Section 1AAA: First Look

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We start our Class AAA previews with 1AAA checking on what is new, who is looking better, and what players will be the best in the region!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Summer Summary</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>After back to back trips to the state tournament the Stewartville Tigers are in an interesting spot.&nbsp; They return two of their top three scorers in [player_tooltip player_id='1198613' first='Parker' last='Wangen'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1476739' first='Caleb' last='Bancroft'] but lose their star in Henry Tschetter, as well six of their top eight guys from the rotation.&nbsp; The end of the bench/top JV guys will step into spots to join Wangen and Bancroft, both of which are scholarship football prospects.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With Stewartville having so many spots to fill, and opposing teams hoping Wangen and Bancroft spend more time hitting blocking pads and pumping iron (vs a lot of basketball skill work)... who would be next up to step into their spot?&nbsp; Byron and Faribault are the most likely candidates.&nbsp; Byron returns four of their top five players led by the dangerous [player_tooltip player_id='1575327' first='Max' last='Dearborn'].&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>And those Falcons of Faribault, they are tired of getting kicked around all these years.&nbsp; Sure Austin and Northfield have the players to beat them, and they have beaten them, but Faribault has the pieces now: a developing D1 big in 6'10 [player_tooltip player_id='2115655' first='Ryan' last='Kreager'], a worker in [player_tooltip player_id='2118832' first='Breuer' last='Wolff'], and two feisty, playmaking number producers in [player_tooltip player_id='2412797' first='Rashid' last='Ibrahim'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2109883' first='Mohamed' last='Madey'].&nbsp; It's a good combo.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top 3 1AAA Players</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1575327' first='Max' last='Dearborn'] of Byron</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2115655' first='Ryan' last='Kreager'] of Faribault</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2420955' first='Ethan' last='Lee'] of Kasson-Mantorville</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Three Teams That Should Improve Their Record</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Faribault (13-14)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Northfield (12-15)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Austin (9-18)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Three Teams That Might Not Match Last Year's Win Total</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Stewartville (28-4)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Winona (7-21)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Transfer In</em>: none that I know</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Transfer Out</em>: none that I know</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->