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<p>Best of the best from outstate Minnesota! </p>
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<p><strong>First Team</strong></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2121332' first='Deron' last='Russell'] of Waseca (Sr). State's leading scorer took his team to the state semi-finals. Mr. Basketball top five. Class AA Player of the Year. Headed to NDSU for football.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560827' first='Kale' last='Misegades'] of Henning (Sr). Mr. Basketball top five, took his team to the state semi-finals, Mr. Basketball top five, headed to SMSU. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2119578' first='Pierce' last='Petersohn'] of Triton (Sr). Pierce was top ten Mr. Basketball this season leading Triton into the top ten in state. Signed with Virginia Tech for football. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1521424' first='Kayden' last='Oakland'] of Northfield (Sr). Future football player at South Dakota State lead his team to final four in state. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2118474' first='Ethan' last='Martin'] of Belle Plaine (Sr). Martin at one point led his team to number in in Class AA. Committed to play basketball for UW River Falls. </p>
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<p><strong>Second Team </strong></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1951088' first='Luke' last='Roschen'] of Goodhue (Sr). Luke led the Cats to the Class AA state title game, will play basketball at SMSU next year. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2524646' first='Griffin' last='Epema'] of Montevideo (Jr). Led his team to state last season, had his team top five in state all of this season. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2386616' first='Gavin' last='Bauer'] of JWP (Soph). Gavin led his team to the state title game, the top underclassmen in the outstate. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2417301' first='Hunter' last='Vinkemeier'] of Le Sueur-Henderson (Jr). His 30 and 20 has made a ton of headlines, a scholarship prospect. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='3459192' first='Mason' last='Witt'] of Alexandria (Sr). Led the Cards back to state yet against scoring between 25 and 26 a game.</p>
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<p><strong>Third Team</strong></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2394170' first='Alex' last='Loos'] of Goodhue (Soph). Looks scored 20 plus for a state title game team. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560797' first='Jaxon' last='Boschee'] of Bemidji (Sr). One of the top scorers in the state, Boschee will play at Bemidji State. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560795' first='Maddox' last='Lewis'] of Sartell (Sr). Led his team to the state tournament and will play for Black Hills State next year. </p>
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<p>Asher Wieberdink of Central MN Christian (Jr). Averaged 24 and 12 for a top three team in Class A.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1601069' first='Roman' last='Voss'] of Jackson County Central (Sr). Took JCC past two top five teams to get to state, will play football for Minnesota. </p>
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<p><strong>Fourth Team</strong></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126126' first='Ray' last='Brau'] of Hibbing (Jr). Another season of averaging a double-double while his team improved. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126128' first='Isaiah' last='Asuma'] of Cherry (Jr). Led his team to the state tournament as he's done every varsity season. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126448' first='Colton' last='Purcell'] of Annanale (Jr). Scoring 23 a game and had his team top ten in state before his season ending March injury. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2877064' first='Carter' last='Brown'] of Duluth Denfeld (Jr). Like Brau, Brown put up monster double-double numbers for a winning team. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2398619' first='Micah' last='Bush'] of Hills-Beaver Creek (Sr). Led his team to a state title, will play football for South Dakota State. </p>
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<p><strong>Fifth Team</strong></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1628768' first='Connor' last='Duden'] of Red Lake County (Sr). Pushed RLC back to state, will play at Bemidji State. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126464' first='Gavyn' last='Lorenson'] of Lake City (Jr). Scored 27 a game this season and recently offered by UMD.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2824353' first='Tate' last='Goergen'] of Southland (Jr). Led the Rebels to their first ever state tournament. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560798' first='Lucas' last='Gustafson'] of Mankato East (Sr). Leading scorer for a state team, committed to Northwestern (IA).</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560769' first='Ethan' last='Sonju'] of Glencoe-Silver Lake (Sr). Scored 25 a game while leading his team to 22 wins. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2133222' first='Elliot' last='Myszkowski'] of Rochester Mayo (Jr). The player of the year in Section 1 of Class AAAA.</p>
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Best of the best from outstate Minnesota!
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