The 1AAA Profile

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We move to Class AAA and the Minnesota level of play that is on the rise the most (AAA basketball). We start with southern Minnesota and Section 1AAA!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>1AAA Power Rankings</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><li>Stewartville</li><li>Austin</li><li>Byron</li><li>Winona</li><li>Kasson-Mantorville</li><li>Fairbault</li><li>Red Wing</li><li>Albert Lea</li></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Section 15</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>First Team</strong></em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bryan Cassellius of Winona (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962258' first='Isaac' last='Dearborn'] of Byron (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tegan Malone of Stewartville (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1139594' first='Henry' last='Tschetter'] of Stewartville (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962297' first='Pal' last='Wal'] of Albert Lea (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>Second Team</strong></em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1198613' first='Parker' last='Wangen'] of Stewartville (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1476739' first='Caleb' last='Bancroft'] of Stewartville (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1288822' first='Ater' last='Manyuon'] of Austin (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1288690' first='Ayden' last='Helder'] of Stewartville (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1297889' first='Tyler' last='Connelly'] of Byron (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>Third Team</strong></em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1221146' first='Jake' last='Hallstrom'] of Kasson-Mantorville (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1575327' first='Max' last='Dearborn'] of Byron (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1437172' first='Ethan' last='Lee'] of Kasson-Mantorville (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1436471' first='Jack' last='Lang'] of Austin (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1288836' first='Buai' last='Duop'] of Austin (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Section 1AAA Rundown</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With every day that goes by I think Stewartville is better, and better, and better. It started with noticing how young their team was last year when I started writing the Breakdown book in early June. Then the Tigers won the Class AAA Breakdown Summer State Tournament. Then [player_tooltip player_id='1139594' first='Henry' last='Tschetter'] was outstanding all summer looking like a top junior in Minnesota. Watching [player_tooltip player_id='1476739' first='Caleb' last='Bancroft'] play with D1 Minnesota opened my eyes even more. Seeing some film of Stewartville and noticing Malone, Wangen, and Helder even more opened the eyes even more. Meanwhile, Austin legend Kris Fadness retired and the Packers lost yet another top player to prep school (not team has been hurt by prep schools more than Austin, it's worked out for some kids, others have been back at Austin before Christmas and lost their high school eligibility). Jamal Gibson was the right pick for the Pack and they have more talent coming up, but there will be a transition phase to a degree. Winona has an all league player back as does Albert Lea and Faribault, but how good can they be this year? Kasson-Mantorville has two key players back from an 18 win team but they lost so much to graduation. I would keep an eye on Byron. [player_tooltip player_id='962258' first='Isaac' last='Dearborn'] is back from injury and [player_tooltip player_id='1297889' first='Tyler' last='Connelly'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1575327' first='Max' last='Dearborn'] will move from key role guys to top players that the Bears rely on. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->