Section 5AA: First Look

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 5AA looks to be a group with private schools battling for state and some public schools hoping to stay right behind them in the quest for state. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Super Summary</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Holy Family, Maranatha Christian, and Breck have all been affected by transfers. Holy Family now has one of the best shooters in the state in [player_tooltip player_id='1560786' first='Lexyn' last='Grof'] who came to the Fire from Jordan. Grof pairs with a host of returning starters. MCA has a new coach in Al Harris (long time successful coach for [program_tooltip program_id='2075431' first='D1' last='Minnesota']) plus a transfer scorer in [player_tooltip player_id='2569257' first='Marcus' last='Marshall'] Jr, and Breck lost three key players (Dungey to TG, Waleed to Richfield, Green to Minnehaha) but they did get a big from Edina in [player_tooltip player_id='2857125' first='Oliver' last='Flick']. Holy Family, Breck, and MCA are likely the three biggest favorites as HF and MCA brought a lot back and Breck still has [player_tooltip player_id='1560864' first='JP' last='Musoke'] and Mu Muhammad. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Blake and Southwest Christian will also continue to be good teams as well. Each has returning scorers and players from last year's rotation. Minneapolis North lost Marshall but does return other talent. They will be in the section mix as will Rockford, Watertown-Mayer and Jordan. Also keep an eye on Hiawatha Collegiate. They may have lost their main scorer but [player_tooltip player_id='2404942' first='King' last='James'] is still there to make a big time impact. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Wide open? I think so. I would say that HF, MCA and Breck are the favorites but they can surely get pushed by just about any team that we just mentioned. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top 3 5AA Players</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560786' first='Lexyn' last='Grof'] of Holy Family</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2404942' first='King' last='James'] of Hiawatha Collegiate</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2569257' first='Marcus' last='Marshall'] Jr of Maranatha Christian</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Three Teams That Should Improve Their Record</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Maranatha Christian (14-14 last year)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Holy Family (12-16 last year)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>HLWW (11-17 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>Eagle Ridge Academy (13-14 last year)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Minneapolis North (18-10 last season)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Blake (22-5 a season ago)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->