The Camden Conference Preview

<p>The Camden Conference.  A dozen teams in southern Minnesota most of which are Class A basketball teams.  It’s a league that has a north and south, but they all play each other (twice each on their side of the league). </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <p>Top Ten in State: Central Minnesota Christian</p> <p>CMC will enter the season as a top ten team after making the state tournament last year and returning three of their top four players.  [player_tooltip player_id="958706" first="Case" last="Mulder"] is an All State level guard leading the way. </p> <p>Top Ten in State Potential: Lac qui Parle Valley, RTR, TMB</p> <p>LQPV has three starters back and a couple reserves.  Point guard Landon Schirm leads the way while Hunter Conn has good size up front at 6’6.  If things break right LQPV could be a top ten team.  TMB brings back their entire team, they have size, skill, workers, and a big number producing star in [player_tooltip player_id="958653" first="Tony" last="Nelson"].  They will contend and maybe even work towards the top ten, but they were only 10-9 last year so as a unit improvements are needed. </p> <p>Compete with Most: Renville County West, KMS, Minneota, Lakeview</p> <p>Renville County West is a curious group.  They graduated a nice senior core but Tyler Froland looks poised for a breakout season keeping them just above .500. KMS has two of their best guys back and three starters returning.  They should improve but how much is the question?  As for the Minneota Vikings, they were a defensive machine last year and have two starters returning.  They will be solid but not quite as good.  Lakeview has a star in [player_tooltip player_id="1167622" first="Nathan" last="Fenske"] which should make them a much better team and maybe a contender. </p> <p>Rebuilding: Dawson-Boyd, MACCRAY, Canby, Yellow Medicine East</p> <p>Dawson-Boyd will take a step forward although next year is likely the big season they are shooting for.  They won only four games last season but Keegan Wicht is very good. MACCRAY was a .500 league team last year but they were senior heavy and have a lot of bodies to replace.  Canby was 3-14 last year and lost their best player.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>21-22 Conference Predictions</strong></p> <p><strong><u>Camden North</u></strong></p> <ol> <li>Central Minnesota Christian </li> <li>Lac qui Parle Valley</li> <li>Renville County East</li> <li>Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg</li> <li>Dawson-Boyd</li> <li>MACCRAY</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Camden South</u></strong></p> <ol> <li>Russell-Tyler-Ruthton</li> <li>Tracy-Milroy Balaton</li> <li>Lakeview</li> <li>Minneota</li> <li>Canby</li> <li>Yellow Medicine East</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Preseason All Camden Conference</strong></p> <p><strong><u>First Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958706" first="Case" last="Mulder"] of CMC (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958653" first="Tony" last="Nelson"] of TMB (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962291" first="Aiden" last="Wichmann"] of RTR (jr)</p> <p>Landon Schirm of LQPV (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1167622" first="Nathan" last="Fenske"] of Lakeview (jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Second Team</u></strong></p> <p>Ben Van Epps of CMC (sr)</p> <p>Keegan Wicht of Dawson-Boyd (jr)</p> <p>Kaiden Allpress of LQPV (sr)</p> <p>Darrick Baartman of RTR (sr)</p> <p>Tyler Froland of Renville County West (sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Third Team</u></strong></p> <p>Jake Turner of TMB (sr)</p> <p>Alex Call of KMS (sr)</p> <p>Hayden Gravely of RTR (jr)</p> <p>Dylan Anderson or RTR (sr)</p> <p>Cale Sorenson of Minneota (sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Fourth Team</u></strong></p> <p>Christian Wendland of TMB (sr)</p> <p>Hunter Conn of LQPV (sr)</p> <p>Kaleb Vander Beek of CMC (sr)</p> <p>AJ Josephson of Minneota (sr)</p> <p>Noah Swenhaugen of TMB (sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Fifth Team</u></strong></p> <p>Adam Schrupp of Renville County West (jr)</p> <p>Owen Louwagie of Lakeview (jr)</p> <p>Isaac Rudningen of KMS (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962315" first="Evan" last="Weber"] of Canby (jr)</p> <p>Isaac Jimenez of Yellow Medicine East (sr)</p> <p>Matt Munson of TMB (sr)</p>