The North Star Conference Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Top Ten in State Potential: Red Lake County, Northern Freeze</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Red Lake County has two key players back and some up and comers, but they have to replace five guys. They should still be good but can they be really good? Northern Freeze won 17 games last season and they return all their top guys, and they are the type of team I could see making a big jump. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Top Contenders: Badger/Greenbush-Middle River, Sacred Heart </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>BGMR went young recently and last year was their second year of experience and they won ten games. They are working to take the next step. Sacred Heart is in a similar spot to RLC in that they have been a good program in recent years and good players are back, but they lost most of the rotation. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Compete with Most: Kittson County Central, Roseau, Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke, Stephen-Argyle </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>KCC has their best payer back from a 13-win team but do they have the depth back to be a contender? Or will KCC simply be a solid team that competes? GGG is similar to KCC, the top player is back from a team in the middle, and they should compete but can they make the league contending jump? </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Stephen-Argyle was a very good team that won 24 games by they lost four of their starters so there are questions. Roseau has [player_tooltip player_id='2126146' first='Jordan' last='Borowicz'] who took 708 shots last year so a lot goes through him and he is tough to play against at 36ppg, but can they win more than one game in the league?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rebuilding: Clearbrook-Gonvick, WAO</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Clearbrook-Gonvick is pry in the next phase of a rebuild as their full rotation is back from a two win team. WAO won 12 games last season but only one key player returns.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>26-27 Conference Predictions</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>North Star Power Rankings</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) Red Lake County</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) Northern Freeze</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) Sacred Heart</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(4) Badger/Greenbush-Middle River</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(5) Kittson County Central </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(6) Stephen-Argyle Roseau </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(7) Roseau </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(8) Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(9) Clearbrook-Gonvick</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(10) WAO</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Preseason All North Star</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>First Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2841075' first='Ben' last='Gullingsrud'] of Red Lake County (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2829793' first='Avynn' last='Ryba'] of Northern Freeze (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Alex Bray of Northern Freeze (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126146' first='Jordan' last='Borowicz'] of Roseau (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2848274' first='Kellen' last='Johnson'] of Kittson County Central (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Second Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Grant Engen of Clearbrook-Gonvick (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='3036330' first='Adrian' last='Nelson'] of Badger/Greenbush-Middle River (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Caleb Ihry of Sacred Heart (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='3068486' first='Shay' last='Jacobson'] of Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Eli Peterson of Kittson County Central (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Third Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Noah Broten of Roseau (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Will Foss of Badger/Greenbush-Middle River (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ryan Gerlofs of Clearbrook-Gonvick (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Owen Widner of Stephen-Argyle (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2427862' first='Nathan' last='Kaiser'] of Sacred Heart (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Fourth Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Thor Thompson of Red Lake County (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Nick Satterlund of Sacred Heart (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='3867318' first='Brekken' last='Bring'] of Northern Freeze (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sidney Carlson of WAO (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Fifth Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Chase Lorenson of Badger/Greenbush-Middle River (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='3867318' first='Brekken' last='Bring'] of Northern Freeze (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dylan Lundeen of Red Lake County (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jacob Ortiz of Sacred Heart (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->