The Minnesota Hoops Weekend

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It's going to be quite cold this weekend so get into a gym! Let us help you with a quick breakdown of where you can go to watch games this weekend!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>First Tip</strong>. Hillsboro/Central Valley at Ada-Borup West. Ranked Ada-Borup West looks to defend their undefeated record against a good team from North Dakota at 4:30pm. HCV is 4-1 on the season so it will be a really good test for [player_tooltip player_id='1537473' first='Cadyn' last='Dahl'], [player_tooltip player_id='1434978' first='Cameron' last='Spaeth'] and company. Charles Scholl is another good player for Ada Borup West. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Friday's Best</strong>. 7AAAA Lakeville South at 2AAAA Lakeville North. Love this game. Let's check out the match-ups!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>One. [player_tooltip player_id='1269166' first='Matt' last='Drake'] vs [player_tooltip player_id='1296149' first='DaMarcus' last='Burks']. Love this match-up of junior guards leading balanced teams.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Two. [player_tooltip player_id='1284147' first='Jack' last='Robison'] vs [player_tooltip player_id='1284212' first='Ryan' last='Johnson']. Two more versatile juniors that handle well with size. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Three. [player_tooltip player_id='1139350' first='Hudson' last='Vaith'] vs [player_tooltip player_id='962221' first='Jackson' last='Ressler']. Seniors, Vaith a little bigger and more of a shooter, Ressler a playmaker.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Four. [player_tooltip player_id='1214457' first='Will' last='Kutzler'] vs Marley Baah Yeboah. North size edge vs South agility edge. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Five. [player_tooltip player_id='962214' first='Nolan' last='Winter'] vs Reece Gerl. Winter is pry the slight Mr. Basketball leader, Gerl a hard working role guy.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>6th. [player_tooltip player_id='1436479' first='Andrew' last='Quam'] vs [player_tooltip player_id='1549759' first='Joe' last='Hager']. Good shooters off the bench who usually score three times a game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Bang for the Buck</strong>. Lake Superior Classic in Duluth. You get four boys games, three girls games, a chance to see a nationally ranked junior in [player_tooltip player_id='1288733' first='Isaac' last='Asuma'], you get a chance to see a load of really good locals from Duluth East, Hermantown, Nevis and Cherry. The boys games are Cambridge vs Tartan, Duluth East vs Owatonna, Cherry vs Nevis and Hermantown vs Sauk Rapids-Rice. A nice slate of games mixed in with Pequot Lakes vs Duluth Marshall, Pine City vs Crosby-Ironton, and Providence Academy vs Mountain Iron-Buhl on the girls side. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Big Event</strong>. The Southern Minnesota Hoops Fest. We've talked about this a lot this week, time for predictions! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Roseville over St. Peter (high confidence)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rochester Mayo over Eagan (total guess, one score game)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Stewartville over Park of Cottage Grove (high confidence)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>South St. Paul over Kasson-Mantorville (slight confidence)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Spring Grove over Mankato Loyola (total guess, one point game)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. Thomas Academy over Byton (small confidence)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Maple River over Chatfield (solid confidence)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Legacy Christian over Lyle/Austin Pacelli (small confidence)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>PEM over Break (solid confidence)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hayfield over New Life Academy (small confidence)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lake City over Caledonia (solid confidence)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->