The Race for Mr. Basketball: Watching those on Watch List

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We check back in on all 35 players that made the watch list and see how they did in their recent performances (since the other article) before we move on to a new Race focus later this week!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Leader </strong>- [player_tooltip player_id='1560882' first='Cedric' last='Tomes'] of East Ridge (Minnesota signed).  Led his team to a 23 point win over White Bear Lake by scoring 28 points making half of his 18 attempts including four makes at the arc. They have an important game with Mounds View this week. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Top Contenders</strong>. [player_tooltip player_id='1560867' first='Christian' last='Wiggins'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1560778' first='Nolen' last='Anderson'] (Iowa State and Minnesota signed respectively). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Wiggins had a Mr. Basketball moment last Friday in a late afternoon win over Hopkins scoring 34 points including a game winner. Wiggins literally pushed his name up a level in this Race for the trophy. Teammate Anderson had 20 points in that same game, and the [program_tooltip program_id='2075965' first='Trojans' last=''] are right on the heels of Tomes. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Final Five Leaders</strong> - [player_tooltip player_id='1560740' first='Dothan' last='Ijadimbola'] of Totino-Grace (Drake signed), Joseph Mitchell II of Cretin-Derham Hall (UST signed). [player_tooltip player_id='1560827' first='Kale' last='Misegades'] of Henning (SMSU signed). Dothan's Eagles have had a six day break so no games since our last update.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mitchell had 22 points and five assists in the CDH win over Forest Lake on Friday and then had 23 points and seven assists shooting 9 of 19 from the field in the three overtime loss to Prior Lake. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kale and Henning remain undefeated with an 83-51 win over Parkers Prairie. Kale had 29 points on 7 of 15 shooting and 14 of 15 foul shooting plus he had nine rebounds and four steals. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Finalists Leaders (Top Ten)</strong>. [player_tooltip player_id='1560851' first='Hamze' last='Yusuf'] of Eden Prairie (D1 offered). [player_tooltip player_id='1550877' first='Jayden' last='Moore'] of Hopkins (UND signed). [player_tooltip player_id='2121332' first='Deron' last='Russell'] of Waseca (NDSU football signed). [player_tooltip player_id='2119578' first='Pierce' last='Petersohn'] of Triton (Virginia Tech football signed).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Moore had 19 points and nine assists as Hopkins pushed the [program_tooltip program_id='2075965' first='Trojans' last=''] to the final play in an upset bid. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Yusuf attacked the Hornets relentlessly scoring 33 of his team's 77 points as EP defeated Edina in league play last Friday. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Russell scored 46 points with five boards and five assists in a win over Glencoe-Silver Lake and last Friday Deron led his team to a win over a ranked St. Peter teams with 43 points and ten rebounds. He is averaging 34.5 points a game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pierce had 43 points and ten rebounds in a win over USC and then followed that with 39 points and a dozen rebounds in a win over Keyon-Wanamingo. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Fighting for the Finalists Spot</strong>. [player_tooltip player_id='3102819' first='AJ' last='Bessler'] of Nevis (unsigned)<strong>. </strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1560739' first='Max' last='Iversen'] of Maple Grove (North Dakota State signed).  [player_tooltip player_id='1560741' first='Will' last='Kirsch'] of Waconia (D2 offered). [player_tooltip player_id='2118474' first='Ethan' last='Martin'] of Belle Paine (River Falls committed). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bessler scored 18 points in the loss to Pelican Rapids but responded with 28 points on Saturday in the win over Park Rapids.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Iversen and the Crimson have had a week off, they play EP tonight. Martin and Belle Plaine have also had a week off and they play New Ulm tonight. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kirsch scored 18 points in a blowout win over Jefferson.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>In the Hunt</strong>.  [player_tooltip player_id='1560807' first='Isaac' last='Olmstead'] of Wayzata (UMD signed). [player_tooltip player_id='1560797' first='Jaxon' last='Boschee'] of Bemidji (D2 offered). Ryan Keager of Faribault (Loyola Chicago signed).  [player_tooltip player_id='2120500' first='Eli' last='Moseman'] of St. Paul Central.  [player_tooltip player_id='1560865' first='Nolan' last='Myren'] of Spring Lake Park (Bemidji State signed).  [player_tooltip player_id='2115657' first='Gavin' last='Roderick'] of Alexandria. [player_tooltip player_id='2118449' first='Mason' last='Witt'] of Alexandria. [player_tooltip player_id='1951088' first='Luke' last='Roschen'] of Goodhue (SMSU signed).  [player_tooltip player_id='1560859' first='Kenneth' last='Turner'] of St. Paul Johnson.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Olmstead scored 13 points in the Trojan win over Hopkins. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Boschee led Bemidji to a ten point win over Fergus Falls with 24 points and five assists. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Moseman's coach has not posted box scores but we do know that he is averaging 18.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 6.7 assists a game shooting 38 percent at the arc. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Roschen scored 24 points with two threes made as Goodhue beat Kasson-Mantorville 71-45 last Thursday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Turner scored 30 points for Johnson in their loss to Orono. Turner dominated the paint with a big double-double.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kreager, Witt and Roderick have not played in the past week. Witt is scoring 26.5 points a game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Others</strong>. [player_tooltip player_id='2120492' first='Ethan' last='Miller'] of Zumbrota-Mazeppa (SMSU signed). [player_tooltip player_id='3042595' first='Jermaine' last='Thomas-Curtis'] of St. Paul Johnson.  [player_tooltip player_id='2851170' first='Jack' last='Welch'] of Pelican Rapids (Concordia St-Paul signed). [player_tooltip player_id='1437598' first='Dane' last='Danielson'] of Lakeville North (Northern State signed)<strong>. </strong> [player_tooltip player_id='1874800' first='Brayden' last='Gorton'] of Washburn (Bemidji State signed). [player_tooltip player_id='1560793' first='Lamont' last='Michaels'] of Two Rivers.  [player_tooltip player_id='2119593' first='Lars' last='Osteraas'] of St. Thomas. [player_tooltip player_id='2486899' first='J'Marion' last='Sanders'] of Minneapolis North.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ethan had a dozen points in the win over Dover-Eyota and then helped his team beat Cannon Falls by two (no box score posted). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Thomas-Curtis scored five points in the loss to Orono.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Welch scored 20 points going head to head with Bessler in the Pelican Rapids win. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dane scored 20 as North earned a big win over South in the local rivalry game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Gorton had two points in the loss to Tonka on Saturday, and he had 11 points in the win over Southwest on Thursday. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Michaels scored four points in a Two Rivers win over two-win Hill-Murray.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Osteraas had a big 30 point game in STA beating Hastings as STA has won four games in a row. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Over the weekend Sanders scored four points in the win over Harding, but exploded for 31 points in the rivalry game with Camden. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->