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Pipestone Area and Redwood Valley pushed Marshall but the Tigers won the league by a game last season. Will this be the year one of them grabs the Big South West? Conference Commentary Top Ten Potential: Marshall, Pipestone Area, Jackson…
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Continue ReadingPipestone Area and Redwood Valley pushed Marshall but the Tigers won the league by a game last season. Will this be the year one of them grabs the Big South West?
Conference Commentary
Top Ten Potential: Marshall, Pipestone Area, Jackson County Central
Marshall has a decent share of players returning from last year’s team and if they can improve from 15 to 20 wins they could sneak into the back end of the Class AAA top ten. The Class AAA final few teams in the the top ten always change so that’s a possibility. Jackson County Central and Pipestone Area are top 30 caliber teams/programs in class AA and I think JCC has the talent to make a push this year which could lead them to the top ten.
Compete with Most: Worthington, Luverne, Windom Area
Worthington won seven games last year but they do have three starters back. Luverne lost a ton of senior talent but they will have one of the best players in the league in Gannon Ahrendt. Windom Area’s Henry Erickson Henry Erickson 6'0" | PG Windom | 2023 MN could be the player that gets the team back up to the .500 area.
Rebuilding: Redwood Valley
Redwood Valley is a mystery because so much of their production came from seniors and so much of their rotation graduated. The Cards are an established squad so to predict them at the bottom would likely be wrong but to pretend we really know at this point would be dishonest. Lots of new players so it’s a bit of a rebuild this year.
22-23 Conference Predictions
- Marshall
- Jackson County Central
- Pipestone Area
- Worthington
- Redwood Valley
- Windom Area
- Luverne
Preseason All Big South West
First Team
Gannon Ahrendt of Luverne (sr)
Kellen Johnson of Pipestone Area (sr)
Erik Hesebeck of JCC (sr)
Henry Erickson Henry Erickson 6'0" | PG Windom | 2023 MN of Windom Area (sr)
Kaleb Knothe of Worthington (jr)
Omar Obdi of Marshall (sr)
Second Team
Travis Rogotzke Travis Rogotzke 6'2" | SG Jackson County Central | 2023 State MN of JCC (sr)
Tyler Maeyaert of Marshall (sr)
Roman Voss of JCC (fr)
Andrew Elton Andrew Elton 6'6" | PF Marshall | 2023 MN of Marshall (sr)
Marenono Opiew Marenono Opiew 6'2" | SF Worthington | 2023 MN of Worthington (sr)