The Little Eight Preview

<p>The Little Eight Conference is a solid Class A league led by Ashby and supported by a solid core of teams that will make for a tough conference. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <p><strong>Top Ten</strong>:  Ashby</p> <p>Ashby enters the season a top five squad in Class A.  They lost their top player from a 19-1 win team but bring everything else back including three all league players. Ashby is looking like not just the league winner and conference winner, but a state title contender. The big story is the Ashby D.  They held teams to 43 points a game last year. </p> <p><strong>Top Ten Potential:  </strong>Parkers Prairie</p> <p>Parkers Prairie was hit hard by graduation plus they had a coaching change.  With so much going on there you could call it a rebuild but this program has always competed hard, defended, and won games.  Cole Koep steps into the main spot as the team tries to keep winning.  They will be a top 40-50 Class A team but a Class A team that has been really good may crack the top ten. </p> <p><strong>Compete with Most</strong>:   Brandon-Evansville, Hillcrest Lutheran Academy, Rothsay, Battle Lake</p> <p>BE has their best player back (an all league guy) and a couple key other talents.  Problem is, they have to figure out how to score so they can win more than seven games. Hillcrest Lutheran had a solid 12-7 year and with the Brumfields returning they should be able to improve on those dozen wins. Rothsay also has the talent to be above .500 this year and has the potential to win half the games in the league.  Battle Lake seems like they will be a step behind some of these others but still solid. </p> <p><strong>Rebuilding</strong>: Underwood</p> <p>You score 39 points a game and go winless for a year, you are rebuilding. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>21-22 Conference Predictions</strong></p> <ol> <li>Ashby</li> <li>Parkers Prairie</li> <li>Hillcrest Lutheran Academy</li> <li>Brandon-Evansville</li> <li>Rothsay</li> <li>Battle Lake</li> <li>Underwood</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Preseason All Little Eight Conference</strong></p> <p><strong><u>First Team</u></strong></p> <p>Jacob Cook of Ashby (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958842" first="Hunter" last="Norby"] of Ashby (sr)</p> <p>Torin Olson of Ashby (sr)</p> <p>Titus Fuller of Brandon-Evansville (sr)</p> <p>Sam Brumfield of Hillcrest Lutheran Academy (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958844" first="Tanner" last="Heier"] of Rothsay (sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Second Team</u></strong></p> <p>Tyler Bitzan of Brandon-Evansville (sr)</p> <p>Noah Brumfield of Hillcrest Lutheran Academy (so)</p> <p>Cole Koep of Parkers Prairie (sr)</p> <p>Mathew Danielson of Rothsay (so)</p> <p>Sam Danielson of Rothsay (sr)</p> <p>Drew Johnson of Battle Lake (jr)</p>