The Skyline Preview

<p>St. Croix Prep went undefeated last year in the Skyline Conference besting Maranatha Christian by a couple games.  St. Croix Lutheran joins the group this year making for a league that will be even more competitive. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <p><strong>Top Ten</strong>: Maranatha Christian</p> <p>This is MCA's league to lose.  With five all league players returning and several experienced bench players ready to step into bigger roles, Maranatha isn't just the favorite for the Skyline, they are also a 5AA section contender and a top 10/11 team in Class AA entering the season. </p> <p><strong>Compete with Most:  </strong>Trinity, New Life Academy, St. Agnes, Concordia Academy</p> <p>Don't sleep they say!  And for once we will listen.  The Tri Hawks won 7 of 10 in league play last year and return four all league players from a season ago.  With four returning all league players they have an outside shot to make a nice run this year maybe be a contender. With everything they have coming back, New Life Academy will contend for the 4A section title regardless of the fact that they were 8-12 last year. St. Agnes is certainly one of the smaller teams but they return three of their best four players and they should take a step forward with experienced players returning. With the best player in the league, Concordia Academy should be able to compete with most. </p> <p><strong>Rebuilding</strong>: St. Croix Lutheran, St Croix Prep, Cristo Rey, Nova</p> <p>The Crusaders start fresh after a strong group of seniors spent four years playing well for the program.  They have good guards but experience and size are lacking. St Croix Prep has to rebuild most of it's roster as well although they have a bit more back than their Lutheran namesake.  The Lions won't take long to rebuild things though as they have a strongly established program. The Pumas lost a group of seniors that was a key piece to their program for a long period of time.  A new group of speedy, aggressive guards takes control after a six win season. Nova should take a step forward and be better this year but they are still rebuilding. </p> <p><strong>21-22 Conference Predictions</strong></p> <ol> <li>Maranatha Christian Academy</li> <li>St. Croix Prep</li> <li>New Life Academy</li> <li>Trinity</li> <li>St. Croix Lutheran</li> <li>St. Agnes</li> <li>Cristo Rey Jesuit</li> <li>Concordia Academy</li> <li>Nova Classical</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Preseason All Skyline Conference</strong></p> <p><strong><u>First Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962239" first="AJ" last="Greene"] of Concordia Academy (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958714" first="Jeremiah" last="LaVelle"] of Maranatha (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962236" first="Bailey" last="McDonald"] of Maranatha (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962244" first="Matthew" last="Bluford"] of Maranatha (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958832" first="Kollin" last="Kaemingk"] of New Life Academy (sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Second Team</u></strong></p> <p>Zach Martin of Trinity (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1225656" first="Max" last="Briggs"] of New Life Academy (jr)</p> <p>Peyton Gremmels of St. Croix Prep (sr)</p> <p>Caleb Flood of St. Agnes (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1225651" first="Erick" last="Reader"] of New Life Academy (jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Third Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1288818" first="Bj" last="Hollowell"] of Cristo Rey (sr)</p> <p>Sam Bormann of Trinity (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962245" first="Isaiah" last="Bluford"] of Maranatha (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1139831" first="Andrew" last="Weber"] of St. Agnes (so)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1225658" first="Tyler" last="Huebsch"] of New Life Academy (jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Fourth Team</u></strong></p> <p>Anthony Lanari of Maranatha (sr)</p> <p>Paul Plach of St. Agnes (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1284188" first="Miles" last="Nelson"] of Cristo Rey (so)</p> <p>Joe Rudquist of Trinity (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1284148" first="Jaden" last="Neish"] of St. Croix Lutheran (so)</p> <p>Kip Knippel of Trinity (sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Fifth Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1225655" first="Bjorn" last="Benson"] of St. Croix Prep (jr)</p> <p>JaRrory Purnell of Maranatha (sr)</p> <p>Luke Olson of Concordia Academy (so)</p> <p>Ben Austin of St. Croix Lutheran (sr)</p> <p>Erich Shultz of St. Croix Prep (sr)</p> <p>Rayan Taha of Nova Classical (sr)</p>