Section 7AA: First Look

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pequot Lakes is on an excellent run in Section 7AA as the team that other section foes can't topple. Can they be toppled in 2025?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Summer Summary</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 7AA seems to have a few different chunks of teams that we will look at this in:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The teams that have had recent success: that is Pequot Lakes and Esko, teams that have represented this section at state in ten of the last eleven years.  Pequot Lakes has a run of three straight years at state and they have three key pieces returning.  As for Esko, they have top scorer [player_tooltip player_id='2104463' first='Sam' last='Haugen'] back as well as lead guard [player_tooltip player_id='1456173' first='Jacion' last='Owens'] and transfer [player_tooltip player_id='2104452' first='Josh' last='Synott'], so they will be good again. They are your favorites.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Teams with top players:&nbsp; That is [player_tooltip player_id='1633708' first='Christian' last='Hooge'] at Pillager, [player_tooltip player_id='1139244' first='Brooks' last='Johnson'] at Duluth Marshall, and [player_tooltip player_id='2100912' first='Stephen' last='McGee'] at Greenway.&nbsp; It looks like McGee has the most help while Johnson will do the most for his team.&nbsp; All three will be factors.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Up and comers: Staples-Motley is the big one here as they return all of their talent from a team that was over .500 last season.&nbsp; Then you have CI who has been very good, but they lost a lot of their line-up.&nbsp; That said, their junior group is quite good.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top 3 7AA Players</strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1633708' first='Christian' last='Hooge'] of Proctor</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1139244' first='Brooks' last='Johnson'] of Duluth Marshall</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2100912' first='Stephen' last='McGee'] of Greenway</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>Staples-Motley (16-13)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Duluth Marshall (15-13)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Aitkin (3-24)</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>Crosby-Ironton (22-6)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Moose Lake-Willow River (21-8)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Two Harbors (15-12)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->