A Bit Too Early Class A Power Rankings

<p>Here is my first sort through of Class A basketball in ND for the 2021-22 season.  An initial power ranking entering the year. These will change as we go and progress toward the start of the season. </p> <p><strong>1. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bismarck Century</span></strong></p> <p><strong>2020-2021 Record</strong>: 12-10</p> <p><strong>Key players lost to graduation</strong>: [player_tooltip player_id="750155" first="Ian" last="Ely"]</p> <p><strong>Returning All-Conference/All-State Players</strong>: [player_tooltip player_id="1048689" first="Anthony" last="Doppler"] (All-WDA)</p> <p><strong>Top Players for the upcoming season</strong>:</p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/doppler-crop-1178x774-1614785364-crop-527x346-1614785383-crop-417x274-1614785409.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1143355" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/doppler-crop-1178x774-1614785364-crop-527x346-1614785383-crop-417x274-1614785409-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1048689" first="Anthony" last="Doppler"] (2023) |6-4 G|</strong></p> [caption id="attachment_1144417" align="alignnone" width="200"]<a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/ryanerickson.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1144417" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/ryanerickson-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a> Photo: Jon Jablonski Life Images[/caption] <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1050245" first="Ryan" last="Erikson"] (2023) |6-8 F| </strong></p> <p><img class="" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/06/ww-crop-1125x739-1623986067.jpg" width="192" height="126" /></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1050255" first="William" last="Ware"] (2023) |6-7 F|</strong></p> [caption id="attachment_1146278" align="alignnone" width="300"]<a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/isaiah-schafer-crop-1089x715-1615216676.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1146278" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/isaiah-schafer-crop-1089x715-1615216676-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a> Photo: Jon Jablonski Life-Images[/caption] <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1111175" first="Isaiah" last="Schafer"] (2024) |6-1 G|</strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="812232" first="Connor" last="Trahan"] (2022) |6-4 G|</strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1139254" first="Tyler" last="Birst"] (2023) |6-0 G|</strong></p> <p><strong>2. </strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Fargo North</strong></span></p> <p><strong>2020-2021 Record</strong>: 13-13 (State Tournament appearance) </p> <p><strong>Key players lost to graduation</strong>: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1131617" first="Ryan" last="Manly"], Aiden Carlson</strong></p> <p><strong>Returning All-Conference/All-State Players</strong>: NA</p> <p><strong>Top Players for the upcoming season</strong>:</p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/04/Sem-crop-1728x1135-1621521783.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1198475" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/04/Sem-crop-1728x1135-1621521783-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1144475" first="Jeremiah" last="Sem"] (2024) |6-1 G|</strong></p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/zeller-1-crop-3024x1986-1622004120.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1202042" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/zeller-1-crop-3024x1986-1622004120-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1144600" first="Carter" last="Zeller"] (2024) |6-5 F|</strong></p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/may-crop-3024x1986-1621746155.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1200303" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/may-crop-3024x1986-1621746155-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1046363" first="Jalen" last="May"] (2022) |6-3 F|</strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="812228" first="Luke" last="Loberg"] (2022) |6-4 F| </strong></p> <p><strong>Blake Schafer (2022) |5-9 G| </strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1180420" first="Nathaniel" last="Kallod"] (2022) |6-0 G| </strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1135520" first="Isaac" last="Cody"] (2022) |6-3 G| </strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1161540" first="Bode" last="Hoeg"] (2024) |6-0 G| </strong></p> <p><strong>3. </strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Fargo Davies</strong></span></p> <p><strong>2020-2021 Record</strong>: 20-6 (State Tournament appearance) </p> <p><strong>Key players lost to graduation</strong>: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1046343" first="Latrel" last="Davis"], [player_tooltip player_id="731870" first="Owen" last="Hektner"], Brady Sauvageau, Jacob Prudhomme </strong></p> <p><strong>Returning All-Conference/All-State Players</strong>: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="812229" first="Ian" last="Motschenbacher"] </strong>(All-ADC)</p> <p><strong>Top Players for the upcoming season</strong>:</p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2020/10/14IanMotschenbacher.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1077261" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2020/10/14IanMotschenbacher-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="812229" first="Ian" last="Motschenbacher"] (2022) |6-0 G|</strong></p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2020/10/10AlexProctor.