Can Andover get to state again? Will it be Forest Lake like many think it will be? Will it be my pick that might be different than others? We give you the 7AAAA Profile. 7AAAA Power Rankings Anoka Forest Lake…
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SubscribeCan Andover get to state again? Will it be Forest Lake like many think it will be? Will it be my pick that might be different than others? We give you the 7AAAA Profile.
7AAAA Power Rankings
- Anoka
- Forest Lake
- Blaine
- Andover
- Cambridge-Isanti
- Duluth East
- Centennial
- Coon Rapids
The Section 15
First Team
Trey Borchers
Trey
Borchers
6'2" | SG
Anoka | 2025
State
MN
of Anoka (jr)
Ethan Pettis
Ethan
Pettis
6'1" | SG
Blaine | 2024
MN
of Blaine (sr)
Peyton Podany
Peyton
Podany
6'3" | SG
Anoka | 2025
State
MN
of Anoka (jr)
John Troolin
John
Troolin
6'3" | SG
Cambridge | 2024
State
MN
of Cambridge-Isanti
Owen Waldoch
Owen
Waldoch
6'7" | PF
Forest Lake | 2024
State
MN
of Forest Lake (sr)
Second Team
Alvin Payne
Alvin
Payne
6'1" | PG
Blaine | 2024
State
MN
of Blaine (sr)
Chase Pemberton
Chase
Pemberton
6'3" | SF
Andover | 2024
State
MN
of Andover (sr)
Ty Burgoon
Ty
Burgoon
5'10" | PG
Centennial | 2024
State
MN
of Centennial (sr)
Brennan Sauvageau of Forest Lake (sr)
Braeden Turk of Forest Lake (sr)
Third Team
Ty Nyberg
Ty
Nyberg
5'11" | PG
Duluth East | 2026
State
MN
of Duluth East (soph)
Jackson Driessen Jackson Driessen 6'2" | PG Centennial | 2025 State MN of Centennial (jr)
Jaxon Young Jaxon Young 6'3" | SG Coon Rapids | 2024 MN of Coon Rapids (jr)
Luke Dehnicke of Andover (sr)
Jordan Lyon
Jordan
Lyon
6'1" | SG
Blaine | 2024
MN
of Blaine (sr)
Section 7AAAA Rundown
Let’s start this by talking about honesty. I honestly do not know who to pick here. My instincts say Anoka because I think so highly of
Peyton Podany
Peyton
Podany
6'3" | SG
Anoka | 2025
State
MN
and
Trey Borchers
Trey
Borchers
6'2" | SG
Anoka | 2025
State
MN
as players and they are now guards who are upperclassmen. I realize Anoka was four games under .500 and I realize a lot around Peyton and Trey graduated. To win the section will be tough but I think a backcourt like that is massive.
That said, Forest Lake brings back everything and has
Owen Waldoch
Owen
Waldoch
6'7" | PF
Forest Lake | 2024
State
MN
working his butt off all the time. They seem to be a team to look to as winners as well, but then again they only won nine games last year. Then you have Blaine who won more games than Forest Lake and Anoka, and they have a senior backcourt trio that should be very good. They can win this. Or Andover, the defending champ. They lost the backcourt that has us so focused on backcourts, but they have a couple guys ready to prove their worth.
There is Cambridge who really surprised last year going on a run and winning 19 games. That was a fantastic job by all in blue. Duluth East lost so much but they have two young guards in Nyberg and Meyer who are now in charge. Coon Rapids didn’t win many guys but have all their pieces back. Centennial didn’t win much but has their key guys back.
So how do you try and figure out which is going to gel the most? I went with the backcourt that I like best.
