Section 1AAAA: 26-27 First Look

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Who are the top 20 guys in the league? What is our early thoughts on the section overall? And let's not forget the way too early power rankings for 1AAAA!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section Power Rankings</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Farmington - a top Minnesota frontcourt and the Tigers just replenish guards every season</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Lakeville South - The Cougars return two of their top eight from a state team</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Owatonna - won 16 games last season and return their top two players and have young talent</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Lakeville North - North fell to under .500 last year but they return several reserves and they beat South twice last season </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Rochester Mayo - Lost six of their top eight but return their top guy in [player_tooltip player_id='2133222' first='Elliot' last='Myszkowski'].</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Rochester Century - Century has six of their top eight guys back including their top five scorers from an 11 win team.  Pulled some upsets last year</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>New Prague - New coach, a couple returning starters from an eight win team that was a bit better than expected last season.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Rochester JM - A four win team that lost 3-4 starters from last year's team. <br></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Preseason All Section 1AAAA</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>First Team</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2140675' first='Owen' last='Brezinski'] of Lakeville North (Sr). Looking more and more like a scholarship guy for North and potentially the preseason player of the year in this group. Second leading returning scorer in the section.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126447' first='Briggs' last='Sheridan'] of Farmington (Sr). Stretch big that led the Tigers in scoring last season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126465' first='Tommy' last='Schabert'] of Farmington (Sr). Injured all of last year, a force in the middle that few will stop.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2400080' first='Nolan' last='Greene'] of Lakeville South (Jr). The top junior in the section, top scorer and rebounder for a state team.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2133222' first='Elliot' last='Myszkowski'] of Rochester Mayo (Sr). Lone starter back for Mayo, Elliot led the team in scoring and is having a great year for the Heat in 17u.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Second Team</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2140710' first='Willie' last='Moore'] of Owatonna (Sr). Top returning scorer in the section.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2385637' first='Nathan' last='Long'] of Rochester Century (Sr). Led Century in scoring, have not seen him this spring, but a player with potential.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Owen Routh of Owatonna (Jr). MVP at the 16u level of the Comets Shootout.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2385461' first='Aguer' last='Akech'] of Rochester Mayo (Jr). Moves from 6th man to second option.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2435137' first='Jackson' last='Daly'] of Rochester JM (Sr). One of the better shooters in the section.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Third team</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2140615' first='Gavin' last='Stuart'] of Lakeville South (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Benjamin Martin of Rochester Century (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Thomas LeDuc of Farmington (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Colin Norgaard of Rochester Century (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2381986' first='Gabe' last='Stadler'] of Lakeville North (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Fourth Team</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2140559' first='Ben' last='Goring'] of Farmington (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Carter Den Hartog of New Prague (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2817957' first='Finn' last='Eckerman'] of Rochester Century (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2140624' first='Isaiah' last='Gaffke'] of New Prague (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2831701' first='Oliver' last='Villalobos'] of Lakeville South (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>1AAAA Summary</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 1AAAA&nbsp; is one of the most competitive and toughest to predict groups in the state.&nbsp; At one point it was….. Who can top North? But now it seems like anybody's game every time we get to the section finals.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It's interesting to look at because the team that returns the most experience is actually Century who was under .500 but pulled some upsets last season.&nbsp; Farmington and Owatonna likely have the most back after Century but South and North - each lost six guys from their rotation - are usually deeper than the rest of the teams in terms of talent coming up from the JV.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I feel the safest with Farmington because they have the best frontcourt and they seem to always replenish the backcourt and there are quality candidates for that once again.&nbsp; Our pick on this day is the Tigers but the confidence level is not high as I think this group is wide open.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->