The 8AAAA Profile
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<p>Great news 8AAAA regulars, Maple Grove and their six straight section titles has been sent elsewhere, the door is open! So who do we think will walk through it?</p>
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<p><strong>8AAAA Power Rankings</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Buffalo</li>
<li>Sartell-St. Stephen</li>
<li>Brainerd </li>
<li>Elk River</li>
<li>St. Michael-Albertville</li>
<li>Bemidji</li>
<li>Moorhead</li>
<li>Rogers</li>
</ol>
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<p><strong>The Section 15</strong></p>
<p><em><strong>First Team</strong></em></p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="850738" first="Antonio" last="Bluiett"] of Buffalo</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="958639" first="Johnny" last="Tennyson"] of STMA</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="958683" first="Mason" last="Lund"] of Sartell-St. Stephen</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="1143873" first="Zach" last="Zrust"] of Buffalo</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="1221143" first="Cade" last="Osterman"] of Elk River</p>
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<p><em><strong>Second Team</strong></em></p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="1144098" first="Mitchell" last="Degen"] of Brainerd</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="958739" first="Peyton" last="Belka"] of Rogers</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="962232" first="Isaac" last="Severts"] of Bemidji</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="1139197" first="Adam" last="Jenkins"] of Moorhead</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="958797" first="Will" last="Pool"] of Buffalo</p>
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<p><em><strong>Third Team</strong></em></p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="1144114" first="Evan" last="Templin"] of Sartell-St. Stephen</p>
<p>Riley Purcell of STMA</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="958728" first="Parker" last="Behne"] of Elk River</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="1221114" first="John" last="Pecarich"] of Brainerd</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="958798" first="Caleb" last="Gillquist"] of Elk River</p>
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<p><strong>Final Thoughts</strong></p>
<p>I have Buffalo as the clear favorite but I think this will be an open competitive section. What’s weird about this group is that I don’t think there are any state title contenders here at all, but I also don’t think this section has any bad teams either. The 1 seed/8 seed game in 8AAAA might be the best best 1/8 game in the state this year for example. If you were to split the 64 AAAA teams in to eight categories, this section would have one team that’s a second or third group team (Buffalo) and then seven teams in groups five and six. Again, no bad teams, no title contenders, just a favorite and a lot of solid teams they have to go through to meet their expectations. the lake prep</p>
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