The Nickle Dickle Day Basketball Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This Saturday in Waconia, the Nickle Dickle Day basketball event at St. Joe's will host Minnesota's top high school events of the year for the dunk contest, three point contest, and 3 on 3 tournament. Who is going to be participating? We break it down for you NOW!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>NOTE: The Three-Point Shootout and Slam Dunk start at 6:15 PM in St. Joseph School in Waconia. The three on three event starts Saturday morning. The boys high school division favorites in three on three are the team of [player_tooltip player_id='2126118' first='Tyler' last='Forrest'], [player_tooltip player_id='2404942' first='King' last='James'], [player_tooltip player_id='2126458' first='Luke' last='Schroeder'], ad [player_tooltip player_id='2126108' first='Jack' last='Thelen'] and the team of [player_tooltip player_id='2447537' first='Jaxen' last='Holmlund'], [player_tooltip player_id='2118474' first='Ethan' last='Martin'], [player_tooltip player_id='1560806' first='Mitchell' last='Schmidt'], [player_tooltip player_id='1560769' first='Ethan' last='Sonju'] The girls high school favorite is the team led by Maddyn and Beckett Greenway.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Three Point Contest</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This is going to be a wonderful three point contest as we have some of the highest percentage shooters in the state coming together to compete. [player_tooltip player_id='1560741' first='Will' last='Kirsch'] won the three point contest a season ago. Those players are...</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560839' first='Xavier' last='Frelix'] - 2026 (Hopkins) </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560786' first='Lexyn' last='Grof'] - 2026 (Holy Family)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560798' first='Lucas' last='Gustafson'] - 2026 (Mankato East) </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560741' first='Will' last='Kirsch'] - 2026 (Waconia) </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560795' first='Maddox' last='Lewis'] - 2026 (Sartell) </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2842383' first='Sam' last='Rupnow'] - 2026 (Liberty Classical)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126458' first='Luke' last='Schroeder'] - 2027 (Shakopee) </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560769' first='Ethan' last='Sonju'] - 2026 (Glencoe Silver Lake)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Slam Dunk Contest </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This dunk contest is a bit of an unknown to me as there are a lot of players that will be dunking that I really haven't seen dunk before and some that I haven't seen play before. That said, [player_tooltip player_id='1751260' first='Dylan' last='Haugen'] won the event last year and is a slam dunk specialist that really excited the crowd in 2024. In addition, [player_tooltip player_id='2404942' first='King' last='James'] entertained people with his in game dunks all 16u season. Finally, [player_tooltip player_id='2842383' first='Sam' last='Rupnow'] is a dark horse with his 40 inch vertical. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2423114' first='Lincoln' last='Busse'] - 2027 (Glencoe Silver Lake) </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1751260' first='Dylan' last='Haugen'] </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2447537' first='Jaxen' last='Holmlund'] - 2026 (Waconia)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2404942' first='King' last='James'] - 2027 (Hiawatha Collegiate) </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ak Ochan</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jacob Ornia - 2026 (Holy Family) </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2842383' first='Sam' last='Rupnow'] - 2026 (Liberty) </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->