The Suburban East Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The East Ridge Raptors have won the SEC three of the last four seasons and will be the favorite to win the league once again this year. Here is your SEC preview!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Ten in State</strong>: East Ridge, Stillwater</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>East Ridge has won the league three of the last four seasons and they have the talent to earn another title. They have ball handlers, shooters, a true big with potential, hard working role talent, and wings/forwards in surplus. The Raptors are a top team in state. Then we go Stillwater. Stillwater? Yes they were .500 last season but they have one of the elite players in the state, they return a number of their top guys, and the Ponies have added a few transfers that will make them even better.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Ten in State Potential</strong>: White Bear Lake</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>White Bear Lake has guards, talent, and size. [player_tooltip player_id='962200' first='Jack' last='Janicki'] is a top five player in the state and [player_tooltip player_id='1485219' first='Wyatt' last='Hawks'] emerged this summer as one of the state's better bigs. With other talent coming back WBL is in position for a top ten spot. The one issue is that Janicki was injured recently and it sounds like he won't be ready to go at the start of the year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Compete with Most</strong>:  Mounds View, Cretin Derham-Hall, Forest Lake, Woodbury, Roseville, Irondale</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This is a big list. Irondale lost a lot but they proved that they can be good and have good coaching. Roseville is a lot better than I though based on what I saw this fall, Woodbury has a chance to take a nice step forwards as does Forest Lake, and Mounds View should once again be a few games over the .500 mark. CDH has talent, they have tradition, and they are always the team to knock off in 4AAAA based on how much section and state success they have had. They just have a lot of new bodies to get on the floor and this team four star Tre Holloman isn't on the floor to push them. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Rebuilding:</strong> Park of Cottage Grove</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Wolfpack have went through a lot of changes and with so many new things going on it would fall into the rebuild category. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>22-23 Conference Predictions</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>East Ridge</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Stillwater</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>White Bear Lake</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Mounds View</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Woodbury</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Cretin-Derham Hall</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Forest Lake</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Roseville</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Park of Cottage Grove</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Irondale</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Preseason All Suburban East Conference</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>First Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962206' first='Max' last='Shikenjanski'] of Stillwater (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962200' first='Jack' last='Janicki'] of White Bear Lake (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962211' first='Alex' last='Mattes'] of East Ridge (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284105' first='Charlie' last='Theis'] of East Ridge (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1485219' first='Wyatt' last='Hawks'] of White Bear Lake (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Second Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284201' first='Owen' last='Waldoch'] of Forest Lake (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284104' first='Charlie' last='Bern'] of East Ridge (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284091' first='Brayden' last='Carlson'] of East Ridge (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560882' first='Cedric' last='Tomes'] of East Ridge (fr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1617730' first='Colby' last='Deluce'] of Mounds View (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Third Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1491769' first='Tanner' last='Thomsen'] of Stillwater (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1491759' first='Cayden' last='Narum'] of Woodbury (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1220383' first='Adam' last='Tauer'] of Cretin-Derham Hall (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962255' first='Jack' last='Misgen'] of White Bear Lake (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1145928' first='OT' last='Omot'] of Park of Cottage Grove (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Fourth Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1220408' first='Jacob' last='Becher'] of Mounds View (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Evan Fischer of Roseville (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dane Dedominces of Irondale (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1288789' first='Luke' last='Jacobson'] of Cretin-Derham Hall (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1491757' first='Carter' last='Bolin'] of Woodbury (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Fifth Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1442057' first='Lake' last='DeJongh'] of Stillwater (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Nolan Dumonceaux of Forest Lake (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1170508' first='Ataa-Adjetey' last='Mensah'] of Roseville (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Miles Bollinger of Cretin-Derham Hall (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1574220' first='Monteff' last='Dixon Jr'] of Cretin-Derham Hall (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Sixth Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1288809' first='Peter' last='Koland'] of East Ridge (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560840' first='Jason' last='Johnson'] of Cretin-Derham Hall (fr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1188258' first='Aidan' last='Hammond'] of Stillwater (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1296156' first='Eli' last='Roe'] of Mounds View (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Max Herlofsky of Irondale (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->