The Camden Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Camden Conference had a lot of really good teams in 2021-22: Central Minnesota Christian, Dawson-Boyd, Lakeview, RTR, and TMB. The league will not take much of a step back.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Ten in State: </strong> Lakeview, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>RTR has a chance to make a title push. Their rotation went nine deep last season and six of those players are back including their top two scorers and three full time starters. With state title experience and talent in both the senior and junior classes, RTR should once again have big dreams. Lakeview will be right there with them though as the Lakers went 22-6 last year and bring their full starting line-up, a line-up that will be all seniors. And has the best player in the league, [player_tooltip player_id='1167622' first='Nathan' last='Fenske']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Ten Potential</strong>: Dawson-Boyd</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It may not take long for the Jacks to go from potential top ten, to top ten. They won 18 games last season and bring back their best players including senior [player_tooltip player_id='1340608' first='Keegon' last='Wicht'], senior Kevi Olson, and one of the better sophomores in the state, [player_tooltip player_id='1411178' first='Brayson' last='Boike']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Compete with Most</strong>: CMC, Canby, MACCRAY, KMS</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>TMB likely will take a step back with all of the graduation losses. There will be a step back but [player_tooltip player_id='2104478' first='Trevor' last='Smith'] returns and they should have some including talent ready to go. Canby will surely double their win total from last year's five wins as they have their best two players back as seniors. CMC was led by veterans and had some good years including their 25-4 season last year. The Bluejays won't fall much because they do return have their rotation and all league talent Ethan Bulthuis. KMS was mostly seniors a season ago so many spots must be filled but they will still be a tough team to beat. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Rebuilding</strong>: TMB, Renville County West, Minneota, Yellow Medicine East, Ortonville, LQPV</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>When it comes to senior graduation hurting a team I would say that TMB was hit the hardest among this group. All four of their all league players graduated although [player_tooltip player_id='2104478' first='Trevor' last='Smith'] is a nice sophomore. Minneota has hit some rough spots but Max Rost might be able to pull them forward for a better year. Bryce Sneller of YME could help his team win more than the two games they won last season. LQPV lost all of their major contributions so there will be changes for the Eagles as they settle in a new group. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Camden Power Rankings</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><li>Russell-Tyler-Ruthton</li><li>Lakeview</li><li>Dawson-Boyd</li><li>Central Minnesota Christian</li><li>Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunberg</li><li>Canby</li><li>MACCRAY</li><li>TMB</li><li>LQPV</li><li>Minneota</li><li>Yellow Medicine East</li><li>Renville County West</li><li>Ortonville</li></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>22-23 Conference Predictions</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>North</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><li>Dawson-Boyd</li><li>Central Minnesota Christian</li><li>Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunberg</li><li>MACCRAY</li><li>LQPV</li><li>Renville County West</li><li>Ortonville</li></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>South</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><li>Russell-Tyler-Ruthton</li><li>Lakeview</li><li>Canby</li><li>TMB</li><li>Minneota</li><li>Yellow Medicine East</li></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Preseason All Camden</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>First Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1167622' first='Nathan' last='Fenske'] of Lakeview (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Aiden Wichman of RTR (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284129' first='Drew' last='Werkman'] of RTR (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1411178' first='Brayson' last='Boike'] of Dawson-Boyd (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1340608' first='Keegon' last='Wicht'] of Dawson-Boyd (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Second Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Owen Louwagie of Lakeview (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Taiven Isaackson of Lakeview (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ethan Bulthuis of Central Minnesota Christian (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cody Wichmann of RTR (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jared Cortez of KMS (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Third Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Levi Olson of Dawson-Boyd (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Isaac Post of MACCARY (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2104478' first='Trevor' last='Smith'] of TMB (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ethan Schwankl  of Lakeview (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Trevor Gray of Canby (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Fourth Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962315' first='Evan' last='Weber'] of Canby (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bryce Sneller of Yellow Medicine East (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Blake Christianson of RTR (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Max Rost of Minneota (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->