The Prairie Preview

<p>Osakis and Upsala went toe to toe last winter with Osakis earning the league championship with a 14-6 record.  Can Osakis take home another title?</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <p><strong>Top Ten Potential</strong>: Osakis</p> <p>The Silverstreaks went 14-6 last season with an undefeated league record in league play.  They return five starters from last year including five all league players.  Osakis has big plans for this winter and the talent to do it.  They are skilled, big, and have several playmakers. </p> <p><strong style="font-size: 1rem;">Compete with Most</strong><span style="font-size: 1rem;">: Upsala, Swanville, St John’s Prep</span></p> <p>The Cardinals had the league MVP last year in [player_tooltip player_id="958822" first="Levi" last="Lampert"].  They also have a couple bench guys returning.  However, four starters have to be replaced and three of those players were all league players.  Levi is the best player in the league but there are a lot of new guys around him. Swanville is the team that I think could make a big jumper forward.  Nick Mettler is an all league player with a scoring punch.  He should lead the team into the upper third. St. John’s Prep was last in the league last year but they battled most nights.  Two all league players return so they should be better. </p> <p><strong>Rebuilding</strong>:  <span style="font-size: 1rem;">Browerville, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle</span></p> <p>The Tigers were 7-12 a season ago and have a couple returning guys but this will be a young team.  A young team with only one or two seniors and only [player_tooltip player_id="962286" first="Parker" last="Duncan"] back with any productive consistent numbers.  <span style="font-size: 1rem;">Long Prairie-Grey Eagle lost most of their production from a 6-13 that had a lot of trouble scoring.  They may take a step back. </span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>21-22 Conference Predictions</strong></p> <ol> <li>Osakis</li> <li>Upsala</li> <li>Swanville</li> <li>Browerville</li> <li>St. John’s Prep</li> <li>Long Prairie-Grey Eagle</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Preseason All Prairie Conference</strong></p> <p><strong><u>First Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958822" first="Levi" last="Lampert"] of Upsala (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962286" first="Parker" last="Duncan"] of Browerville (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958793" first="Nicholas" last="Mettler"] of Swanaville (sr)</p> <p>Bauer Kilmek of Osakis (sr)</p> <p>Brady Mages of Osakis (sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Second Team</u></strong></p> <p>Luke Meyer of St. John’s Prep (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1284168" first="Kyle" last="Mages"] of Osakis (so)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1284184" first="Mekai" last="Hoelscher"] of Osakis (so)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1284128" first="Drew" last="Imdieke"] of Osakis (so)</p> <p>Luke Harren of Upsala (sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Third Team</u></strong></p> <p>Anson Mies of St. John’s Prep (sr)</p> <p>Lucas Miller of Swanville (jr)</p> <p>Dominic DeCook of Browerville (jr)</p> <p>Hassan Malik of Long Prairie-Grey Eagle (sr)</p> <p>Preston Kraker of Swanville (sr)</p>