The 8A Profile

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Our final Section profile, Section 8A. Sacred Heart won 8A last year and they return three starters, but they lost some star power. Cass Lake-Bena, Fertile-Beltrami, and Fosston are among those looking to unseat Sacred Heart. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>8A Power Rankings</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Cass Lake-Bena</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Fertile-Beltrami</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Fosston</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Sacred Heart</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Blackduck</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>WAO</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Ada-Borup</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Win-E-Mac</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Mahnomen/Waubun</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Northern Freeze</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Clearbrook-Gonvick</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Red Lake County</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Kittson County Central</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Badger/Greenbush-Middle River</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Stephen-Argyle</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Northome/Kelliher</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Climax-Fisher</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Lake of the Woods</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Bagley</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></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='1284164' first='Justin' last='Courneya'] of Win-E-Mac (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284127' first='Dominic' last='Fairbanks'] of Cass Lake-Bena (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284165' first='Kaydin' last='Lee'] of Cass Lake-Bena (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284094' first='Caiden' last='Swenby'] of Fertile-Beltrami (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dante Frank of Blackduck (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='1284177' first='Lewis' last='Jones'] of Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Aaron Norland of Fosston (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ethan Arntson of Sacred Heart (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1434978' first='Cameron' last='Spaeth'] of Ada-Borup (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Blake Rychlock of Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke (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>Cullen Norland of Fosston (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1628768' first='Connor' last='Duden'] of Red Lake County (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Landen Denney of Sacred Heart (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Carsen Bouchee of Fosston (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kaden Vig of Kittson County Central (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1201932' first='Jackson' last='Woinarowicz'] of WAO (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The 8A Rundown</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This was a very tough group to predict both in listing the 20 teams and listing the 15 players. There is a lot of good basketball in 8A and there are several teams that could put together a great run and get to state. Sacred Heart won 30 games last season and although they did lost a couple quality starters including an a league MVP, they still have three starters back. It will be tough to find the 1-2 punch that Cass Lake-Bena has but there are teams like Fosston, Fertile-Beltrami, and Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke who are all returning more depth. There is also some good size in this league and some up and comers like Ada Borup. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul></ul> <!-- /wp:list -->