Each and every year I think back to the old Minnesota High School Basketball tradition of the Metro-Outstate game. What was the Metro-Outstate Game you ask? It was what Minnesota had before the All Star Series of 40 seniors from…
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SubscribeEach and every year I think back to the old Minnesota High School Basketball tradition of the Metro-Outstate game.
What was the Metro-Outstate Game you ask? It was what Minnesota had before the All Star Series of 40 seniors from all around the state. It was ten metro players against ten outstate talents. So what would that game of looked like in 2021? First, here is our participants (yes size/position is taken into consideration somewhat) of seniors.
The Metro Ten
Joshua Strong
Joshua
Strong
6'0" | PG
Champlin Park | 2021
State
MN
of Champlin Park (UMD)
Eddie Beeninga
Eddie
Beeninga
6'1" | PG
Wayzata | 2021
State
MN
of Wayzata (Minnesota State-Moorhead)
Hercy Miller
Hercy
Miller
6'3" | PG
Minnehaha Academy | 2021
State
MN
of Minnehaha Academy (Tennessee State)
Lamar Grayson Lamar Grayson 6'0" | PG Richfield | 2021 State MN of Richfield (Bay College)
Trey Longstreet
Trey
Longstreet
6'7" | SF
Delano | 2021
State
MN
of Delano (Northern State)
Cade Haskins
Cade
Haskins
6'6" | SF
DeLaSalle | 2021
State
MN
of DeLaSalle (Dartmouth)
Henry Shannon III
Henry
Shannon III
6'6" | SF
Eastview | 2021
State
MN
of Eastview (UMD)
Chet Holmgren
Chet
Holmgren
7'0" | C
Minnehaha Academy | 2021
State
#1
Nation
MN
of Minnehaha Academy (Gonzaga)
Francis Nwaokorie
Francis
Nwaokorie
6'7" | C
Champlin Park | 2021
State
MN
of Champlin Park (UC-San Diego)
Davon Townley Jr Davon Townley Jr 6'6" | PF Minneapolis North | 2021 State MN of Minneapolis North (Penn State Football)
The Outstate Ten
Ryan Dufault
Ryan
Dufault
6'0" | PG
Waseca | 2021
State
MN
of Waseca (University of St. Thomas)
Jakob Braaten Jakob Braaten 6'0" | PG Byron | 2021 State MN of Byron (Southwest Minnesota State)
Bryce Lance Bryce Lance 6'3" | PG Marshall | 2021 State MN of Marshall (North Dakota State Football)
Dominic Aguilar
Dominic
Aguilar
6'2" | SG
Fergus Falls | 2021
State
MN
of Fergus Falls ()
Kyreese Willingham
Kyreese
Willingham
6'5" | SF
Waseca | 2021
State
MN
of Waseca (Minnesota State-Mankato)
Mattie Thompson
Mattie
Thompson
6'6" | SF
Duluth East | 2021
State
MN
of Duluth East (UMD)
Will Tschetter
Will
Tschetter
6'9" | PF
Stewartville | 2021
State
#96
Nation
MN
of Stewartville (Michigan)
Andrew Morgan
Andrew
Morgan
6'9" | C
Waseca | 2021
State
#178
Nation
MN
of Waseca (North Dakota State)
Noah Paulson Noah Paulson 6'8" | C Duluth East | 2021 State MN of Duluth East (UMD)
Joshua Streit
Joshua
Streit
6'7" | PF
Eden Valley-Watkins | 2021
State
MN
of Eden Valley-Watkins (North Dakota State)
The Result
This would likely be one of the better chances that the Outstate would have to win this game in recent years. I think the shooting of
Cade Haskins
Cade
Haskins
6'6" | SF
DeLaSalle | 2021
State
MN
– who had some huge games late in the year – and the impossible match-up that is
Chet Holmgren
Chet
Holmgren
7'0" | C
Minnehaha Academy | 2021
State
#1
Nation
MN
– would give them the edge. We saw how tough it was for
Will Tschetter
Will
Tschetter
6'9" | PF
Stewartville | 2021
State
#96
Nation
MN
to score over Chet when the Tigers and Redhawks played over the winter, you take that and then Townley and Nwaokorie banging inside on Morgan/Paulson/Streit and I think gives the metro the edge in what would be a fun game. There are a lot of guards that would cancel one another out, it’s just Chet being the ultimate mismatch both ways, and the shooting edge of Haskins would give the metro the W.
