The Big South West Preview

<p>The Big South West!  The second half of the Big South is previewed today, the west half.  The Best of the West!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <p><strong>Potential Top Ten</strong>: Redwood Valley, Marshall</p> <p>With three returning all league players back after a 14-7 season, Redwood Valley has big dreams about this winter.  To make things even better, shooter [player_tooltip player_id="958705" first="Alex" last="Lang"] is back on the perimeter and Jamestown 6’7 committed big [player_tooltip player_id="958649" first="Carson" last="Woodford"] returns in the post.  Add in point guard Drew Lundeen and several other seniors and it’s an experienced squad.  Marshall is not quite as experienced but they are going to be the favorite once again. The closest any team came to Marshall last year was nine points and most games, even against the good teams, were 20 plus point games.</p> <p><strong>Compete with Most: </strong>Luverne, Worthington<strong><br /> </strong></p> <p>Luverne has one of the best returning scorers and athletes in the league with Gannon Ahrendt back and a few guards return as well.  They don’t have as much back as say Redwood Valley but Luverne is still a contender.  Worthington always has the numbers plus a few scorers to be in the middle and that will be the case again this year with Jake Brandner. </p> <p><strong>Rebuilding</strong>: Windom Area, Jackson County Central, Pipestone Area</p> <p>JCC was 3-16 last season.  They will take a step forward but this is still a rebuild as they look to get back in the contending area as a program. Windom Area has a good group of their players back as does Pipestona Area although Dawson Keller did so much for Pipestone you have to wonder what they will be like without him. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>21-22 Conference Predictions</strong></p> <ol> <li>Marshall</li> <li>Redwood Valley</li> <li>Luverne</li> <li>Worthington</li> <li>Windom Area</li> <li>Pipestone Area</li> <li>Jackson County Central</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Preseason All Big South</strong></p> <p><em>First Team</em></p> <p>Gannon Ahrendt of Luverne (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958649" first="Carson" last="Woodford"] of Redwood Valley (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962271" first="Cayden" last="Werner"] of Marshall (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958705" first="Alex" last="Lang"] of Redwood Valley (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1225653" first="Travis" last="Rogotzke"] of Jackson County Central (jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Second Team</em></p> <p>Drew Lundeen of Redwood Valley (sr)</p> <p>Charlie Jacobson of Marshall (sr)</p> <p>Dylan Serreyn of Windom Area (sr)</p> <p>Zach Liebfried of Marshall (jr)</p> <p>Jake Brandner of Worthington (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1225657" first="Henry" last="Erickson"] of Windom Area (jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Third Team</em></p> <p>Zack Paulson-Reck of Redwood Valley (sr)</p> <p>Seth Bose of Luverne (sr)</p> <p>Charles LaChapelle of Redwood Valley (sr)</p> <p>Caden Kulm of Pipestone Area (sr)</p> <p>Meer Othow of Worthington (sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>