The South Suburban Preview

<p>The South Suburban Conference is one of Minnesota’s toughest leagues.  This year, five or six teams in this league could enter the Class AAAA top ten.  Here is your South Suburban Preview!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <p><strong>Top Ten</strong>: Shakopee, Eastview</p> <p>In terms of depth and recent success, I really think Shakopee and Eastview both have a chance to make a big run this year.  Shakopee was in the final four last year and returns a lot of key pieces plus has some good players coming up.  They will be in the thick of things.  Eastview’s talent reserves are incredible.  Between one starter back, one player back from injury, talent coming up from the JV, and talent transferring in, the Lightning will rank with the deepest teams in the state.  </p> <p><strong>Potential Top Ten:</strong> Lakeville South, Lakeville North, Rosemount</p> <p>I really like what South could have with [player_tooltip player_id="1267321" first="Tyler" last="Swanson"] and [player_tooltip player_id="1267323" first="Connor" last="Beauchamp"] joining [player_tooltip player_id="774771" first="Avery" last="Mast"] and [player_tooltip player_id="850730" first="Sam" last="Fliehe"] in highly productive senior players.  These four could make for a hell of 1-4 in the starting line-up.  To me South is a top ten level team, that will start the season at 10 or 11.  North is right there as well.  They’ve had a ton of new talent emerge in the last 12 months.  The talent is there, it just needs some experience plus we need to see how the ball handlers do before saying they are a certainty to be in the top ten all year.  The Irish are right there as well.  They have a star in [player_tooltip player_id="796947" first="Caleb" last="Siwek"] plus size and a deep guard group.  Another top ten potential team. </p> <p><strong>Compete with Most:  </strong>Prior Lake, Farmington, Eagan</p> <p>I said five or six potential top ten teams didn’t? Yes!  Because I think one of these teams is going to put it together and also have a big year.  Prior Lake has a star in [player_tooltip player_id="850712" first="Malcolm" last="Jones"] plus a strong lead guard and some up and coming talent.  Farmington is tough as nails and has a lot of good players that should mix into a team that can win a lot of games.  Finally, Eagan has a returning guard combo that will be even better plus they have some size. </p> <p><strong>Rebuilding</strong>: Burnsville, Apple Valley</p> <p>The Blaze will take a step from their winless season.  [player_tooltip player_id="962223" first="Khalif" last="Bettis"] instantly makes them better plus there are some hungry young players that I think will take a step forward.  The Eagles have a couple tough senior forwards that will lead the way, but they did lose their top five scorers from a 4-15 team so there will be a bit of rebuilding.  </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>21-22 Conference Predictions</strong></p> <ol> <li>Shakopee</li> <li>Eastview</li> <li>Lakeville South</li> <li>Lakeville North</li> <li>Rosemount</li> <li>Prior Lake</li> <li>Farmington</li> <li>Eagan</li> <li>Burnsville</li> <li>Apple Valley</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Preseason All South Suburban Conference</strong></p> <p><strong><u>First Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="850712" first="Malcolm" last="Jones"] of Prior Lake (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962214" first="Nolan" last="Winter"] of Lakeville North (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="850728" first="Nick" last="Katona"] of Shakopee (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958669" first="Kenji" last="Scales"] of Eastview (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="796947" first="Caleb" last="Siwek"] of Rosenount (sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Second Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958680" first="Kyle" last="Hrncir"] of Farmington (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962223" first="Khalif" last="Bettis"] of Burnsville (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="850717" first="Cade" last="McGraw"] of Shakopee (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="774771" first="Avery" last="Mast"] of Lakeville South (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962213" first="Emmanuel" last="Schmitter"] of Eagan (jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Third Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1143863" first="Jamal" last="Ambrose"] of Eastview (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1139192" first="Dylan" last="Omweno"] of Eastview (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="850730" first="Sam" last="Fliehe"] of Lakeville South (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1284147" first="Jack" last="Robison"] of Lakeville North (so)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1267321" first="Tyler" last="Swanson"] of Lakeville South (sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Fourth Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962251" first="Oscar" last="Khazon"] of Eagan (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1267322" first="Sam" last="West"] of Shakopee (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1144100" first="Yonis" last="Mohamud"] of Shakopee (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1140495" first="Myles" last="Adams"] of Eastview (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1140493" first="Mario" last="Adams"] of Eastview (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958711" first="Quinten" last="Snell"] of Shakopee (sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Fifth Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1268457" first="Kyle" last="Haas"] of Prior Lake (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1267323" first="Connor" last="Beauchamp"] of Lakeville South (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1161947" first="Joshua" last="Ofori"] of Prior Lake (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1220381" first="Anish" last="Ramlall"] of Rosemount (jr)</p> <p><strong>Braiden Bean</strong> of Farmington (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1201801" first="Sam" last="Kuseske"] of Rosemount (sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>