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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! Conference Commentary Top Ten in State: East Ridge,…
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Conference Commentary
Top Ten in State: East Ridge, Stillwater
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.
Top Ten in State Potential: White Bear Lake
White Bear Lake has guards, talent, and size. Jack Janicki Jack Janicki 6'4" | SG White Bear Lake | 2023 State #277 Nation MN is a top five player in the state and Wyatt Hawks Wyatt Hawks 6'8" | C White Bear Lake | 2023 State MN 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.
Compete with Most: Mounds View, Cretin Derham-Hall, Forest Lake, Woodbury, Roseville, Irondale
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.
Rebuilding: Park of Cottage Grove
The Wolfpack have went through a lot of changes and with so many new things going on it would fall into the rebuild category.
22-23 Conference Predictions
- East Ridge
- Stillwater
- White Bear Lake
- Mounds View
- Woodbury
- Cretin-Derham Hall
- Forest Lake
- Roseville
- Park of Cottage Grove
- Irondale
Preseason All Suburban East Conference
First Team
Max Shikenjanski Max Shikenjanski 6'2" | PG Stillwater | 2023 State #288 Nation MN of Stillwater (sr)
Jack Janicki Jack Janicki 6'4" | SG White Bear Lake | 2023 State #277 Nation MN of White Bear Lake (sr)
Alex Mattes Alex Mattes 6'3" | SG East Ridge | 2023 State MN of East Ridge (sr)
Charlie Theis Charlie Theis 6'5" | PF East Ridge | 2024 State MN of East Ridge (jr)
Wyatt Hawks Wyatt Hawks 6'8" | C White Bear Lake | 2023 State MN of White Bear Lake (sr)
Second Team
Owen Waldoch Owen Waldoch 6'7" | PF Forest Lake | 2024 State MN of Forest Lake (jr)
Charlie Bern Charlie Bern 6'4" | PF East Ridge | 2024 State MN of East Ridge (jr)
Brayden Carlson Brayden Carlson 6'8" | C Holy Family | 2024 State MN of East Ridge (jr)
Cedric Tomes Cedric Tomes 6'0" | PG East Ridge | 2026 State MN of East Ridge (fr)
Colby Deluce Colby Deluce 6'1" Moundsview | 2023 MN of Mounds View (sr)
Third Team
Tanner Thomsen Tanner Thomsen 6'1" | SG Stillwater | 2023 State MN of Stillwater (sr)
Cayden Narum Cayden Narum 6'4" | SF Woodbury | 2023 State MN of Woodbury (sr)
Adam Tauer Adam Tauer 6'3" | SG Andover Central | 2023 State MN of Cretin-Derham Hall (sr)
Jack Misgen Jack Misgen 6'2" | SG White Bear Lake | 2023 State MN of White Bear Lake (sr)
OT Omot OT Omot 6'3" | SG Park of Cottage Grove | 2023 State MN of Park of Cottage Grove (sr)
Fourth Team
Jacob Becher Jacob Becher 6'3" | SF Mounds View | 2023 State MN of Mounds View (sr)
Evan Fischer of Roseville (sr)
Dane Dedominces of Irondale (sr)
Luke Jacobson Luke Jacobson 6'1" | SG Cretin-Derham Hall | 2023 State MN of Cretin-Derham Hall (sr)
Carter Bolin Carter Bolin 6'7" | PF Woodbury | 2023 State MN of Woodbury (sr)
Fifth Team
Lake De Jongh Lake De Jongh 6'6" | SF Stillwater Area | 2024 State MN of Stillwater (sr)
Nolan Dumonceaux of Forest Lake (jr)
Ataa-Adjetey Mensah Ataa-Adjetey Mensah 6'1" | PG Roseville | 2024 State MN of Roseville (jr)
Miles Bollinger of Cretin-Derham Hall (sr)
Monteff Dixon Jr Monteff Dixon Jr 6'4" | PF Cretin-Derham Hall | 2025 State MN of Cretin-Derham Hall (soph)
Sixth Team
Peter Koland Peter Koland 5'11" East Ridge | 2023 MN of East Ridge (sr)
Jason Johnson Jason Johnson 6'0" | PG Cretin-Derham Hall | 2026 State MN of Cretin-Derham Hall (fr)
Aidan Hammond Aidan Hammond 6'0" | PG Stillwater | 2024 MN of Stillwater (jr)
Eli Roe Eli Roe 6'4" | SF Mounds View | 2024 State MN of Mounds View (jr)
Max Herlofsky of Irondale (sr)