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The Lake Superior Conference was won by Cloquet last season in an overwhelming way. This year? Duluth Marshall should challenge. Here is the Lake Superior Conference preview. Conference Commentary Top Ten: Duluth Marshall Marshall returns four of their top…
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Continue ReadingThe Lake Superior Conference was won by Cloquet last season in an overwhelming way. This year? Duluth Marshall should challenge. Here is the Lake Superior Conference preview.
Conference Commentary
Top Ten: Duluth Marshall
Marshall returns four of their top six players from a season ago and they have a scorer in Jasper Timm Jasper Timm 6'3" | SG Duluth Marshall | 2022 State MN that they can lean on. Timm is the go to guy and there are several key role guys that are ready to help Marshall be a top ten team in Class A basketball.
Top Ten Potential: Cloquet, Hibbing
Cloquet is a top 20 team in Class AAA basketball with an outside shot at potentially breaking into the top ten. Barney and Turnbull are two of the best players in the league, they have the talent to lead this club to the league championship. If several of the role spots are filled in a solid way Cloquet should earn the title. With so much lost to graduation Hibbing has to replace four starters so not quite Class AAA top ten but Ayden McDonald Ayden McDonald 6'4" | PG Omaha Central | 2022 State MN has the talent to keep them close and maybe even get them there.
Compete with Most: Grand Rapids, Superior, Hermantown
Grand Rapids has one of the league’s best players returning in Austin Hanson Austin Hanson 6'2" | PG Grand Rapids | 2022 State MN . The Thunderhawks have a number of starters that must be replaced but the team will go as Hanson goes. Superior has three of their top six guys back and those three players had good 17u seasons. They now need to step into the main producing roles and if they play well, Superior can contend. Hermantown has two of their best four guys returning although the team is likely a year away.
Rebuilding: Denfeld, Proctor
Proctor was 2-13 last year, winless in league play, and all of their key players were seniors. It’s a rebuild. Denfeld won only one game last year and beat Proctor, but that was it.
21-22 Conference Predictions
- Hibbing
- Cloquet
- Duluth Marshall
- Grand Rapids
- Superior
- Hermantown
- Duluth Denfeld
- Proctor
Preseason All Lake Superior Conference
First Team
Austin Hanson Austin Hanson 6'2" | PG Grand Rapids | 2022 State MN of Grand Rapids (sr)
Conner Barney Conner Barney 6'3" | SF Cloquet | 2022 State MN of Cloquet (sr)
Jasper Timm Jasper Timm 6'3" | SG Duluth Marshall | 2022 State MN of Duluth Marshall (sr)
Alec Turnbull Alec Turnbull 6'3" | SG Cloquet | 2022 MN of Cloquet (sr)
Blake Schmitz Blake Schmitz 6'0" | PG Hermantown | 2023 State MN of Hermantown (jr)
Ayden McDonald Ayden McDonald 6'4" | PG Omaha Central | 2022 State MN of Hibbing
Second Team
Mason Boos of Duluth Marshall (sr)
Keaton Christianson Keaton Christianson 6'1" | SG Hermantown | 2023 State MN of Hermantown (jr)
Alex Olson of Duluth Marshall (sr)
Evan Bennett of Superior (sr)
Ethan Florek of Grand Rapids (jr)
Hayden Verhel Hayden Verhel 6'0" | SF Hibbing | 2022 MN of Hibbing (sr)
Third Team
Shane Leask of Superior (sr)
Brooks Johnson Brooks Johnson 6'6" | SF Duluth Marshall | 2025 State MN of Duluth Marshall (fr)
Jack Sorenson of Cloquet (sr)
Jon Bongiovanni of Duluth Denfeld (sr)
Robert Olson of Superior (sr)
Amari Manning of Hibbing (sr)