NHR State: 17U Five Things to Watch

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What are some things we have our eyes on this weekend? Here are five things to watch for! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>One. Strong Field</strong>. Four of the top ten, 10 of the top 20, and 15 of the top 25, and 18 of the top 30 teams in the state of Minnesota 17u rankings will be playing in the event. One of the better 17u teams from Wisconsin is also coming to the Minnesota State Tournament for 17u and a couple solid North Dakota teams. This is one of the better fields this event has had recently and if all the top seeds move to the final four we could get an excellent final four of Minnesota [program_tooltip program_id='2075852' first='Spartans' last=''] versus [program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'] Mantey, and Minnesota Lightning against [program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'] Fuerte who just took second in the Scheels Prospect Series. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Two. Top Prospects</strong>. A very nice group that includes [player_tooltip player_id='1284157' first='Jerome' last='Williams Jr'] of Minnesota [program_tooltip program_id='2075852' first='Spartans' last=''], [player_tooltip player_id='1148715' first='Jaden' last='Morgan'] of [program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'], [player_tooltip player_id='1332274' first='Shaun' last='Wysocki'] of Minnesota Lightning, [player_tooltip player_id='1221177' first='Rolyns' last='Aligbe'] of Minnesota [program_tooltip program_id='2075852' first='Spartans' last=''], and [player_tooltip player_id='1139244' first='Brooks' last='Johnson'] of [program_tooltip program_id='2078859' first='Starks' last='Elite'] headline this field. All players have been offered full scholarships and all players will continue to add interest. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Three. Surprises</strong>. Players want to play. That is why we've seen everybody from Tyus Jones to [player_tooltip player_id='1151197' first='Daniel' last='Freitag'] to Rashad Vaughn to Jalen Suggs jump on a team and play in this event in past years. And we can guarantee it will happen again this year. Last year [player_tooltip player_id='1572689' first='Jalen' last='Wilson'] played with Select and many of the Howard Pulley 15s kids made their own team to compete for NHR State. Who will it be this year? We will have to wait and find out! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Four. Match-Up To See</strong>. I'd say the match-up I am most looking forward to seeing is if [player_tooltip player_id='1332274' first='Shaun' last='Wysocki'], [player_tooltip player_id='1148715' first='Jaden' last='Morgan'], and/or [player_tooltip player_id='1139244' first='Brooks' last='Johnson'] go against one another. Any combination of these three in a top wing vs top wing match-up would be excellent to watch. Johnson has multiple D1 offers while Wysocki and Morgan are two of the hottest names from this past spring. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Five. Upset Alert!</strong> Where could we see an upset? I will give you three teams that I think could pull an upset and get in that final eight: [program_tooltip program_id='2075749' first='Northern' last='Lakers'], [program_tooltip program_id='2075485' first='Gain' last='Elite'], or Powerhouse Minnesota. These are teams that have had some wins recently and they are some teams with a couple players that could surprise. Abe Soumis of [program_tooltip program_id='2075749' first='Northern' last='Lakers'] is one that I will try and get out to see. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Extra</strong>. <strong>Anthony Przybilla</strong>. Anthony is the son of former Monticello and Minnesota Gophers standout Joel Przybilla and his Milwaukee Trail Blazers (Joel of course played for the Milwaukee Bucks and Portland Trail Blazers) will be in this event. It's a chance for Anthony to play in front of his grandparents locally and hang out with family. They are a pretty good team too. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->