Home Stretch Player of the Year Review: Class AA

<p>Our Home Stretch Review looks at potential players of the year in Class AA.  The early favorite, the up and comers, and the group of contenders.  </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>1AA</strong></p> <p>Preseason Favorite:  [player_tooltip player_id="754315" first="Eli" last="King"] of Caledonia</p> <p>Above Expectations:  Kaiden Peters of PEM</p> <p>Current Favorite: [player_tooltip player_id="754315" first="Eli" last="King"]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>2AA</strong></p> <p>Preseason Favorite: [player_tooltip player_id="962272" first="Mason" last="Schirmer"] of Maple River</p> <p>Above Expectations: [player_tooltip player_id="962261" first="Zack" last="Wells"] of LCWM</p> <p>Current Favorites: [player_tooltip player_id="962272" first="Mason" last="Schirmer"], [player_tooltip player_id="958704" first="Mitchel" last="Jaskowiak"] of GSL, [player_tooltip player_id="962261" first="Zack" last="Wells"]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>3AA</strong></p> <p>Preseason Favorite:  [player_tooltip player_id="850706" first="Jackson" last="Loge"] of Morris Area</p> <p>Above Expectations: Ryder Staples of West Central Area</p> <p>Current Favorite: [player_tooltip player_id="850706" first="Jackson" last="Loge"]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>4AA</strong></p> <p>Preseason Favorite: [player_tooltip player_id="850702" first="Prince" last="Aligbe"] of Minnehaha Academy</p> <p>Above Expectations:  Carmelo McNeal of Twin Cities Academy</p> <p>Current Favorite: [player_tooltip player_id="850702" first="Prince" last="Aligbe"]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>5AA</strong></p> <p>Preseason Favorite:  [player_tooltip player_id="850709" first="Willie" last="Wilson"] of Minneapolis North</p> <p>Above Expectations: [player_tooltip player_id="958670" first="De’Meiko" last="Anderson"] of Minneapolis North</p> <p>Current Favorites: [player_tooltip player_id="850709" first="Willie" last="Wilson"], [player_tooltip player_id="958670" first="De’Meiko" last="Anderson"], [player_tooltip player_id="962212" first="Boden" last="Kapke"] of Holy Family, [player_tooltip player_id="960333" first="Sam" last="Zilmer"] of Rockford</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>6AA</strong></p> <p>Preseason Favorite:  [player_tooltip player_id="958689" first="Brady" last="Spaulding"] of Annandale</p> <p>Above Expectations: [player_tooltip player_id="958795" first="Carter" last="Birr"] of Albany</p> <p>Current Favorites: [player_tooltip player_id="958689" first="Brady" last="Spaulding"], [player_tooltip player_id="1284153" first="Jay" last="Neubert"] of Sauk Centre</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>7AA</strong></p> <p>Preseason Favorite: [player_tooltip player_id="958738" first="Carsen" last="Turk"] of CI, [player_tooltip player_id="962249" first="Eli" last="Laposky"] of Pequot Lakes, [player_tooltip player_id="962237" first="Trent" last="Gomez"] of Two Harbors, Will Bittman of EG</p> <p>Above Expectations: [player_tooltip player_id="1288682" first="Phillip" last="Sheetz"]</p> <p>Current Favorites: All the Above</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>8AA</strong></p> <p>Preseason Favorite:  [player_tooltip player_id="962228" first="Owen" last="Leach"] of DGF</p> <p>Above Expectations: [player_tooltip player_id="1284216" first="Timmy" last="Guler"] of Pelican Rapids</p> <p>Current Favorites:  [player_tooltip player_id="962228" first="Owen" last="Leach"], [player_tooltip player_id="958794" first="Dylan" last="Fox"] of Warroad, [player_tooltip player_id="1339995" first="Soren" last="Anderson"] of Perham</p>