The 8A Profile
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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. 8A Power Rankings Cass…
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Continue ReadingOur 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.
8A Power Rankings
- Cass Lake-Bena
- Fertile-Beltrami
- Fosston
- Sacred Heart
- Blackduck
- Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke
- WAO
- Ada-Borup
- Win-E-Mac
- Mahnomen/Waubun
- Northern Freeze
- Clearbrook-Gonvick
- Red Lake County
- Kittson County Central
- Badger/Greenbush-Middle River
- Stephen-Argyle
- Northome/Kelliher
- Climax-Fisher
- Lake of the Woods
- Bagley
The Section 15
First Team
Justin Courneya Justin Courneya 6'1" | PG Win-E-Mac | 2024 State MN of Win-E-Mac (jr)
Dominic Fairbanks Dominic Fairbanks 5'10" | PG Cass Lake-Bena | 2024 State MN of Cass Lake-Bena (jr)
Kaydin Lee Kaydin Lee 5'10" | SG Cass Lake-Bena | 2024 MN of Cass Lake-Bena (jr)
Caiden Swenby Caiden Swenby 6'3" | SG Fertile-Beltrami | 2024 State MN of Fertile-Beltrami (jr)
Dante Frank of Blackduck (sr)
Second Team
Lewis Jones Lewis Jones 5'9" | PG Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke | 2024 State MN of Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke (jr)
Aaron Norland of Fosston (sr)
Ethan Arntson of Sacred Heart (sr)
Cameron Spaeth Cameron Spaeth 6'0" | PG Ada-Borup | 2024 State MN of Ada-Borup (jr)
Blake Rychlock of Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke (jr)
Third Team
Cullen Norland of Fosston (sr)
Connor Duden Connor Duden 6'0" | PG Red Lake County | 2026 State MN of Red Lake County (soph)
Landen Denney of Sacred Heart (sr)
Carsen Bouchee of Fosston (sr)
Kaden Vig of Kittson County Central (sr)
Jackson Woinarowicz Jackson Woinarowicz 6'6" | C Warren-Alvarado-Oslo | 2023 MN of WAO (sr)
The 8A Rundown
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.