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<p><strong>First Team</strong></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560740' first='Dothan' last='Ijadimbola'] of Totino-Grace (Sr). Future Drake Bulldog averaged 20 points an eight rebounds a game earning a third state title in his fourth state tournament appearance. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2533408' first='Deon' last='Wallace-Johnson'] of DeLaSalle (Jr). The best all around player on the second best team in Class AAA.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1521424' first='Kayden' last='Oakland'] of Northfield (Sr). Averaged 20 points and eight boards a game for a top four team that went to state for the first time in 94 years. Headed to SDSU for football. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2412724' first='Dre' last='Collins'] of Richfield (Jr). Leading scorer and rebounder for a top three team in Class AAA that played at state. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560824' first='Deangelo' last='Dungey'] of Totino-Grace (Sr). Gave the state champion Eagles 19 points per game as a high energy two way players. </p>
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<p><strong>Second Team</strong></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560835' first='Tian' last='Chatman'] of Totino-Grace (Sr). Scored 18 points a game for the state champion Eagles. A knack for making big shots. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126474' first='Kamar' last='Thomas'] of DeLaSalle (Jr). Leading scorer on the second place team in state in Class AAA at 16.6 points per game.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560795' first='Maddox' last='Lewis'] of Sartell (Sr). The Black Hills State signed forward scored 21 points a game leading his team to state with 22 wins. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126126' first='Ray' last='Brau'] of Hibbing (Jr). Put together a 26 point and 11 rebound season for a 20 win team. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2465510' first='Mark' last='Graff'] of Mahtomedi (Sr). The point guard of a top five team in state, averaged 20 a game.</p>
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<p><strong>Third Team</strong></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2140712' first='Willie' last='Roelofs'] of Mahtomedi (Jr). Scored 22 points a game for a top five team in state. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2140700' first='Tyrece' last='Hagler'] of Richfield (Jr). Scored almost 17 points a game for the third best team in Class AAA.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560798' first='Lucas' last='Gustafson'] of Mankato East (Sr). The Northwester (IA) commit scored 17 points a game and led his team to state. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2435232' first='Jumair' last='Wright'] of Minneapolis South (Soph). Wright averaged 22.7 points per game this year and led his team to the state tournament. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2877064' first='Carter' last='Brown'] of Duluth Denfeld (Jr). Averaged 28 points and 12 rebounds a game for an 18-win team. </p>
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<p><strong>Fourth Team</strong></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126102' first='Jaeden' last='Udean'] of DeLaSalle (Jr). Sharpshooter gave his team 15 points a game on their way to state runner-up.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126117' first='Malachi' last='Hill'] of Totino-Grace (Jr). Hill came back from injury to score 13 points a game for the state champs.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560804' first='Joey' last='Sutherland'] of Grand Rapids (Sr). Joey scored 19-20 a game for a top ten team in state that went to the state tournament. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2574749' first='Gideon' last='Horne'] of Richfield (Jr). Averaged 14.7 points and a team high 7.7 rebounds a game for the third d place team in state. </p>
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<p>Jermaine Thomas-Curtis of St. Paul Johnson (Sr). Top scorer for the 6th best team in the state (13ppg) plus he grabbed 5.5 boards, averaged four assists and 2.5 steals.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2119642' first='Avery' last='Christensen'] of Willmar (Sr). Averaged 23 points a game for a team that won 16 games, headed to Northern State. </p>
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<p><strong>Fifth Team</strong></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126145' first='Waleed' last='Muhammad'] of Richfield (Jr). The point guard averaged 13.5 points a game for a state team. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2569233' first='De'Anthony' last='Sells'] of St. Cloud Apollo (Jr). Averaged 20.5 points and nine boards a contest for the Eagles who won 19 games and spent time as a top ten team. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2399176' first='Bryce' last='Paumen'] of Becker (Sr). Had his team top ten most of the year with 18 points and 9.7 boards a game.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2815371' first='Owen' last='Potts'] of St. Peter (Jr). Scored 20 a game for a team that won 18 games. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2557528' first='Ichima' last='Idoko'] of DeLaSalle (Soph). Averaged 11 a game for the state runner-up. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560859' first='Kenneth' last='Turner'] of St. Paul Johnson (Sr). A 12.6 point, 6.4 board average for the 6th best AAA team.</p>
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