The 8A Profile

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Our final section profile, Section 8A. A place that has belonged to Sacred Heart when it comes to playing championship basketball, but a place where talent is plentiful as well.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The 8A Power Rankings</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Cass Lake-Bena</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Fertile-Beltrami</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Sacred Heart</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Win-E-Mac</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Red Lake</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Fosston</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Northern Freeze</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Mahnomen/Waubun</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Blackduck</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Warren Alavardo-Oslo</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Red Lake County</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Clearbrook-Gonvick</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Kittson County Central</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Northome/Kelliher</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Lake of the Woods</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Stephen-Argyle</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Climax-Fisher</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Badger/Greenbush-Middle River</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Bagley</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig</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='1284164' first='Justin' last='Courneya'] of WIn-E-Mac (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284127' first='Dominic' last='Fairbanks'] of Cass Lake-Bena (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284177' first='Lewis' last='Jones'] of Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284165' first='Kaydin' last='Lee'] of Cass Lake-Bena (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284094' first='Caiden' last='Swenby'] of Fertile-Beltrami (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='2399797' first='Josiah' last='Sundby'] of Sacred Heart (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284126' first='Derek' last='Sorenson'] of Fertile-Beltrami (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284136' first='Gerald' last='Kingbird Jr'] of Red Lake (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1468773' first='Everett' last='Nelson'] of Northern Freeze (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2100615' first='Ryan' last='Kangas'] of Win-E-Mac (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>Kingsley Whitebird of Cass Lake-Bena (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2451453' first='Parker' last='Erickson'] of Sacred Heart (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1490631' first='Owen' last='Chervestad'] of Red Lake County (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Blake Rychlock of Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Connor Durden of Red Lake County (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>8A Breakdown</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The obligation feels like Sacred Heart should be the pick here. They have went to state the last two years playing better team basketball than the rest of the group making the best use of their talent. And they return two double figure scorers although they lose a couple key pieces as well. But once again Cass Lake-Bena tempts us because they have so much talent and they have a packed schedule of games that they often win. They bring back more talent than any team in Class A besides Cherry. Then you have Fertile-Beltrami who won 22 games last season and bring just above everything. They are also a top ten level team and you feel the need to pick them as well because of their winning and because of what is back. Plus Win-E-Mac, Red Lake and GGG are talented too! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->