Section 1AAAA: First Look

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What will Section 1AAAA look like next year? We give you our Summer summary with a top three players and the three teams who should improve on last year's record. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Summer Summary</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 1AAAA was wide open last season and won by Farmington.&nbsp; The Tigers graduated multiple starters but they return a healthy part of the rotation including one of the best frontcourts in the league.&nbsp; Farmington also has a lot of young talent coming up, especially frontcourt talent. They are the favorites but….</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>John Oxton will look to rebound from last year's section title loss and he has enough talent to make another run.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='1437598' first='Dane' last='Danielson'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2422065' first='Drew' last='Kolander'] are their next excellent Panther frontcourt and the young talent from the JV will help too but they need a lot of new guard play.&nbsp; Rival Lakeville South will also be right there led by [player_tooltip player_id='1470706' first='Keaton' last='Ressler'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2104512' first='Hudson' last='Greene'], plus their junior class is strong.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Big Nine will be a factor as well.&nbsp; Rochester John Marshall has four starters returning plus young talent looking to take a step.&nbsp; JM nearly stopped Farmington from getting into the section semis as they were a rimmed out buzzer beater away from an upset.&nbsp; JM, Century and Owatonna will all be good teams ready to challenge the Lakeville teams and nearby Farmington.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top 3 1AAAA Players</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>One. [player_tooltip player_id='1437495' first='Evan' last='Weichert'] of New Prague</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Two. [player_tooltip player_id='1617794' first='Ryan' last='Beckwith'] of Farmington</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Three. [player_tooltip player_id='1575348' first='Cole' last='Wilcek'] of Farmington</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>(1) Rochester JM (15-13 in 23-24)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) Lakeville South (18-10)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) New Prague (5-22)</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>Lakeville North (23 wins in 23-24)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rochester Century (20 wins in 23-24)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Owatonna (17 wins in 23-24)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Transfer In: Sounds like some Century players transferred to JM</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Transfer Out: James Fager moved from Lakeville North to Florida</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol class="wp-block-list"></ol> <!-- /wp:list -->