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Northland was clearly the best team in the Northern Lakes Conference last season. And coming into the season, Northland is a top 25 Class A team so they will be the favorite this year once again. Conference Commentary Top Ten…
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Continue ReadingNorthland was clearly the best team in the Northern Lakes Conference last season. And coming into the season, Northland is a top 25 Class A team so they will be the favorite this year once again.
Conference Commentary
Top Ten in State Potential: Northland
Northland is by far the clear favorite in this league. They have a chance to be a top ten team in state with their senior group of Wakes and Carlsons leading the way after a 21 win season. Alec Wake Alec Wake 6'2" | PG Northland | 2023 State MN is a future college basketball player and Northland as a core has a chance to do something special. And in the league they are clearly the best team.
Compete with Most: Bigfork, Nashwauk-Keewatin
Bigfork brings back most of their team and should take a step forward, but they are taking a step forward from five wins. I would say .500 is possible and if it’s anything better than that we are talking about a massive one year turnaround. That said, we can’t put them above Nashwauk-Keewatin who beat Bigfork in smackdowns twice last season. The Spartans lost five of their top seven but their second leading scorer is back so we think N-K will be the second best team in the league.
Rebuilding: Hill City, Littlefork-Big Falls
Littlefork-Big Falls was 3-21 last season but they bring back four starters including an all conference first team so they have to be taking a nice step forward where as Hill City graduated I believe three starters from a team that only won one league game (but did win ten games overall).
22-23 Conference Predictions
- Northland
- Nashwauk-Keewatin
- Bigfork
- Littlefork-Big Falls
- Hill City
Preseason All North Lakes Conference
First Team
Alec Wake Alec Wake 6'2" | PG Northland | 2023 State MN of Northland (sr)
Jhace Pearson of Bigfork (sr)
Noah Carlson of Northland (sr)
Liam Wake Liam Wake 6'1" Northland | 2023 MN of Northland (sr)
Marcus Moore of Nashwauk-Keewatin (sr)
Second Team
Thomas Larson of Littlefork-Big Falls (sr)
Aiden Carlson Aiden Carlson 6'1" Northland Community S | 2023 MN of Northland (sr)
Bradley Haley of Bigfork (sr)
Conner Perryman of Nashwauk-Keewatin (sr)
Jacob Roper of Hill City (sr)
Wyatt Hell of Littlefork-Big Falls (jr)