The 3AA Profile

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The talent in 3AA seems to have taken a turn towards some other teams for the 2022-23 season. Big names have graduated and doors have opened for other teams/players to make a run!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>3AA Power Rankings</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><li>West Central Area</li><li>Pipestone Area</li><li>New London-Spicer</li><li>Paynesville Area</li><li>Jackson County Central</li><li>Eden Valley-Watkins</li><li>Litchfield</li><li>Luverne</li><li>Windom</li><li>Fairmont</li><li>Redwood Valley</li><li>Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta</li><li>Montevideo</li><li>St. James</li><li>Minnewaska Area</li><li>ACGC</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>Gannon Ahrendt of Luverne (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1492609' first='Cole' last='Anderson'] of West Central Area (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962253' first='Brycen' last='Christensen'] of New London-Spicer (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1225657' first='Henry' last='Erickson'] of Windom Area (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sawyer Tordsen of Fairmont (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>[player_tooltip player_id='1434977' first='Noah' last='Stommes'] of Eden Valley-Watkins (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1225653' first='Travis' last='Rogotzke'] of JCC (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1464341' first='Camden' last='Anderson'] of West Central Area (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Erik Hesebeck of JCC (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Max Athman of Paynesville Area (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='1434065' first='Nolan' last='Geislinger'] of Eden Valley-Watkins (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1339194' first='Alex' last='Draeger'] of Litchfield (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1288664' first='Thor' last='Goerish'] of ACGC (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2372690' first='Grant' last='Paffrath'] of New London-Spicer (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jacob Strunk of West Central Area (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The 3AA Rundown</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This might be the most fun section in Class AA and one of the most fun sections on all of high school basketball this year. Why? Because Morris Area and Redwood Valley will look entirely new. They are hard to predict because they lost so much. Also, West Central Area is a really good program and we think that this year could be one of their best years, plus the section sets up well for them to make a run. And not just them. JCC has a lot of talent returning, New London-Spicer has a lot returning, Eden Valley-Watkins has a lot returning, and so does Paynesville. Whichever team stays healthy and finds the right chemistry will likely emerge as the favorite entering March and then all bets are off as anything can happen. Overall, this should be a really fun section. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->