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1077257" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2020/10/10AlexProctor-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1161486" first="Alex" last="Proctor"] (2022) |6-1 G|</strong></p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2020/10/67RaymondBrown1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1077288" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2020/10/67RaymondBrown1-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1050247" first="Raymond" last="Brown"] (2023) |5-11 G|</strong></p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/maxfroslie-crop-3024x1986-1621739089.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1200256" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/maxfroslie-crop-3024x1986-1621739089-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1167651" first="Max" last="Froslie"] (2023) |6-7 F|</strong></p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/Yorke-crop-3024x1986-1623706930.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1215883" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/Yorke-crop-3024x1986-1623706930-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1161524" first="Daniel" last="Yorke"] (2024) |6-1 G|</strong></p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/masonklabo-crop-1024x673-1622051046.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1202274" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/masonklabo-crop-1024x673-1622051046-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1169136" first="Mason" last="Klabo"] (2025) |5-11 G| </strong></p> <p><strong>4. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bismarck</span></strong></p> <p><strong>2020-2021 Record</strong>: 17-7 (State Tournament appearance) </p> <p><strong>Key players lost to graduation</strong>: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="731866" first="Gunner" last="Swanson"], [player_tooltip player_id="750174" first="Max" last="Tschosik"], [player_tooltip player_id="996110" first="Logan" last="Schaubert"] </strong></p> <p><strong>Returning All-Conference/All-State Players</strong>: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1046352" first="Treysen" last="Eaglestaff"]</strong> (All-WDA, First Team All-State)</p> <p><strong>Top Players for the upcoming season</strong>:</p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/eaglestaff-crop-951x625-1622126191.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1202665" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/eaglestaff-crop-951x625-1622126191-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1046352" first="Treysen" last="Eaglestaff"] (2022) |6-5 F|</strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1136404" first="George" last="Gillette"] (2022) |6-0 G|</strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1141138" first="Cole" last="Jahner"] (2023) |6-3 G|</strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1135881" first="Ethan" last="Stotz"] (2022) |6-1 F|</strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1144489" first="Preston" last="Lemar"] (2024) |6-2 G|</strong></p> <p><strong>5. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bismarck St. Mary’s</span></strong></p> <p><strong>2020-2021 Record</strong>: 9-14</p> <p><strong>Key players lost to graduation</strong>: <strong>Zachary Haas </strong></p> <p><strong>Returning All-Conference/All-State Players</strong>: <strong>Garrett  Bader </strong>(All-WDA)</p> <p><strong>Top Players for the upcoming season</strong>:</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1046359" first="Evan" last="Gross"] (2022) |6-1 G|</strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1046367" first="Nate" last="Fedorchak"] (2022) |6-2 G|</strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1135509" first="Garrett" last="Bader"] (2022) |6-1 G| </strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1046361" first="Nick" last="Schumacher"] (2022) |6-0 G| </strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1165553" first="Ben" last="Morman"] (2022) |6-10 F|</strong></p> <p><strong>6. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Grand Forks Red River</span></strong></p> <p><strong>2020-2021 Record</strong>: 7-17</p> <p><strong>Key players lost to graduation</strong>: <strong>Sam Kruger</strong></p> <p><strong>Returning All-Conference/All-State Players</strong>: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="812222" first="Paine" last="Parks"]</strong> (All-EDC)</p> <p><strong>Top Players for the upcoming season</strong>:</p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/04/paineparks-crop-788x518-1618021270.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1165790" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/04/paineparks-crop-788x518-1618021270-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="812222" first="Paine" last="Parks"] (2022) |6-3 G| </strong></p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2020/10/33ZachKraft.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1077278" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2020/10/33ZachKraft-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1115649" first="Zach" last="Kraft"] (2023) |5-10 G|</strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1138811" first="Reis" last="Rowekamp"] (2023) |6-2 G| </strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1138812" first="Carter" last="Byron"] (2023) |6-5 F| </strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1135517" first="Brady" last="McQuillan"] (2022) |5-10 G| </strong></p> <p><strong>7.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> Fargo Shanley</span></strong></p> <p><strong>2020-2021 Record</strong>: 10-13</p> <p><strong>Key players lost to graduation</strong>: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="731890" first="Braden" last="DeKeyser"], Emmet Kenney </strong></p> <p><strong>Returning All-Conference/All-State Players</strong>: NA</p> <p><strong>Top Players for the upcoming season</strong>:</p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/Connerkraftp-crop-1125x739-1622506415.