The Southeast Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Spring Grove went 20-0 against league opponents last season on their way to a Class A State Tournament appearance. Spring Grove enters the 23-24 season as favorites once again!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Ten in State</strong>: Spring Grove</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Injury or no injury, Spring Grove should be the best team in the league and have a chance to make a run at state once again. [player_tooltip player_id='1284133' first='Elijah' last='Solum'] will come back later in the year and when he does he will join several good players primed for a memorable year. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Contenders</strong>: Schaeffer Academy, Southland</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>You can live in the past and think of what Schaeffer Academy would have been had it not been for a transfer, or you can see what is back and realize that they are still going to be one of the better teams in this league. We are going to think of the second part! Southland returns most of their team from a 15-11 season so they are thinking top of league status and likely have the players to make a run. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Compete with Most</strong>: Glenville-Emmons, Kingsland, Lanesboro, Leroy-Ostrander, Mabel-Canton</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Glenville-Emmons won eight games last year but they do return their best players which should lead to an improved team. With a top player in the league in [player_tooltip player_id='1288658' first='Jayden' last='Brink'] and returning players from a 13-14 team, Kingsland should have a much better season. Lanesboro should be solid again but the lost of three starters including a couple league guys could make winning at least 17 games a tough task. But they should be .500 and solid. Leroy-Ostrander was young last year and they were banged up leading to a rough record. They will be better, how much we don't know, but they will be better. Mabel-Canton should be a team on the up as they return one of the best players in the league in [player_tooltip player_id='1284098' first='Cayden' last='Tollefsrud'] plus some others returning. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Rebuilding</strong>: Grand Meadow, Houston, Lyle-Austin Pacelli</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Grand Meadow won two games last year, they lost their top players, and they have only four upperclassmen (and only one of those are seniors). That would be the definition of a rebuild. Houston is in a slightly better spot than Grand Meadow, but not much. They have just one senior this year coming off a five win year. Nobody lost what Lyle-Austin Pacelli did with a full group of starters gone and several reserves. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>23-24 Southeast Conference Predictions</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>East</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Spring Grove</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Schaeffer Academy</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Mabel-Canton</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Lanesboro</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Houston</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>West</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Southland</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Kingsland</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Glenville-Emmons</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Lyle-Austin Pacelli</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Leroy-Ostrander</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Grand Meadow</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Power Rankings</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Spring Grove</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Schaeffer Academy</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Southland</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Kingsland</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Mabel-Canton</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Lanesboro</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Glenville-Emmons</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Lyle-Austin Pacelli</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Leroy-Ostrander</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Houston</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Grand Meadow</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Preseason All&nbsp;Southeast Conference</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>First Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284133' first='Elijah' last='Solum'] of Spring Grove (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1834616' first='Jaxon' last='Strinmoen'] of Spring Grove (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1452981' first='Ethan Van' last='Schepen ']of Schaeffer Academy (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284098' first='Cayden' last='Tollefsrud'] of Mabel-Canton (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1288658' first='Jayden' last='Brink'] of Kingsland (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Second Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1200449' first='Mason' last='Howard'] of Lanesboro (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Nicholas Edland of Southland (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2093697' first='Marshall' last='Baseman'] of Glenville-Emmons (sr) </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1978846' first='Camden' last='Hungerholt'] of Leroy-Ostrander (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Levi Ouren of Schaeffer Academy (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Third Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jacob Olerud of Spring Grove (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ayden Howard of Kingsland (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Weston Anderson of Glenville-Emmons (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jonas Wiste of Southland (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dylan Christianson of Lyle/Austin Pacelli (jr) </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->