The 4AAA Profile

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The teams of 4AAA saw Totino-Grace move out, and DeLaSalle move in. An Islander program that has played in the state tournament the last twelve seasons straight. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>4AAA Power Rankings</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>DeLaSalle</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Columbia Heights</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Minneapolis Edison</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>St. Paul Johnson</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>St. Anthony Village</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Mahtomedi</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>North St. Paul</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Hill-Murray</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Minneapolis Patrick Henry</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Section 15</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>First Team</strong></em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284156' first='Jency' last='Davis'] of Columbia Heights (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>De'Von Irvin of DeLaSalle (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Randy McClendon of Columbia Heights (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1148715' first='Jaden' last='Morgan'] of DeLaSalle (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1612342' first='Deidrick' last='Taylor'] of Minneapolis Edison (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>Second Team</strong></em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1647832' first='Isiah' last='Ayala'] of Minneapolis Edison (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kenny Turner of St. Paul Johnson (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1968456' first='Justin' last='Johnson'] of DeLaSalle (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126102' first='Jaeden' last='Udean'] of DeLaSalle (fr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dae'John Thomas of St. Paul Johnson (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>Third Team</strong></em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560744' first='Evan' last='Miller'] of DeLaSalle (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2104459' first='Legend' last='Wright'] of Minneapolis Edison (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1288719' first='Xavier' last='Daniels'] of Hill-Murray (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284150' first='Jalani' last='Mays'] of St. Paul Johnson (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2361386' first='Boona' last='Morke'] of Columbia Heights (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Section 4AAA Rundown</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What do you think the teams in this region noticed first? Totino-Grace moving out? Or DeLaSalle moving in? Columbia Heights, St. Paul Johnson and Minneapolis Edison will all be really good teams but they have to figure out how to stop the Islanders from their 13th straight trip to state. It's not impossible. The Hylanders took out the Islanders at state in 2018 so it's been done. The Islanders bring back two starters (Irvin and Morgan), they have two very good young transfers (Miller and Udean), and a player like [player_tooltip player_id='1968456' first='Justin' last='Johnson'] coming off an incredible 17u year with the [program_tooltip program_id='2075681' first='Minnesota' last='Magic']. That said, Johnson should have their best team in years which will include the best frontcourt in the section (Thomas and Turner) whereas Heights has a ton of scoring punch in the backcourt. Then you have Edison who I think has a chance to be a top ten team in Class AAA. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->