The 8AAAA Profile

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Our final Class AAAA Section Profile is 8AAAA, the northwestern outstate schools mixed with the northwestern extended metro schools. Moorhead won it last year and will start the season as the favorite. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>8AAAA Power Rankings</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><li>Moorhead</li><li>Brainerd</li><li>Buffalo</li><li>Elk River</li><li>Bemidji</li><li>Sartell-St. Stephen</li><li>STMA</li><li>Rogers</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='1491756' first='Nate' last='Dahl'] of Buffalo (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1139197' first='Adam' last='Jenkins'] of Moorhead (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1221143' first='Cade' last='Osterman'] of Elk River (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1221114' first='John' last='Pecarich'] of Brainerd (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962232' first='Isaac' last='Severts'] of Bemidji (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>Dylan Zimmmerman of Moorhead (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1221113' first='Nick' last='Evanson'] of Brainerd (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Carson Haack of Elk River (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962320' first='Ethan' last='Biehn'] of Bemidi (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Colton Demarias of STMA (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='1451792' first='Colton' last='Hagen'] of Moorhead (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1293972' first='Eli' last='Hoelz'] of Brainerd (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1288787' first='Brody' last='Wishart'] of Buffalo (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Anthony Mahowald of Sartell-St. Stephen (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1428994' first='Hudson' last='Hochstedler'] of STMA (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Section 8AAAA Rundown</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I would say that five different teams have a chance to form the right chemistry and catch lightning in a bottle like the Spuds did last year and make a run. Each of Moorhead (Jenkins), Elk River (Osterman), Buffalo (Dahl), Brainerd (Pecarich), and Bemidi (Severts) have a player to lead, players coming back, and young talent on the way up that will give them the depth to be a state tournament team. But which one avoids injuries and forms the needed chemistry? That is the big question. Moorhead has the edge with last year's run and the section's best player (Jenkins) but any of those five teams could be playing in Minneapolis in March. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->