Section 1AAA: First Look

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Graduation hit a lot of teams hard in Section 1AAA. Who is a favorite? Is there even a favorite? </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Summer Summary</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Every team in the section has a hurdle they need to overcome to try and win this section. I will go team by team:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Austin: they might be the team best positioned to make a jump with a lot of returning production</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Byron: new coach and a host of graduation quality players but some good up and comers plus a go to shooter in [player_tooltip player_id='1560862' first='Fisher' last='Kruckeberg']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Faribault: They have one of the best frontcourt pairs in the state but a host of inexperience in the backcourt</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kasson-Mantorville: A team that won a third of their games and that was with Ethan Lee, and he graduated</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Northfield: With [player_tooltip player_id='1521424' first='Kayden' last='Oakland'] and some good young players, they can contend for state. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Stewartville: lost six of top eight guys but they do have a couple good returning players and quality upcoming youth</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Winona: a team that I think can take a step forward but a ways to go</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top 3 1AAA Players</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) [player_tooltip player_id='2115655' first='Ryan' last='Kreager'] of Faribault</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) [player_tooltip player_id='1521424' first='Kayden' last='Oakland'] of Northfield</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) [player_tooltip player_id='2118832' first='Breuer' last='Wolff'] of Faribault</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Three Teams That Should Improve Their Record</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Northfield (15-13 a year ago)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Austin (10-17 last year)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Winona (3-24 last season)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Three Teams That Might Not Match Last Year's Win Total</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Byron (28-4 last year)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Stewartville (23-6 last year)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kasson-Mantorville (9-19 last year)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->