The 4AAAA Profile

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Raiders of Cretin-Derham Hall made the final four of state last year when they were moderately young, and we thought they were a year away. That year is now, and they have reinforcements!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>4AAAA Power Rankings</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Cretin-Derham Hall</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Tartan</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>East Ridge</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>St. Paul Central</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Stillwater</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Woodbury</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>White Bear Lake</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Section 15</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>First Team</strong></em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1310206' first='Tommy' last='Ahneman'] of Cretin-Derham Hall</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2103366' first='Cedric' last='Banks'] of Tartan</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560868' first='Joseph' last='Mitchell III'] of Cretin-Derham Hall</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126094' first='Ty' last='Schlagel'] of Cretin-Derham Hall</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560882' first='Cedric' last='Tomes'] of East Ridge</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>Second Team</strong></em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1574222' first='Allan' last='Lankfard'] Jr of St. Paul Central</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1950404' first='Bennett' last='Skinner'] of East Ridge</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Monteff Dixon of Cretin-Derham Hall</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kevin Wilson of Tartan</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560749' first='Colin' last='Piper'] of White Bear Lake</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>Third Team</strong></em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2104491' first='Henry' last='Zollar'] of Stillwater</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1617779' first='Marquivion' last='Beasley'] of Woodbury</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2120500' first='Eli' last='Moseman'] of St. Paul Central</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560840' first='Jason' last='Johnson'] of Cretin-Derham Hall</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1428992' first='James' last='Martin'] of East Ridge</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>One Thought Per Team</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cretin-Derham Hall: If they can stay healthy and the depth gets them to a good seven deep (maybe eight), they can move to the front of the line for number one in state. Wayzata is deeper, CDH a bit more star power, when they play it will be fun.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>East Ridge: The Raptors will be interesting because with [player_tooltip player_id='1428992' first='James' last='Martin'] in the backcourt and [player_tooltip player_id='1950404' first='Bennett' last='Skinner'] around to shoot, they have Tomes to use in a few different ways if they would like. They also have some beef up front, not as skilled beef but still some size there. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. Paul Central: They have a 1-2 punch that is going to surprise somebody this year and have people talking, can they replace the rest of the seniors starters though?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Stillwater. Between the Zollars and the sophomore bigs, the potential is very much there. Some experience needs to be added but Stillwater has a chance to be very good if they grow right. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tartan: Banks is the leader but there is some very good guys coming up in those freshmen and junior classes. Tartan has a chance to be top ten. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>White Bear Lake: I don't know what to think of the Bears. They have two of their top three guys back and their top scorer from last year is walking on at Milwaukee. But they won three games a season ago so it's tough to know if that win total will grow from three to seven, three to ten, or three to 14. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Woodbury: The Royals have their top scorer back, some other experience pieces, and while I don't know that they will be .500, they will compete. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->