The North Star Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Is it Red Lake County's time? We dive into the North Star to have a look! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Ten in State</strong>: Red Lake County</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Red Lake County is dreaming big this year and they should because they have the pieces to make a run at a lot of their big goals. They are not a big team but they will swarm you and come at you. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Ten Potential</strong>: Kittson County Central, Sacred Heart</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>KCC could be very, very good if the chemistry is there. They have just about all their key pieces back and that includes a big, wings and returning guard play. They were .500 last year but should win 20 this year. Sacred Heart won 17 games last season and this is a program that plays good basketball and will be even better. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Compete with Most</strong>: Northern Freeze, Roseau, Stephen-Argyle, Warren-Olvarado-Oslo</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Northern Freeze was the best team in the North last year but they lost three of their top floor players. Should still be a good team but not quite like last year. Roseau had the best overall record in the North last year but they struggled in league play. That should flip this season. Stephen-Argyle is a big team and they only lost one player to graduation. That said, they weren't very good last year, but should take a step forward. Warren-Alvarado-Oslo </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Rebuilding: </strong>Badger/Green Bush-Middle River, Clearbrook-Gonvick</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Badger/Green Bush-Middle River was young and they took their lumps last year, and they might take some again but they should be better. They played four players that were 7-9th grade last season. Clearbrook-Gonvick is a smaller team that struggled in league play. They only lost a few guys but we don't have much info to go off of then that. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>24-25 Conference Prediction</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Power Rankings</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) Red Lake County</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) Sacred Heart</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) Kittson County Central</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(4) Roseau</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(5) Warren-Alvarado-Oslo</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(6) Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(7) Northern Freeze</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(8) Stephen-Argyle </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(9) Clearbrook-Gonvick</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(10) Badger/Green Bush-Middle River</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>North</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) Kittson County Central</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) Roseau</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) Northern Freeze</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(4) Stephen-Argyle </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(5) Badger/Green Bush-Middle River</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>South</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) Red Lake County</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) Sacred Heart</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) Warren-Olvarado-Oslo</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(4) Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(5) Clearbrook-Gonvick</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Preseason North Star</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>First Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1628768' first='Connor' last='Duden'] of Red Lake County (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1490631' first='Owen' last='Chervestad'] of Red Lake County (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126146' first='Jordan' last='Borowicz'] of Roseau (Soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2451453' first='Parker' last='Erickson'] of Sacred Heart (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2109876' first='Ty' last='Vig'] of Kittson County Central (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Second Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2430810' first='Kellen' last='Johnson'] of Kittson County Central (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jake Borowicz of Roseau (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Greg Downs of Sacred Heart (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Spencer Cohen of Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Will Gieseke of Red Lake County (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Third Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hassani Bruton of Cleabrook-Gonvick (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Isaak Anderson of Northern Freeze (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2734002' first='Brody' last='Scalese'] of Kittson County Central (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Eli Peterson of Kittson County Central (Soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Masen Swenson of Badger/Green Bush-Middle River (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->