Section 4AAAA: First Look

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Can anybody stop Cretin-Derham Hall from going to state for the 8th time in 10 seasons? </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Summer Summary</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>CDH has been to state seven of the last nine seasons and they are the favorite to get back to state for the 8th time in ten years. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Raiders lost two frontcourt starters in Tommy Ahneman and Monteff Dixon but CDH returns everything else: seven of their top nine guys! Leading scorer [player_tooltip player_id='2126094' first='Ty' last='Schlagel'] is back. Recently offered by South Dakota guard [player_tooltip player_id='1560868' first='Joseph' last='Mitchell III'] is back. Ball handlers [player_tooltip player_id='2126154' first='Julian' last='Smith'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1560840' first='Jason' last='Johnson'] are back to create with Mitchell. Dre Frierson-Holliie and [player_tooltip player_id='2120499' first='Isaiah' last='Thom'] are back. [player_tooltip player_id='2419673' first='Cartier' last='Russell'] who played in 25 varsity games last season, is back. There are good up and coming young players!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>So who can slow this Raider steamroller down?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The two candidates are Minnesota committed [player_tooltip player_id='1560882' first='Cedric' last='Tomes'] and his East Ridge Raptors, and that sophomore led Tartan duo of [player_tooltip player_id='2560499' first='Kevin' last='Wilson Jr.'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2560458' first='Emmanuel' last='Oyesanmi']. Tartan lost one game last year (to the Raiders in the section final) and they have that sophomore duo plus [player_tooltip player_id='2124212' first='Jaylen' last='Goergen'], but they have to replace CJ Banks and a host of role playing seniors. As for the Raptors, Tomes was the all around playmaker and he did so much against a ton of attention last year. This season he has some good size up front, he has some up and coming players with most of them being wings that can shoot, it's just a question of which of those wings can step forward and be consistent. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another candidate as a sleeper to make a run? Stillwater who has four key pieces back, and St. Paul Central led by [player_tooltip player_id='2120500' first='Eli' last='Moseman'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top 3 5AAAA Players</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) [player_tooltip player_id='1560882' first='Cedric' last='Tomes'] of East Ridge</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) [player_tooltip player_id='2126094' first='Ty' last='Schlagel'] of CDH</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) [player_tooltip player_id='1560868' first='Joseph' last='Mitchell III'] of CDH</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Three Teams That Should Improve Their Record</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) Two Rivers (12-16 last year)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) East Ridge (21-7 last year)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) no other candidate, other teams should be about similar record wise to 24-25</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>(1) Tartan (27-1 last year)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) St. Paul Central (21-7 last year)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) Woodbury (10-17 last year)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->