The 5A Profile

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Nevis won the section for the third straight season last year and they have the talent to make a fourth straight state trip. Anybody ready to challenge? 5A is up next!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>5A Power Rankings</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><li>Nevis </li><li>Browerville-Eagle Valley</li><li>Ogilvie</li><li>Cromwell-Wright</li><li>Braham</li><li>McGregor</li><li>Kaleidoscope Charter</li><li>Pine River-Backus</li><li>East Central</li><li>Barnum</li><li>Swanville</li><li>Upsala</li><li>Betha-Hewitt</li><li>Verndale</li><li>Sebeka</li><li>WHA</li><li>Mille Lacs</li><li>St. John's Prep</li><li>LPGE</li><li>Laporte</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='1284161' first='John' last='Paul Benson'] of Nevis (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962286' first='Parker' last='Duncan'] of Browerville-Eagle Valley (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1565941' first='Noah' last='Foster'] of Cromwell-Wright (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962325' first='Michael' last='Jude'] of Kaleidoscope Charter (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hunter Kenyon of Ogilvie (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>Second Team</strong></em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Caleb Schusted of Braham (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284159' first='Joe' last='Houchin'] of Nevis (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962290' first='Ethan' last='Bohn'] of McGregor (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tucker Kenyon of Ogilvie (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jared Hamilton of Pine River-Backus (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>Miguel Maloney of Browerville-Eagle Valley (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2109919' first='Dylan' last='Nyberg'] of Cromwell-Wright (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Darian Morgart of McGregor (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lucas Miller of Swanville (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962299' first='Rian' last='Struss'] of Pine River-Backus (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The 5A Rundown</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This is a very interesting group of teams. Only six of the 20 teams in this group had winning records last season and only three of those were five or more games above .500. Nearly half of the league (9 of 20) won single digit games a season ago. So the point has been made, team by team, this was not a deep section at all. Not to mention Barnum, the best team in the East by far, lost seven of their top eight to graduation. However, several of those teams that were just under .500 a year ago bring back top players and there are a few programs here ready to take a big step forward. So, who can challenge Nevis, a squad returning four of their top seven from a state team? Browerville-Eagle Valley seems like the team with the best chance. And in the east watch Ogilvie and Cromwell-Wright. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->