The Southeast Preview

<p>The catalysts of the Southeast last winter were Spring Grove, Randolph, Lyle/Austin Pacelli, and Randolph.  The Rockets are in a new league so the Southeast is now 11 teams.  Eleven competitive teams. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <p><strong>Potential Top Ten: </strong>Spring Grove</p> <p>The Lions went 13-4 last season with only one senior on the team.  With three really good starters returning and a ton of experience back from a winning team, Spring Grove is the favorite to win the league.  If things mesh well they could once again find themselves in the top ten of Class A.</p> <p><strong>Compete with Most:  </strong>Kingsland, Lanesboro, Leroy-Ostrander, Lyle/Austin-Pacelli, Mabel-Canton, Schaeffer Academy, Southland</p> <p>Kingsland will improve this season.  They played some young talent last year so they should at least double on last season’s four wins. With three starters back including their best player, Lanesboro could go from a team that won 40 percent of their games to a team that wins 60 percent of their games (that’s about 16-11 or 17-11 for all of you math majors). Leroy-Ostrander has four starters back from a near .500 team so the Cardinals will also step up and be one of the better teams in the section. Lyle/Austin-Pacelli lost four starters and key reserves.  They will mostly be a new team, but they have the league’s best player in [player_tooltip player_id="962256" first="Buay" last="Koak"] and that itself is worth a team being a contender. Mabel-Canton won five games and have three starters returning from their team.  They will be better. Schaeffer Academy will have a lot of seniors but they lost their best player. Southland was one of the elite teams in the league and while they lost their best player, they still have three guys that started returning as well as two league honored players back from an 18-3 team. </p> <p><strong>Rebuilding</strong>: Glenville-Emmons, Grand Meadow, Houston</p> <p>The Wolverines went winless last year and that’s when they played games.  They only took part in eight contests last season.  So yes they are starting over. Grand Meadow lost four starters and reserves from a 10-7 team.  They will compete but there are a lot of spots that need to be replaced/rebuilt. Houston lost all 18 games a season ago.  The only way is up!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>21-22 Conference Predictions</strong></p> <p>East</p> <ol> <li>Spring Grove</li> <li>Lanesboro</li> <li>Mabel-Canton</li> <li>Schaeffer Academy</li> <li>Houston</li> </ol> <p>West</p> <ol> <li>Southland</li> <li>Lyle/Austin Pacelli</li> <li>Leroy-Ostrander</li> <li>Kingsland</li> <li>Grand Meadow</li> <li>Glenville-Emmons</li> </ol> <p>Power Rankings</p> <ol> <li>Spring Grove</li> <li>Southland</li> <li>Lanesboro</li> <li>Lyle/Austin Pacelli</li> <li>Leroy-Ostrander</li> <li>Kingsland</li> <li>Mabel-Canton</li> <li>Schaeffer Academy</li> <li>Grand Meadow</li> <li>Glenville-Emmons</li> <li>Houston</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Preseason All Southeast Conference</strong></p> <p><strong><u>First Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962256" first="Buay" last="Koak"] of Lyle/Austin Pacelli (jr)</p> <p>Eli Wolff of Southland (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962300" first="John" last="Prestemon"] of Lanesboro (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958837" first="Tanner" last="Olson"] of Leroy-Ostrander (sr)</p> <p>Carson Gerard of Spring Grove (sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Second Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1284098" first="Cayden" last="Tollefsrud"] of Mabel-Canton (so)</p> <p>Taylor Glynn of Grand Meadow (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958804" first="Walker" last="Erdman"] of Kingsland (sr)</p> <p>Harrison Hanna of Southland (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1226400" first="Tysen" last="Grinde"] of Spring Grove (sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Third Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1284133" first="Elijah" last="Solum"] of Spring Grove (so)</p> <p>Levi Royston of Leroy-Ostrander (sr)</p> <p>Aidan Kluth of Schaeffer Academy (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1200449" first="Mason" last="Howard"] of Lanesboro (so)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1288658" first="Jayden" last="Brink"] of Kingsland (so)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Fourth Team</u></strong></p> <p>Caleb Griffin of Spring Grove (jr)</p> <p>Jaymeson Tollefsrud of Mabel-Canton (sr)</p> <p>Brendan Kennedy of Southland (sr)</p> <p>JT Rein of Lanesboro (sr)</p> <p>Jake Truckenmiller of Lyle/Austin Pacelli (jr)</p>