6’2 Sr) Edge – St More
C: Noah Van Donkersgoed Noah Van Donkersgoed 6'5" | PF Sioux Falls Christian | 2021 State SD (6’5 Sr) vs Charlie Larson Charlie Larson 6'3" | SF St. Thomas More | 2021 State SD (6’3 Sr) Edge – SFC
6th Man: Tate Snyder Tate Snyder 6'0" | PG Sioux Falls Christian | 2023 State SD (5’11 Soph) vs Cade Kandolin Cade Kandolin 5'10" | PG St. Thomas Moore | 2022 State SD (6’0 Jr). Edge – Even
The Match-Up to Watch
The full court pressure from the Chargers caused the Cavs a lot of problems in the Pentagon when these teams last played. Tate Snyder Tate Snyder 6'0" | PG Sioux Falls Christian | 2023 State SD , Brooks Nelson Brooks Nelson 6'3" | SF SF Christian | 2022 State SD , and Tyler Prins Tyler Prins 6'3" | SF Sioux Falls Christian | 2021 State SD trapped Caleb Hollenbeck Caleb Hollenbeck 6'3" | PG St. Thomas More | 2023 State SD and his fellow guards time and time again giving the Cavs offensive flow several issues. Hollenbeck will be the player that the Cavs lean on to get through the problems and pressure and it will often ben Prins he has to go through. When the teams go man Hollenbeck and Prins, both outstanding play creators, will give the fans an excellent match-up to take in.
Prediction
The Chargers ended their year on a slide losing three of their last five games. The Chargers put their playoff opponents away handily but St. Thomas More is different. Fans are about to witness a fun, close game that will have turns. In the end the SFC wins by three scores but they will have to battle to get it that far.
SFC 54 ST More 48