2026 Rankings Update: Class AAA New Additions (part 3)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Our final group of new additions from Class AAA basketball to our upcoming 2026 rankings. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2466472' first='Lee' last='Brooks'] of Duluth Denfeld (5'9 Pg).&nbsp; Brooks is a lead guard that will be the second most important player returning from last year's Denfeld rotation.&nbsp; He gave his team six points, three boards, three assists and a couple steals a game last year and Lee will move into a much bigger role next winter.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2466467' first='Lance' last='Janson'] of Hermantown (6'5 Sf).&nbsp; Lance is the top returning player for the Hawks after scoring 8.5 points a game.&nbsp; He is a long, lanky player that can shoot the ball and is becoming more and more skilled.&nbsp; A prospect to keep an eye on as emerging.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Elijah Johnson of St. Cloud Tech (6'2 Sg).&nbsp; When it comes to returning players from Tech's line-up last year, Elijah is one of two, and he is the top returning guard from their rotation.&nbsp; Expect Johnson to step into a big role next winter.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2434316' first='Micah' last='Johnson'] of Fergus Falls (5'11 Pg). Johnson stepped in and gave the Otters more guard depth, taking pressure off [player_tooltip player_id='1586881' first='Henry' last='Bethel']. Fergus Falls is one of the top up and coming teams in Class AAA basketball for next season and Johnson developing has played a big part.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560828' first='Rylan' last='McPipe'] of Robbinsdale Cooper (6'0 Pg).&nbsp; Rylan is a scorer and he stepped into a big role quickly at Cooper and he flourished scoring 14 plus points per game.&nbsp; Cooper has a lot back next year and McPipe will step into the top role for a team that always plays hard for Coach Powell.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2466461' first='Marlon' last='Seahorn Jr'] of Bloomington Kennedy (5'9 Pg).&nbsp; Kennedy had a rough 23-24 season but it was a lot of young players getting experience while taking those lumps.&nbsp; Marlon was one of those players scoring eight a game as one of the Eagles four most consistent producers game to game.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->