The 3A Profile

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With Dawson-Boyd and RTR in the group, Section 3A will be one of the more high profile areas of Class A basketball. Who are the favorites? The top players? We run through the list now!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The 3A Power Rankings</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Dawson-Boyd</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Russell-Tyler-Ruthon</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Central Minnesota Christian</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Southwest MN Christian</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>MACCRAY</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Murray County Central</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Red Rock Central</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Westbrook-Walnut Grove</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Hills-Beaver Creek</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>LQPV</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Tracy-Milroy-Balaton</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Minneota</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Canby</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>[player_tooltip player_id='2420050' first='Adrian' last='']/Ellsworth</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Lakeview</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Wabasso</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Herron Lake-Okabena/Fulda</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Renville County West</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Yellow Medicine East</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Edgerton</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='1411178' first='Brayson' last='Boike'] of Dawson-Boyd (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ryan Harrington of Central Minnesota Christian (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1845254' first='Isaac' last='Post'] of MACCRAY (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2104478' first='Trevor' last='Smith'] of TMB (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284129' first='Drew' last='Werkman'] of RTR (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='1874834' first='Drew' last='Hjelmeland'] of Dawson-Boyd (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Andrew Meyers of RTR (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Maxwell Rost of Minneota (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bryce Hoekman of Murray County Central (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2104514' first='Trevor' last='Prins'] of Southwest MN Christian (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>Third Team</strong></em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Aiden Tweet of [player_tooltip player_id='2420050' first='Adrian' last='']/Ellsworth (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2104538' first='Drew' last='Duininck'] of Central Minnesota Christian (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hudson Jenniges of Westbrook-Walnut Grove (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Blake Christianson of RTR (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2447267' first='Beau' last='Bakken'] of Hills-Beaver Creek (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2822474' first='Matthew' last='Arndt'] of LQPV (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>3A Breakdown</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This region is so interesting. Dawson-Boyd has a high level of talent but do they have the guard play they did last year and because of that can they make the run? Did RTR adding Meyers to Werkman make them unstoppable up front and once again Class A contenders? Is Meyers/Werkman vs Boike/Hjelmeland must see basketball as Class A gets? Are the Christian schools - Southwest Minnesota and Central Minnesota - ready to step back into the ring and contend for state? There are also so many juniors ready to emerge as standouts but which ones are stars? Is [player_tooltip player_id='2104478' first='Trevor' last='Smith']? Aiden Tweet? [player_tooltip player_id='2104514' first='Trevor' last='Prins']? [player_tooltip player_id='1874834' first='Drew' last='Hjelmeland']? [player_tooltip player_id='2104538' first='Drew' last='Duininck']? It will be a fun year. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->