The MCAA Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A season ago Spectrum and West Lutheran both went 13-1 in league play, and those schools along with Legacy Christian won 19+ games. Will the league look similar? Will it change a lot? We do our best to give you a look today!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Contenders</strong>: Spectrum, West Lutheran, </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>West Lutheran was 13-1 in league play last year and they return their leading scorer, three of their top four players, and several reserves that will take steps forward. The Warriors will be the preseason favorite. They will edge out Legacy Christian as that favorite because of those two three/four score wins last year BUT, Legacy Christian has almost everything back from last season. That includes the best player in the league in [player_tooltip player_id='1288688' first='Aiden' last='Johnson'] and the best junior in [player_tooltip player_id='1284187' first='Micah' last='Strand']. Spectrum has a couple starters back, a couple reserves back, and still has enough talent to make a push at the league title. This should be a great title fight to watch all season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Compete with Most</strong>: Eagle Ridge, Heritage Christian, PACT, North Lakes</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Not sure Eagle Ridge will fall back to a rebuild but with four starters gone they will likely take a step back from last year's 16-win season. Heritage Christian didn't have a senior last season and their four best players were freshmen. So they should take a nice step forward from their 7-15 season. The question is, how big of a step? Can they be a contender? Those four frosh are now sophomores and they will grow a lot, and likely make games quite uncomfortable for the top teams. Maybe they even grab an upset or two. But I think they are likely a year away from contending. PACT has their top three guys back including the dynamic 2024 duo of [player_tooltip player_id='1284230' first='Victor' last='Nyabuto'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2417506' first='Micah' last='Givand'], we think they could come close to doubling last year's win total (overall). North Lakes does not have much depth but they do have a couple very solid players that will be seniors. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Rebuilding:</strong>&nbsp;United Christian Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Their best players are back but they only won two games last season (not to mention their best player was in grade 8 last season). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>22-23 Conference Predictions</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>West Lutheran</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Legacy Christian</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Spectrum</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Heritage Christian</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>PACT Charter</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>North Lakes</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Eagle Ridge</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>United Christian Academy</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Preseason All MCAA Conference</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>First Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1288688' first='Aiden' last='Johnson'] of Legacy Christian (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284144' first='Isaiah' last='Ronning'] of West Lutheran (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284187' first='Micah' last='Strand'] of Legacy Christian (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284230' first='Victor' last='Nyabuto'] of PACT Charter (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jonathan Ozment of North Lakes (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Second Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Matt Koosman of West Lutheran (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dominic Zoa of Legacy Christian (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Noah Miller of Spectrum (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Joshua Sokeye of Heritage Christian (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Carter Femrite of Spectrum (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Third Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2417506' first='Micah' last='Givand'] of PACT Charter (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Caleb Jensen of North Lakes (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Teddy Relan of Eagle Ridge (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2109935' first='Abu' last='Tarawallie'] of Heritage Christian (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jestern Wuollet of Legacy Christian (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Fourth Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tucker Kapas of PACT Charter (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jonah Moulton of Heritage Christian (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Thomas Bursch of West Lutheran (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Michael Crowley of Eagle Ridge (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1617792' first='Owen' last='Haag'] of Heritage Christian Academy (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Joshiah Hendley of United Christian (fr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->