Section 1A: First Look

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We move to Class A with our first look series, and we start with Section 1A!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Section 1A: First Look</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>11-12.  That was the record of Goodhue on February 12th.  For many Goodhue wasn an afterthought when it comes to the highest level of Class A basketball, and a young team. However, Goodhue had been learning from losses to Lake City, Stewartville, Byron, Cannon Falls and Kasson-Mantorville (they lost twice to most of them).  But the truth was deeper.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1951088' first='Luke' last='Roschen'] was a sophomore (junior this year) scoring 20 a game, [player_tooltip player_id='2394170' first='Alex' last='Loos'] was middle schooler (freshman this year) scoring 16 a contest, and most of the rotation was younger players.&nbsp; Goodhue then went on a run of seven wins in eight games and made the state tournament.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This year they will be in the mix.  That said, Rushford-Peterson has a similar returning team of battle tested young players and most of those players return led by [player_tooltip player_id='2126149' first='Cayden' last='Lea'].  Blooming Prairie and Spring Grove will also be in the mix but they will have more spots in their line-up to fill than the top contenders.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top 3 1A Players</strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126149' first='Cayden' last='Lea'] of Rushford-Peterson</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1951088' first='Luke' last='Roschen'] of Goodhue</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1452981' first='Ethan' last='Van Schepen'] of Schaeffer Academy</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>Goodhue (18-15)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Schaeffer Academy (12-15)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Leroy-Ostrander (7-20)</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>Blooming Prairie (28-3)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Spring Grove (25-4)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kingsland (23-6)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->