The Race for Mr. Basketball: Groves for 48

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We have our watch list and now we check back in on our top contenders! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Favorite</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1579885' first='Nolan' last='Groves'] of Orono. Groves pushed his team to three wins in the past week and a 10-3 record overall. Groves is scoring 33 points a game for a top five team in Class AAA. He had 22 in a blowout over New Prague, 43 in a win over Mayo, and 48 in last night's victory over Chaska. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Final Five</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1572690' first='Chase' last='Thompson'] of Alexandria. Chase had 21 in the 53 point win over Detroit Lakes and then 14 last night in the 28 point win over Moorhead. This Saturday Thompson and Alex have a huge game with BSM.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Chace Watley of Totino-Grace. Chase had 25 points in a win over top ten Anoka going head to head with [player_tooltip player_id='1574226' first='Peyton' last='Podany'] who is a top 20 caliber player in this senior class right now. Their game with Maple Grove was cancelled last night.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1572689' first='Jalen' last='Wilson'] of BSM. The Knights are still undefeated and last night Wilson had another late game big play, this time hitting a five footer at the buzzer vs Waconia for the win. He had a big make which got him to 15 points on a tougher night. He had 18 in the win over Chan. This weekend its Wilson vs Thompson in a huge showdown. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Fighting for the 5th Spot</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1310206' first='Tommy' last='Ahneman'] of CDH. Tommy has been hurt and has not played in the past four games I believe it is (or he has missed the last three and played a bit in a fourth before getting hurt). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1574223' first='CJ' last='Armstrong'] of Richfield. The [program_tooltip program_id='2075852' first='Spartans' last=''] are 10-4 and back in the top ten led by Armstrong who is scoring 32.4 points a game. He had eight points in the 15 point win over AHA and his team didn't play last night because of the weather. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1574212' first='Anthony' last='Smith'] of Hopkins. Smith had 22 points on 9 of 14 shooting last night in the first loss for the Royals. It was the only Hopkins game in the past week.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Next Up</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1874916' first='Micah' last='Curtis'] of St. Louis Park. After missing a few games Micah came back with a double-double including 35 points against Waconia and then had ten and an early seat in a blowout win over New Prague. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1437303' first='Brogan' last='Madson'] of Mankato East. Madison was named player of the game in the Midwest Classic as East crushed Stevens Point with Madson totaling 20 points and eight assists. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1288748' first='Tyler' last='Wagner'] of Champlin Park. Wagner is scoring 26 points a game right now after scoring 24 against Southwest Christian and another 19 point game in the win over Rogers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1574216' first='Azayah' last='Washington'] of Apollo. Washington had 32 points and six rebounds in a loss to top ten ranked Sauk Rapids-Rice. Washington is scoring 31.5 points per game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->