Section 4AAAA: Why East Ridge could win another 20 games?

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tartan earned a trip to state for the first time in a dozen years and they are a big favorite to return to state this season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are the questions we have coming into the year!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tartan (1). The Titans are a title contender but do they have the depth other teams do? Tartan will have an outstanding starting five but when it comes to state title chatter, the talk is seven or eight deep. Tartan will develop like they always do so it will be something to watch.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cretin-Derham Hall (2). Can the Raiders recover from the Schlagel injury? The first item is if or when Ty can get back this season. And the second question is what the line-up looks like without him. They have the guards and there have been some up and comers that have impressed lately, but do they have enough without Ty to beat Tartan? That's what we are watching. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>East Ridge (3). Can the Raptors score at the level of a state team? [player_tooltip player_id='2392326' first='Max' last='Denson'] and Ben Koch are very good juniors, [player_tooltip player_id='2845899' first='Jack' last='Gunderson'] looked good at 17u, and [player_tooltip player_id='2353671' first='Derek' last='Thompson'] is prepped for a big senior year. Raptors are going to be better than people expect. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Stillwater (4). Can the Ponies be the surprise? The Ponies have guys coming and going but there are a few returning that can make this a very good team. [player_tooltip player_id='2834084' first='Kingland' last='Adeosun'] could be an all state player this year and there are several returning names that should make Stillwater a good team. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top 3 4AAAA Players</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2560499' first='Kevin' last='Wilson Jr.'] of Tartan (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2560458' first='Emmanuel' last='Oyesanmi'] of Tartan (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2521853' first='Justus' last='Dayee'] of Tartan (Soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Three Teams That Should Improve Their Record</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Stillwater (13-14 last year)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Woodbury (9-18 last year)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Three Teams That Might Not Match Last Year's Win Total</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tartan (31-1 last year)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Two Rivers (9-18 last year)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>St. Paul Central (25-4 a year ago)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->