The 5AAA Profile
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<p>5AAA was won by the Monticello Magic for the third time in seven seasons. How about this year? Princeton has moved in so they take over the favorite role.</p>
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<p><strong>5AAA Power Rankings</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Becker</li>
<li>Monticello</li>
<li>St Francis</li>
<li>Chisago Lakes</li>
<li>Big Lake</li>
<li>Zimmerman</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="962233" first="Matthew" last="Bothun"] of St. Francis</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="962273" first="Cooper" last="Drews"] of Princeton</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="958736" first="Carson" last="Kolles"] of Monticello</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="1268459" first="Eric" last="Seavert"] of Becker</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="958662" first="Haydn" last="Stay"] of Princeton</p>
<p> </p>
<p><em><strong>Second Team</strong></em></p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="958814" first="Wyatt" last="Sawatzke"] of Monticello</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="962262" first="Brady" last="Paumen"] of Becker</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="1144128" first="Cooper" last="Nowak"] of Princeton</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="1180134" first="Alex" last="Weiss"] of Becker</p>
<p>Caden Spence of Zimmerman</p>
<p> </p>
<p><em><strong>Third Team</strong></em></p>
<p>Johnny O’Brien of Big Lake</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="1223082" first="Davis" last="Artisensi-Skime"] of Zimmerman</p>
<p>Ben Hallberg of Princeton</p>
<p>[player_tooltip player_id="1223083" first="Wes" last="Johnson"] of St. Francis</p>
<p>Reed Marquardt of Chisago Lakes</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Final Thoughts</strong></p>
<p>Princeton was 18-2 last season and although they didn’t win the section last year (a really good Hibbing team won) they won 7AAA the previous two years and have a ton of talent back this year. Becker has maybe their best team in a long time and the Magic continue to sneak up on people year after year, but Princeton is a heavy favorite. St. Francis may have been a contender but the transfer of [player_tooltip player_id="958757" first="Cody" last="Pennebaker"] and a start of the season injury to [player_tooltip player_id="962233" first="Matthew" last="Bothun"] has them limping into the year. Princeton is led by [player_tooltip player_id="962273" first="Cooper" last="Drews"] and [player_tooltip player_id="958662" first="Haydn" last="Stay"] and nobody else has an inside/out duo like that plus they have depth. </p>
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