The EMAC Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The last conference preview! It's been two plus months of league previews and we have hit every league in the state!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Contenders</strong>: Avail, Liberty Classical</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Avail has three of their top six back from a team that won 21 games last year and beat everybody in their league (undefeated in conference play). They have guys to replace but are still sitting in a good spot. Liberty was on the heels of Avail last year but they should flip flop spots. Everybody returns for Liberty but can they make up the difference in those blowout losses to Avail from last year? We think they can. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Competing</strong>: Math &amp; Science Academy, Community of Peace, Hmong Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Math &amp; Science Academy was the third best team in the league a year ago but their top players are gone and they are likely to take a step back from a season ago. Community of Peace had some young players get some experience after a major change during the middle of the year, they should be a game or two better this year. Hmong Academy played 19 games last year so they get into the competing category but they really struggled last year going 2-17 and losing by an average of 39 points a game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Didn't Play Much Last Year</strong>: Academy of Science and Agriculture, Groves Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Academy of Science and Agriculture played eleven games last season and won two of them. Groves Academy did not play last season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>24-25 Conference Prediction</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) Liberty Classical</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) Avail Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) Math &amp; Science Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(4) Community of Peace</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(5) Academy of Science and Agriculture </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(6) Hmong Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(7) Groves Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Preseason All EMAC</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>First Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sam Rupnow of Liberty Classical (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Isaac Aune of Avail (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560883' first='Ethan' last='Richter'] of Liberty Classical (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jacob Ritzema of Avail (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cruz Triana of Liberty Classical (Soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pierre Glass-McCoy of Community of Peace (Soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Second Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Israel Girma of Math &amp; Science Academy (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jens Christensen of Liberty Classical (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tomison Taiwo of Math &amp; Science Academy (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lincoln Bock of Avail (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kaleb Vang of Hmong Academy (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tim Williams of Academy of Science and Agriculture (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->