The 2AAA Profile

<p>The talent in 2AAA always provides drama and this year the battle for Mankato, East vs West, should be as good as ever.  Hopefully it’s a three game set of great games!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>2AAA Power Rankings</strong></p> <ol> <li>Mankato East</li> <li>Mankato West</li> <li>Marshall</li> <li>Jordan</li> <li>St. Peter</li> <li>New Ulm</li> <li>New Prague</li> <li>Worthington</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The Section 15</strong></p> <p><em><strong>First Team</strong></em></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="850715" first="BJ" last="Omot"] of Mankato East</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958360" first="Mekhi" last="Collins"] of Mankato West</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1268453" first="Puolrah" last="Gong"] of Mankato East</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958748" first="Ashton" last="Sivilay"] of Jordan</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1267324" first="Bennett" last="Olson"] of St. Peter</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em><strong>Second Team</strong></em></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962271" first="Cayden" last="Werner"] of Marshall</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1140603" first="Sean" last="Clement"] of Mankato East</p> <p>Louis Maggers of Mankato West</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1221142" first="Jalen" last="Hayes"] of Mankato East</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="796953" first="Brady" last="Haugum"] of Mankato West</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em><strong>Third Team</strong></em></p> <p>Charlie Jacobson of Marshall</p> <p>Ethan Chromy of New Prague</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1284151" first="James" last="Osborne"] of New Ulm </p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958712" first="Charlie" last="Osborne"] of New Ulm</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1139537" first="Isaac" last="Young"] of Jordan</p> <p>Noah Wilts of Marshall</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Final Thoughts</strong></p> <p>When I first started writing about high school basketball in 2004-05 I recall talking about Mankato East versus Mankato West games several times in those early years. The games drew such interest that they would play them in the Taylor Center, and I don’t mean the section games, I mean the regular season contests.  I’m not sure East vs West will need the Mavericks to host this year but I do know that East vs West will draw a lot of interest.  Both teams lost a guy to transfer (Buom Jock from West to a Virginia football prep and TJ Kueth left East and moved south) and oddly enough these schools have two of the five known names to leave the state for a transfer.  However, Worthington guard Meer Opiew transferred to East so they replaced a good player with another good player.  The [player_tooltip player_id="850715" first="BJ" last="Omot"] vs [player_tooltip player_id="958360" first="Mekhi" last="Collins"] match-up will be must see TV plus those around them are good as well.  Marshall won’t fade away, St. Peter has some good players, and Jordan has a strong backcourt, but this is East vs West. </p>