The Pine to Prairie Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There is quality talent from the Pines to the Prairies and we are here to talk about these ten teams today!</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>: Ada Borup West</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ada Borup West was 24-6 a season ago and two scores away against a strong West Central Area team, from headed to state. With their top players returning, Ada Borup West is dreaming of a state title and they have a chance to compete for that. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Ten Potential</strong>: Fertile-Beltrami, Win-E-Mac, Fosston, Park Christian</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fertile-Beltrami was a 27-win state tournament team a year ago that went to state. They lose four pieces of their rotation, but they do bring back a key starter and some key reserves. They might not be as potent as last year, but they should still be good. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I think Win-E-Mac will be a year away from getting to the top ten, but maybe they sneak in there a bit? They have half their rotation back from last season's 21-win team. Another team with an outside shot at making a nice push is Fosston. They have six pieces back last year including three that gave the team good numbers. They should be a step better earning about 17 to 20 wins this year. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Park Christian was a 19-win team last year and they return all of their starters. They are another team here that could hit the top ten in the state and I think they have a strong chance. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Compete with Most</strong>: Bagley, Norman County East/UH, Lake Park-Audubon</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bagley is super interesting. They have two all league players back that put up nice numbers, but this is a team that was 2-10 in the league, but 8-5 outside the league. They should be better but when you see their scores vs Fertile-Beltrami, WIn-E-Mac and Fosston from last year, that is a lot of ground to make up against teams that will still be pretty good. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Norman County East/UH won 14 games a season ago. They lost their two best players but do return the next three best players. What does that mean? Likely a very similar spot. Lake Park-Audubon has three starters and some reserves back, they should be able to improve on last year's seven total wins. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Rebuilding: </strong>Climax-Fisher, Mahnomen/Waubun </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Climax-Fisher was winless in the league and they were 3-24 overall and lost their best couple players. Looks like another rebuild. Mahnomen/Waubun lost their best player from a team that struggled, they look to be starting over somewhat. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>24-25 Conference Prediction</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Power Rankings</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) Ada Borup West</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) Fertile-Beltrami</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) Park Christian</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(4) Win-E-Mac</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(5) Fosston</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(6) Norman County East/UH</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(7) Bagley</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(8) Lake Park-Audubon </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(9) Mahnomen/Waubun </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(10) Climax-Fisher</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>North </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) Fertile-Beltrami</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) Win-E-Mac</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) Fosston</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(4) Bagley</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(5) Climax-Fisher</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>South</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) Ada Borup West</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) Park Christian</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) Norman County East/UH</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(4) Lake Park-Audubon </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(5) Mahnomen/Waubun </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Preseason Pine to Prairie</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>First Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2617557' first='Cadyn' last='Dahl'] of Ada Borup West (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1482041' first='Austin' last='McCraven'] of Ada Borup West (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560792' first='Preston' last='Hanson'] of Fertile-Beltrami (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1415930' first='Isaac' last='Jacobson'] of Park Christian (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2139200' first='Joe' last='Courneya'] of Win-E-Mac (Soph)</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='2104544' first='Bridger' last='Carlson'] of Park Christian (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mason Larson of Ada Borup West (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Will Christen of Fosston (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Gavin Giese of Park Christian (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Caleb Stoltman of Fertile-Beltrami (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Third Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tyler Loeb of Park Christian (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jackson Kaiser of Bagley (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ian Jacobson of Norman County East/UH (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ryne Duppong of Fosston (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Daniel Swiers of Park Christian (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Fourth Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Logan Broten of Bagley (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Braylon Hamre of Win-E-Mac (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kelton Gray of Fosston (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Maverick Pinske of Norman County East/UH (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hayden Johnson of Win-E-Mac (Soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->