The 1AAA Profile

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Will Stewartville three-peat? Or will Faribault or Byron take their spot in the state tournament this year? We have a look at 1AAA today!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>1AAA Power Rankings</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Faribault</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Stewartville</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Byron</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Northfield</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Austin</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Kasson-Mantorville</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Red Wing</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Winona</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='1575327' first='Max' last='Dearborn'] of Byron (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2115655' first='Ryan' last='Kreager'] of Faribault (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2420955' first='Ethan' last='Lee'] of Kasson-Mantorville (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1385264' first='Isaiah' last='Mahal'] of Northfield (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1198613' first='Parker' last='Wangen'] of Stewartville (Sr)</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='1476739' first='Caleb' last='Bancroft'] of Stewartville (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2109883' first='Mohamed' last='Madey'] of Faribault (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1521424' first='Kayden' last='Oakland'] of Northfield (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2104485' first='Will' last='Brian'] of Byron (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1939373' first='Colin' last='Hansen'] of Byron (Sr) </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='2464585' first='Grady' last='Babcock'] of Kasson-Mantorville (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2118832' first='Breuer' last='Wolff'] of Faribault (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2381757' first='Cole' last='Hebrink'] of Austin (Jr) </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>JuJu Koehler of Red Wing (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1874799' first='Braden' last='Schulz'] of Faribault (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>One Thought Per Team</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Faribault. The expectations aren't higher because of [player_tooltip player_id='2115655' first='Ryan' last='Kreager'] but that helps, it's not just because Madey had a great off-season but it helps, and it's not just the one year improvement from 22-23 to 23-24 but that helps too. It's the amount of players that this team has coming back, and the amount of players they had competing in the spring and summer compared to past years. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Stewartville. The Tigers have three players back: two starters and one reserve. The starters are Wangen who are both D2 football commits, so this will be a good team, but how good depends on the depth around these players. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Byron. The Bears have a chance to be a sneaky good team potentially top ten. They have a center in Hansen, a scorer in Dearborn who is now as healthy as he has been in some time, and a sneaky under the radar quality player in Brian.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Northfield. The Oakland/Mahal combo will be the toughest to stop guard duo in this section and might rank higher in Class AAA than I think people realize. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Austin. The Packers the sleeper. They have some quality potential players that will now have bigger roles and if they gel, they will be a tougher to deal with than most expect. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kasson-Mantorville. [player_tooltip player_id='2420955' first='Ethan' last='Lee'] could be a 30 point per game guy this year. Last year he scored 26 points a game and I think he will be more dangerous this year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Red Wing. Are we overlooking Red Wing? They have a couple good players back with a good coach.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Winona. Winona lost their all league players from a team that won seven games and we really don't know what they have coming up. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->