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<p><strong>Five New Names to Know</strong></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='3045695' first='Davian' last='Bower'] of Detroit Lakes (jr). The up and comer for the Lakers is a really talented attacking player who handles the lead guard spot. Led the team in assists at about five a game and scored ten points a contest. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2869569' first='Jacob' last='Jenc'] of Fergus Falls (sr). Jenc is one of the highest scoring big school players that many don't know about. The 6'4 four man works his tail off and has a very high motor. High level rebounder and scores about 16 a night.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2435292' first='Judah' last='Schultz'] of Little Falls (fr). A young talent to know, Judah scored nearly ten points a game last season as an All Granite Ridge Conference player. Really good attacking player with a touch and quality handles for his age. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2527128' first='Parker' last='Smith'] of Sartell (sr). A 6'6 frontcourt player that scored 9.3 points a game with 5.6 rebounds a contest, Parker is a good ball screening player that can sit in the post or set the screen and roll to catch and finish. Good passer too. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='3719204' first='Alex' last='Hoppe'] of Willmar (sr). A 6'2 small forward that scored nine points a game with five board a contest earning all league honors. A good defender that gets length to shots, passes, and is regularly in the right spots. Solid three point shooter too, moves off the ball well. </p>
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<p><strong>Top Five Teams</strong></p>
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<li>St. Cloud Tech. Tech has the players on their roster to win at least 20 games. Brakes-Cook-Jiech is a great trio.</li>
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<li>St. Cloud Apollo. A playmaker, a corner shooter, a D2 big and some young talent, the talent is there to have a good year. </li>
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<li>Sartell. The Sabers won the section last season and they had a good summer beating the St. Cloud teams, can they repeat?</li>
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<li>Fergus Falls. If the Otters surprise everybody and play for a section title, remember we mentioned it here first. They have the PG to do it and some veterans ready.</li>
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<li>Willmar. Top scorer is gone to the D2 level, but pretty much everything else returns. </li>
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<p><strong>Top 3 8AAA Players</strong></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2569233' first='De'Anthony' last='Sells'] of St. Cloud Apollo (Sr) </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2575638' first='Izayah' last='Cook'] of St. Cloud Tech (Sr)</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2569247' first='Jiech' last='Jiech'] of St. Cloud Tech (Sr)</p>
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<p><strong>Three Teams That Should Improve Their Record</strong></p>
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<p>St. Cloud Apollo (19-8 last year)</p>
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<p>St. Cloud Tech (14-14 last season)</p>
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<p>Fergus Falls (12-17 last year)</p>
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<p><strong>Three Teams That Might Not Match Last Year's Win Total</strong></p>
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<p>Sartell (22-10 last year)</p>
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<p>Detroit Lakes (13-13 a year ago)</p>
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<p>Willmar (16-11 last year)</p>
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Five New Names to Know
[player_tooltip player_id='3045695' first='Davian' last='Bower'] of Detroit Lakes (jr). The up and comer for the Lakers is a really talented attacking player who handles the lead guard spot. Led the team in assists at about five a game and scored ten points a contest. [player_tooltip player_id='2869569' first='Jacob' last='Jenc'] of Fergus Falls (sr). Jenc is one of the highest scoring big school players that many don't know about. The 6'4 four man works his tail off and has a very high motor. High level rebounder and scores about 16 a night. [player_tooltip player_id='2435292' first='Judah' last='Schultz'] of Little Falls (fr). A young talent to know, Judah scored nearly ten points a game last season as an All Granite Ridge Conference player. Really good attacking player with a touch and quality handles for his…