The 3A Profile

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Can RTR return to state? Or will they be caught by the high level talent at Lakeview and Dawson-Boyd? Or will the Red Rock teams step up and take a spot at state? It's 3A Basketball!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>3A Power Rankings</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><li>Russell-Tyler-Ruthton&nbsp;</li><li>Lakeview</li><li>Dawson-Boyd</li><li>Southwest Minnesota Christian</li><li>Westbrook-Walnut Grove</li><li>Murray County Central</li><li>Central Minnesota Christian</li><li>Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda</li><li>Canby</li><li>MACCRAY</li><li>TMB</li><li>[player_tooltip player_id='2420050' first='Adrian' last='']/Ellsworth</li><li>Red Rock Central</li><li>LQPV</li><li>Wabaso </li><li>Minneota</li><li>Hills-Beaver Creek</li><li>Yellow Medicine East</li><li>Renville County West</li><li>Edgerton</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='1167622' first='Nathan' last='Fenske'] of Lakeview (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dawson Rieck of Southwest MN Christian (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='962291' first='Aiden' last='Wichmann'] of RTR (sr)</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></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>Second Team</strong></em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1625008' first='Keegon' last='Wicht'] of Dawson-Boyd (sr)</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>Sawyer Drent of Heron Lake-Okabena-Fulda (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ashton Toll of Mountain Lake-Comfrey (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>Third Team</strong></em></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>Kole Curry of Westbrook-Walnut Grove (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dan Kleven of Westbrook-Walnut Grove (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tanner Graphenteen of Murray County Central (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The 3A Rundown</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Of all the teams trying to return to the state tournament - of the teams that have the talent to return to state in Class A - RTR might have the toughest path. RTR surely has the talent to return but Lakeview brings back most of their top players and they have Southwest Minnesota State committed [player_tooltip player_id='1167622' first='Nathan' last='Fenske']. And Dawson-Boyd has a great young core with future division one prospect [player_tooltip player_id='1411178' first='Brayson' last='Boike'] plus a few returning veterans. Westbrook-Walnut Grove has a lot back and then knocked off Southwest Minnesota Christian last year, and speaking of SWMC, that's a team that is always good but they did graduate a lot. Don't count them out but now they have a lot of good players to replace. We think MCC will take a step and many teams in this league have good players. So yes RTR will be good, but they will have a tough road in trying to return to state. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->