Today we pick a breakout player candidate from each section. A guy that I think will step up and not only have a big season, but an all league caliber season. Maybe even a team MVP season (and in the…
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Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log inToday we pick a breakout player candidate from each section. A guy that I think will step up and not only have a big season, but an all league caliber season. Maybe even a team MVP season (and in the case of the smaller schools, a section MVP all state like season).
Class AAAA
Section 1 – Connor Beauchamp Connor Beauchamp 6'4" | SG Lakeville South | 2022 State MN of Lakeville South (sr)
Section 2 –
Yonis Mohamud
Yonis
Mohamud
6'4" | SG
Shakopee | 2022
State
MN
of Shakopee (sr)
Section 3 – Michael Mitchell of Hastings (sr)
Section 4 – Aj Burns Aj Burns 6'2" | SG Tartan | 2022 State MN of Tartan (sr)
Section 5 –
Trey Smith
Trey
Smith
6'6" | SF
Osseo | 2023
State
MN
of Osseo (jr)
Section 6 –
Peyton Newbern
Peyton
Newbern
6'5" | SF
Robbinsdale Armstrong | 2022
State
MN
of Robbinsdale Armstrong (sr)
Section 7 –
Isaac Nyakundi
Isaac
Nyakundi
6'9" | C
Macduffie School | 2024
State
NLG
of Duluth East (jr)
Section 8 –
Mitchell Degen
Mitchell
Degen
6'6" | PF
Brainerd | 2022
State
MN
of Brainerd (sr)
Class AAA
Section 1 – Trent DeCook Trent DeCook 6'2" | SG Byron | 2022 State MN of Byron (sr)
Section 2 –
Ashton Sivilay
Ashton
Sivilay
6'0" | PG
Jordan | 2022
State
MN
of Jordan (sr)
Section 3 –
Kyle Johnson
Kyle
Johnson
6'2" | SG
De La Salle | 2022
State
MN
of DeLaSalle (sr)
Section 4 –
Owen Carlson
Owen
Carlson
6'2" | PG
Mahtomedi | 2023
State
MN
of Mahtomedi (jr)
Section 5 – Cooper Jones Cooper Jones 5'10" | PG Princeton | 2022 MN of Princeton (sr)
Section 6 –
Jackson Stewart
Jackson
Stewart
6'6" | PF
Delano | 2023
State
MN
of Delano (jr)
Section 7 – Trevor Johnson Trevor Johnson 6'4" | PF North Branch | 2022 State MN of North Branch (sr)
Section 8 –
Blake Schoolmeester
Blake
Schoolmeester
6'6" | SF
Willmar | 2023
State
MN
of Willmar (jr)
Class AA
Section 1 –
Ryan Heise
Ryan
Heise
6'8" | SF
Lake City | 2023
State
MN
of Lake City (jr)
Section 2 – Domanik Paulson Domanik Paulson 6'2" | SG WEM | 2022 State MN of WEM (sr)
Section 3 – Zach Jorgensen Zach Jorgensen 6'3" | SG Fairmont | 2022 State MN of Fairmont (sr)
Section 4 – Ben Austin of St. Croix Lutheran (sr)
Section 5 – Waziri Lawal of Breck (jr)
Section 6 – Kameron Jusczak Kameron Jusczak 6'5" | PF Pine City | 2022 State MN of Pine City (sr)
Section 7 – Cuinn Berger of Esko (jr)
Section 8 – Soren Anderson of Perham (jr)
Class A
Section 1 –
John Prestemon
John
Prestemon
6'0" | PG
Lanseboro | 2023
MN
of Lanesboro (jr)
Section 2 – Zach Anderson Zach Anderson 6'6" | SF Martin County West | 2023 State MN of Martin County West (jr)
Section 3 – Kaiden Allpress of LQPV (sr)
Section 4 –
Erick Reader
Erick
Reader
6'8" | C
New Life Academy | 2023
State
MN
of New Life Academy (jr)
Section 5 – Ethan Shelton Ethan Shelton 6'0" | SF Cromwell | 2022 MN of Cromwell (sr)
Section 6 –
Kaden Pieper
Kaden
Pieper
6'3" | SG
Belgrade Brooten Elrosa | 2023
State
MN
of BBE (jr)
Section 7 –
Brooks Johnson
Brooks
Johnson
6'5" | SF
Duluth Marshall | 2025
State
MN
of Duluth Marshall (fr)
Section 8 – Rylin Petery of Fertile-Beltrami (st)