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1204803" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/Connerkraftp-crop-1125x739-1622506415-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1128188" first="Conner" last="Kraft"] (2023) |6-7 F|</strong></p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/06/tkraft-crop-3024x1986-1623437273.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1214341" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/06/tkraft-crop-3024x1986-1623437273-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1123122" first="Tyler" last="Kraft"] (2022) |6-3 G|</strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1213170" first="Vuciri" last="Hakim"]</strong> <strong>(2023) |6-4 F| </strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1135486" first="Anthony" last="Wanner"] (2022) |6-10 F| </strong></p> <p><strong>8. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">West Fargo</span></strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>2020-2021 Record</strong></span>: 22-3 (State Champions)</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Key players lost to graduation</strong></span>: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="731900" first="Carter" last="Birrenkott"], [player_tooltip player_id="1124529" first="Joel" last="Pease"] </strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Returning All-Conference/All-State Players</strong></span>: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="812219" first="Carson" last="Hegerle"] </strong>(All-EDC, Second Team All-State)<strong>, </strong><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="812231" first="Brett" last="Limke"] </strong>(All-EDC) </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Top Players for the upcoming season</strong></span>:</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="812219" first="Carson" last="Hegerle"] (2022) |6-4 G</strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="812231" first="Brett" last="Limke"] (2022) |6-1 G|</strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1161460" first="Nick" last="Carlson"] (2022) |6-5 F|</strong></p> <p><strong>9. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Minot </span></strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>2020-2021 Record</strong></span>: 23-2 (State Tournament Runner-up)</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Key players lost to graduation</strong></span>: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="750158" first="Deonte" last="Martinez"], [player_tooltip player_id="1131170" first="Michael" last="Ross"], [player_tooltip player_id="1131171" first="RaShawn" last="Wilcox"], Teagan Kinchen, </strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Returning All-Conference/All-State Players</strong></span>: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1111173" first="Eric" last="Wentz"] </strong>(All-WDA), <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1050246" first="Darik" last="Dissette"] (All-WDA, Second Team All-State)</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Top Players for the upcoming season</strong></span>:</p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/02/Ewentz-1-crop-1516x996-1614278787.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1139061" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/02/Ewentz-1-crop-1516x996-1614278787-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1111173" first="Eric" last="Wentz"] (2022) |6-2 G|</strong></p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/DD-2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1153444" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/DD-2-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1050246" first="Darik" last="Dissette"] (2023) |6-3 F|</strong></p> <p><strong>10. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">West Fargo Sheyenne</span></strong></p> <p><strong>2020-2021 Record</strong>: 24-2 (State Tournament appearance) </p> <p><strong>Key players lost to graduation</strong>: <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="731876" first="Jacksen" last="Moni"], [player_tooltip player_id="1124528" first="Gage" last="Anderson"], [player_tooltip player_id="750185" first="Jah’Heem" last="Leake"], [player_tooltip player_id="750178" first="Barika" last="Kpeenu"], [player_tooltip player_id="1124530" first="Ben" last="Manson"] </strong></p> <p><strong>Returning All-Conference/All-State Players</strong>: NA</p> <p><strong>Top Players for the upcoming season</strong>:</p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/Dominic_Dosmann_Varsity_11-crop-1200x788-1621917620.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1201303" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/Dominic_Dosmann_Varsity_11-crop-1200x788-1621917620-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="812221" first="Dominic" last="Dosmann"] (2022) |6-8 F|</strong></p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/02/Michael_Nhial_Varsity_11-crop-1011x664-1619494086.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1179001" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/02/Michael_Nhial_Varsity_11-crop-1011x664-1619494086-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1046354" first="Michael" last="Nhial"] (2022) |6-7 F|</strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1141521" first="Dylan" last="Beyl"] (2023) |6-3 G| </strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1133064" first="Kaleb" last="Larson"] (2022) |6-1 G| </strong></p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1133224" first="Zander" last="Newton"] (2022) |6-4 F|</strong> </p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/02/NorthDakota.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1126976" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/02/NorthDakota-300x187.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="187" /></a></p> <pre><em>*Power Rankings are subject to change and will be updated later in the summer</em></pre> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>