Winter Lakes Classic All Event Team

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The best of the best from the Winter Lakes Classic are honored today here at Prep Hoops!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>First Team</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126475' first='Conner' last='Watts'] of Benilde-St. Margaret's (Jr). The junior led BSM through the Alexandria zone to an upset win over Alexandria 82-75. Watts navigated the pressure and he pushed the ball off the Alex long ball misses to get his team a big win, and player of the game. Watts scored 34 in the win. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2841051' first='Andrew' last='Jones'] of Osakis (Sr). Andrew is an attacking player, and a good defensive player, but in the 77-53 win over Spectrum, Jones was a constant scorer going at the rim for 13 field goal makes. Everything was a downhill attack to score in some way and Jones dominated Spectrum with it. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2140617' first='Geno' last='Ward'] of Holy Family (Sr). Ward hit five threes for the Fire and scored a team high 30 points as they battled with one loss Montevideo but came up short. The Fire needed more offense from the backcourt in this game and they got it from Ward. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2841056' first='Jackson' last='Koenen'] of Montevideo (Sr). Jackson hit four big threes, scored 18 points and played a terrific all around game to help Montevideo get one of their biggest wins of the season over fellow ranked team Holy Family. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2527108' first='Jaxson' last='Austin'] of Albany (Jr). Austin had a 20 point game to lead Albany past Pelican Rapids. Austin hit a couple threes, attacked a few times and had a key And1 earning player of the game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Second Team</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2524646' first='Griffin' last='Epema'] of Montevideo (Jr). A solid game for Epema, not quite the shooting game for his 19 but a terrific all around game as Montevideo was the more balanced team in a win over Holy Family. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126865' first='Grady' last='Starzl'] of Alexandria (Jr). The active frontcourt Cardinal player scored 20 points and while his team lost, Starzl was able to score on 8 of 14 attempts. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2495108' first='Miguel' last='Torres'] of Pelican Rapids (Sr). Torres continues to be the Viking go to player scoring a team high 23 points in the two score loss to Albany. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2140590' first='Cody' last='Benson'] of Spectrum (Jr). The Spectrum top scorer put up 20 points a game in the loss to Osakis, </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Trenton VanNyhuis of Osakis (Sr). A senior 6'3 player that took advantage of the several Jones attacks and Osakis attacking offense to score a supporting 16 points against Spectrum. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Third Team</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2844671' first='Caleb' last='Koenen'] of Montevideo (Fr). One of the better freshman in the state on varsity this winter, the 6'5 forward had 13 points. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560786' first='Lexyn' last='Grof'] of Holy Family (Sr). Scored 19 points in the Fire loss to Montevideo. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560779' first='Ashton' last='Olson'] of Albany (Sr). Ashton scored 14 points in support in the Albany win over Pelican Rapids.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->