The Race for Mr. Basketball: Final Five is Wide Open

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The top two contenders seem clear. But the race for the other three spots in the Final Five are wide open! Who wants it?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Leader. [player_tooltip player_id='1579885' first='Nolan' last='Groves'] of Orono.</strong> Nolan had 34 in a win over New Prague last night in a blowout win, he had a season low 14 last week against Jefferson (first time all season under 20 points), and this weekend Orono has the big game with Alexandria and [player_tooltip player_id='1572690' first='Chase' last='Thompson'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Runner Up. [player_tooltip player_id='1572690' first='Chase' last='Thompson'] of Alexandria</strong>. Chase continued his recent hot streak with 35 points on 14 of 20 shooting and 13 rebounds against Willmar, and then last night Alex crushed Apollo 109-37 although no stats were reported. Chase vs Nolan is this Saturday in Alex at the Winter Lakes Classic.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Final Five</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1574223' first='CJ' last='Armstrong'] of Richfield</strong>. Armstrong got his team back into the top ten and he had 29 in a blowout over Columbia Heights, 23 in a key win over Delano and then 25 in a massive blowout over Kennedy. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Ten</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1310206' first='Tommy' last='Ahneman'] of Cretin-Derham Hall.</strong> Tommy is close to having missed half of the season which means he is very close to falling out of the conversation because of injury unfortunately. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1567964' first='Isa' last='El-Amin'] of Minnetonka</strong>. Tonka had one game last week and it was a controlling win over Buffalo with Isa scoring 26 point and dishing out seven assists. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1437303' first='Brogan' last='Madson'] of Mankato East</strong>. Brogan had a game high 20 points in a blowout last night over Faribault, and he had 17 points, six assists and five boards in a blowout win over Owatonna. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1874916' first='Micah' last='Curtis'] of St. Louis Park</strong>. Curtis had 46 points last night and is now averaging 27 points per game but had just a dozen in a double figure loss against [player_tooltip player_id='1572689' first='Jalen' last='Wilson'] and BSM.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1574212' first='Anthony' last='Smith'] of Hopkins</strong>. Smith had 26 points on 11 of 18 shooting in the win over Eden Prairie and then last night scored 30 points with five threes in a blowout win over Holy Family. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1288748' first='Tyler' last='Wagner'] of Champlin Park</strong>. Wagner had one game last week, a 60 point performance against Blaine where Wagner hit 24 of 27 foul shots, four threes, and overall shot 16 of 25 plus had eight rebounds.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1574227' first='Chace' last='Watley'] of Totino-Grace</strong>. Chace had 21 on Monday in the win. They beat Centennial and handed Maple Grove their first league loss.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1572689' first='Jalen' last='Wilson'] of Benilde-St. Margaret's</strong>. No numbers reported in win over St. Louis Park. Scored 26 in an upset loss to St. Thomas but struggled with turnovers and misses down the stretch. Scored his 2,000th career points last night in a win over Chanhassen (no numbers reported for this game either). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->