Section by Section: The Preseason Player of the Year

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We continue to anticipate the start of the 2026-27 season with daily chatter about players. Which of the players is the best of the best in each section? We give you that list today! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Class AAAA</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 1: [player_tooltip player_id='2140675' first='Owen' last='Brezinski'] of Lakeville North (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 2: [player_tooltip player_id='2126118' first='Tyler' last='Forrest'] of Chaska (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 3: [player_tooltip player_id='2126455' first='Peyton' last='Gholson'] of Rosemount (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 4: [player_tooltip player_id='2560499' first='Kevin' last='Wilson Jr.'] of Tartan (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 5: [player_tooltip player_id='2126467' first='Baboucarr' last='Ann'] of Maple Grove (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 6: [player_tooltip player_id='2126115' first='Vincent' last='Cronin'] of Edina (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 7: [player_tooltip player_id='1819128' first='Bryce' last='Gaustad'] of Anoka (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 8: [player_tooltip player_id='2417305' first='Romeo' last='Kromah'] of Moorhead (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Class AAA</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 1: [player_tooltip player_id='2826033' first='Pete' last='Tschetter'] of Stewartville (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 2: [player_tooltip player_id='2815371' first='Owen' last='Potts'] of St. Peter(Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 3: [player_tooltip player_id='2569253' first='Leo' last='Clifford'] of St. Paul Highland Park (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 4: [player_tooltip player_id='2533408' first='Deon' last='Wallace-Johnson'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2126102' first='Jaeden' last='Udean'] of DeLaSalle (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 5: [player_tooltip player_id='2126117' first='Malachi' last='Hill'] of Totino-Grace (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 6: [player_tooltip player_id='2412724' first='Dre' last='Collins'] of Richfield (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 7: [player_tooltip player_id='2126126' first='Ray' last='Brau'] of Hibbing (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 8: [player_tooltip player_id='2569233' first='De'Anthony' last='Sells'] of St. Cloud Apollo (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Class AA</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 1: [player_tooltip player_id='2394170' first='Alex' last='Loos'] of Goodhue (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 2: [player_tooltip player_id='2417301' first='Hunter' last='Vinkemeier'] of Le Sueur-Henderson (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 3: [player_tooltip player_id='2524646' first='Griffin' last='Epema'] of Montevideo (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 4: [player_tooltip player_id='2436914' first='Kellen' last='Troup'] of Minnehaha Academy (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 5: [player_tooltip player_id='2569257' first='Marcus' last='Marshall'] of Minneapolis North (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 6: [player_tooltip player_id='2395557' first='Gus' last='McKenna'] of Pequot Lakes (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 7: [player_tooltip player_id='2560433' first='Braxdyn' last='Male'] of Esko (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 8: [player_tooltip player_id='2426406' first='Cypress' last='Thiel'] of Perham (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Class A</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 1: [player_tooltip player_id='2824358' first='Nicholas' last='Taylor'] of Lanesboro (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 2: [player_tooltip player_id='2386616' first='Gavin' last='Bauer'] of JWP (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 3: [player_tooltip player_id='2877054' first='Asher' last='Wieberdink'] of Central Minnesota Christian (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 4: [player_tooltip player_id='2773880' first='Cruz' last='Triana'] of Liberty Classical (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 5: [player_tooltip player_id='2403777' first='Soren' last='Lilly'] of Braham (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 6: [player_tooltip player_id='2983036' first='Anders' last='Tinjum'] of Ada Borup West (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 7: [player_tooltip player_id='2126128' first='Isaiah' last='Asuma'] of Cherry (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Section 8: [player_tooltip player_id='2139200' first='Joe' last='Courneya'] of Win-E-Mac (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->