The 5AAA Profile

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Princeton Tigers seem to have a bit of a hold on their area but Becker should supply a quality change in Section 5AAA, and this is a nice group of seven. None of the teams are in our bottom quarter in the overall power rankings and most of the teams are in the upper half. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>5AAA Power Rankings</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><li>Princeton</li><li>Becker</li><li>Big Lake</li><li>St. Francis</li><li>Chisago Lakes</li><li>Monticello</li><li>Zimmerman</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>[player_tooltip player_id='962233' first='Matthew' last='Bothun'] of St. Francis (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962273' first='Cooper' last='Drews'] of Princeton (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962262' first='Brady' last='Paumen'] of Becker (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1288720' first='Patrick' last='Rowe'] of Chisago Lakes (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Caden Spence of Zimmerman (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='1579922' first='Luke' last='Emmerich'] of Monticello (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1180134' first='Alex' last='Weiss'] of Becker (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962312' first='Kade' last='Layton'] of Big Lake (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Julias Hendricks of Becker (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1223084' first='Carson' last='Kunz'] of Big Lake (sr)</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='1223103' first='Owen' last='Larsen'] of Chisago Lakes (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Aaron Keykal of Princeton (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1428874' first='Owen' last='Layton'] of Big Lake (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1223105' first='Graham' last='Peterson'] of Princeton (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1223082' first='Davis' last='Artisensi-Skime'] of Zimmerman (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1434057' first='Caleb' last='Schoenrock'] of St. Francis (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Section 5AAA Rundown</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>As we previously said, none of these teams are in the bottom quarter of our Class AAA power rankings and most are above the half way line. Why? Because Princeton has a top guy back (Drews) along with their bench talent, and Becker has three starters back who are really good players. Becker has more back than Princeton does but the Tigers have won the M8 the last four years and have been consistently at state. Big Lake is another one to watch because they have four-five key players back from last year's team. Chisago Lakes should make a big jump as should Zimmerman while St. Francis has the best prospect in the section (Bothun) and Monticello has the best young player (Emmerich). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->