Final Week of Regular Season 4A Top 10 Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We are in the final week of the Minnesota Boys high school basketball 2024-25 regular season. Below we'll review their week and preview what's left for the Top 10.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">#1 Hopkins 24-1</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hopkins beat STMA and Minnetonka last week to improve to 24-1 on the year, and going into the last week of the year they have one game, Friday February 28th at Home [player_tooltip player_id='1574212' first='Anthony' last='Smith'], [player_tooltip player_id='1595734' first='JJ' last='Semanko'], [player_tooltip player_id='1550877' first='Jayden' last='Moore'], and [player_tooltip player_id='2420169' first='Ahmed' last='Nur'] take on Lake Conference foe 13-11 Buffalo.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">#2 Cretin-Derham Hall 23-1</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>CDH beat White Bear Lake and Mounds View to finish the week at 23-1. For their final week the CDH trio of [player_tooltip player_id='1310206' first='Tommy' last='Ahneman'], [player_tooltip player_id='2126094' first='Ty' last='Schlagel'], and [player_tooltip player_id='1560868' first='Joseph' last='Mitchell III'] face-off with 15-9 Stillwater Tuesday February 25th and Thursday the 27th with 6-18 Forest Lake.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">#3 Wayzata 20-4</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>After the Hopkins/Wayzata craziness from February 13th the [program_tooltip program_id='2075965' first='Trojans' last=''] bounced back with large victories over East Ridge and STMA. To finish out the year [player_tooltip player_id='1560867' first='Christian' last='Wiggins'], [player_tooltip player_id='1560807' first='Isaac' last='Olmstead'], Wyatt Mcbeth and Wayzata has two tough opponents, Top 5 ranked in 3A DeLaSalle on Tuesday, and #9 4A Minnetonka at Minnetonka.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">#4 Tartan 23-0</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tartan has two games left, North St. Paul and at South St. Paul to finish the year after just one game last week. Tartan absolutely hammered Hastings 100-57 to keep their undefeated season going. Behind [player_tooltip player_id='2103366' first='Cedric' last='Banks'], [player_tooltip player_id='2560499' first='Kevin' last='Wilson Jr.'], and [player_tooltip player_id='2560458' first='Emmanuel' last='Oyesanmi'] lead the Titans to the end.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">#5 Shakopee 19-5</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Shakopee started the year 7-5 and since has won 12 straight games after beating Eden Prairie Saturday 70-64. Earlier in the week they beat Eagan 87-61 and Thursday beat Burnsville 78-53. This week the 2025 senior group of [player_tooltip player_id='1436821' first='Eli' last='Schroeder'], [player_tooltip player_id='1574229' first='Devin' last='Pass'], [player_tooltip player_id='1575347' first='Luke' last='Wherley'], and [player_tooltip player_id='1575342' first='Isaac' last='Cordes'] finish the season off at home with a re-match versus Eagan Tuesday and have #10 ranked Apple Valley Friday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">#6 Champlin Park 20-4</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Rebels were on a 12 game winning streak before 3A defending state champions Totino-Grace came to Champlin and beat them Tuesday 80-71. Champlin Park bounced back Friday beating 6-18 Coon Rapids at Coon Rapids 96-68. The [player_tooltip player_id='1288748' first='Tyler' last='Wagner'] led Rebels will close the season at 11-13 Eden Prairie and [player_tooltip player_id='1574221' first='Max' last='Lorenson'] Tuesday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">#7 Apple Valley 20-4</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Led by [player_tooltip player_id='1560866' first='Camare'' last='Young'], [player_tooltip player_id='2271330' first='Trey' last='Parker'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2760107' first='Justin' last='Cowan'] the Eagles are having their best year in years. Last week they had a couple close one's, one they came out on top, the other a one-point loss. Tuesday they traveled to Lakeville North and won 68-62, and Friday lost to Lakeville South 67-66. On a back-to-back they beat St. Paul Central at home 77-74. Apple Valley will close the year with Lakeville North Tuesday and at Shakopee on Friday night. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">#8 Minnetonka 17-7</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1567964' first='Isa' last='El-Amin'] and the Skippers beat 8-17 Edina Hornets at home Tuesday February 18th and then Friday night lost to Hopkins. They will travel to Buffalo Tuesday the 25th and then close at home versus #3 ranked Wayzata.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">#9 East Ridge 18-6</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560882' first='Cedric' last='Tomes'] and the East Ridge Raptors bounced back from their 30 point loss to Wayzata with a 80-44 win over Forest Lake Friday. They close the season Tuesday at Woodbury and then home versus Roseville.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">#10 Sauk Rapids-Rice 19-5</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>SRR has lost since January 31st when they fell to #2 Alexandria 101-88. In February The Storm have won 5 straight and will close the season with a game at St. Cloud Apollo Tuesday and then home versus Rocori Friday to honor their 2025 seniors Keller Hanson, Spencer Swenson, and Hudson Omoke. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->