The Three Rivers Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A lot of talent has been coming out of the Three Rivers Conference the last several years and that won't change with the 2022-23 season. Today we preview the Three Rivers Conference.</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>: Caledonia, PEM</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>PEM and Caledonia are top ten teams, but in different situations. PEM has their two best players back and they are all league talents (Stevens and Peters) but there are about six seniors from last season that have to be replaced as role players. On the flip side, Caledonia has young players and some role players back, and many are talented, but the star power that made a state run in big roles, that has to be replaced by a nice core of guards. Both teams can make a run, but both may have some growing pains. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Ten in State Potential</strong>: La Crescent-Hokah, Rushford-Peterson, Chatfield</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Led by [player_tooltip player_id='962259' first='Carter' last='Todd'], La Crescent-Hokah should be a team that if the chemistry works, they could have a great season. There are other role talents back too so if they gel a great season could occur. Rushford-Peterson is in a similar spot to La Crescent with [player_tooltip player_id='1288816' first='Dawson' last='Bunke'] leading the way and enough returning players back to be strong once again. Chatfield is the wild card. They were 17-11 last season but have a great amount of talent returning this season. Chatfield will be one of the deeper teams in the league.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Compete with Most</strong>:  Fillmore Central, Winona Cotter</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fillmore Central could take a really big step this season with their all league scorer [player_tooltip player_id='1358481' first='Jayce' last='Kiehne']. They should certainly improve to at least .500. Winona Cotter won just seven games last season and while we don't know that they will win a lot more games, they should be a tougher team to play with each night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Rebuilding:</strong> Dover-Eyota, Lewiston-Altura</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dover-Eyota is in a restart with a new staff while Lewiston-Altura will have a much different roster that will have to find it's way without the luxury of much experience from last season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2022-23 Conference Predictions</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>East</em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Caledonia</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Rushford-Peterson</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>La Crescent-Hokah</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Fillmore Central</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Winona Cotter</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>West</em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>PEM</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Chatfield</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Lewiston-Altura</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Dover-Eyota</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>St. Charles</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Wasbaha-Kellogg</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>Power Ranking</em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>PEM</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Caledonia</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Rushford-Peterson</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>La Crescent-Hokah</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Chatfield</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Fillmore Central</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Lewiston-Altura </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Winona Cotter</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Dover-Eyota</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>St. Charles</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Wabasha-Kellogg</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Preseason All Three Rivers Conference</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>First Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Aaeron Stevens of PEM (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1492565' first='Kaiden' last='Peters'] of PEM (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962259' first='Carter' last='Todd'] of La Crescent-Hokah (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1288816' first='Dawson' last='Bunke'] of Rushford-Peterson (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1262106' first='Lewis' last='Doyle'] of Caledonia (jr)</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='1358481' first='Jayce' last='Kiehne'] of Fillmore Central (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Drew Schindler of Chatfield (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962263' first='Cole' last='Johnson'] of Chatfield (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962288' first='Grady' last='Hengel'] of Rushford-Peterson (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Eli Hopp of Chatfield (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='1575326' first='Mason' last='King'] of Caledonia (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284202' first='Parker' last='McQuin'] of La Crescent-Hokah (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Brett Schultz of Caledonia (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Isaac Stevens of Chatfield (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Owen Bentzen of La Crescent/Hokah (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1402532' first='Luke' last='Hellickson'] of Fillmore Central (jr)</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='1575329' first='Reid' last='Klug'] of Caledonia (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284200' first='Owen' last='Maloney'] of St. Charles (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Michael Pass of Lewiston-Altura (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jace Ferguson of Lewiston-Altura (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Brady Herber of PEM (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jake Fishbaugher of Fillmore Central (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->