The 4AA Profile

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There was a time period this summer when we thought that Minnehaha Academy might get a challenge in 4AA, but that window was small as the Redhawks have totally reloaded and are a state title contender once again. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>4AA Power Rankings</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><li>Minnehaha Academy</li><li>Concordia Academy</li><li>St. Croix Prep</li><li>St. Agnes</li><li>Math &amp; Science Academy</li><li>St. Paul Academy</li><li>St. Croix Lutheran</li><li>Twin Cities/Great River</li><li><span style="color: initial;font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--system-fonts)">Nova Classical</span></li><li>St. Paul Washington</li><li>Mounds Park Academy</li><li>Lakes International</li><li>St. Paul Humboldt</li><li>Eagle Ridge </li><li>Minneapolis Roosevelt</li><li>Hmong Academy</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='1221177' first='Rolyns' last='Aligbe'] of Minnehaha Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1345985' first='Leroy' last='Barnes'] of Minnehaha Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962239' first='Aj' last='Greene'] of Concordia Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1499627' first='Lorenzo' last='Levy'] of Minnehaha Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284157' first='Jerome' last='Williams Jr'] of Minnehaha Academy</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='1139831' first='Andrew' last='Weber'] of St. Agnes (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Benjamin Raymond of Concordia Academy (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1617760' first='Joshua' last='Balami'] of Math &amp; Science Academy (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284148' first='Jaden' last='Neish'] of St. Croix Lutheran (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1451145' first='Ethan' last='Carter'] of St. Paul Academy (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>Mateo Cortez-Weiss of Minnehaha Academy (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mykleti Dillard-Smith of Minnehaha Academy (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Luke Olson of Concordia Academy (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2109843' first='Nolan' last='Davis'] of St. Agnes (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1225655' first='Bjorn' last='Benson'] of St. Croix Prep (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The 4AA Rundown</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Transfers affect teams of course, they can lift them up or lift them down with their arrivals/departures. That said, rarely have I seen a section so affected by transfers like this group. First off, you have to take into account that this is not a deep section and the second half of this group is not very good right now (there may be a few more teams but I didn't add in teams that only played some games last season). But this summer, before Levy and Williams went to Minnehaha Academy, we thought Concordia Academy - who would have had Levy on their roster with [player_tooltip player_id='962239' first='Aj' last='Greene'] and that would have been such a good combo - would have a chance to push Minnehaha Academy. However, the Redhawks added Levy to their roster when he transferred there along with All State Class AAAA talent [player_tooltip player_id='1284157' first='Jerome' last='Williams Jr'] (getting Williams is massive because he is an elite playmaker in Minnesota). Meanwhile, another outside contender was St. Agnes but they lost two of their three best players to South St. Paul. So instead of having a nice group of Concordia Academy, St. Agnes and St. Croix Prep maybe making a push at the Hawks, the Hawks got two of the elite guards in the junior class while their top two contenders lost top players (a 20 ppg potential guy each). Redhawks are now a massive favorite in this section once again. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->