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<p>A year ago South Ridge won the league by two games and now the Polar Conference (Small) has added another team to the league. We preview the league today. </p>
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<p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p>
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<p>League Title Contenders: South Ridge, McGregor</p>
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<p>South Ridge only had two senior rotation guys lost, they have their top player back, they lost close games with the best in the league, and their top guy is getting better. This is the perfect scenario for a team to not only win the league again but maybe make a 7A push with Cherry going through so many changes. </p>
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<p>McGregor will be right there with South Ridge though likely to the end. McGregor returns their big number big and a couple other starters from a team that won 17 games last year. McGregor lost games by 16, and by 13 to South Ridge last year. </p>
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<p>Compete with Most: Cook County, Cromwell-Wright, Floodwood</p>
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<p>Cook County lost their top two scorers from a 17-win team but the rest of the team returns. And this is a 9-1 football team this year that has good athletes stepping over to the hoops team. Cromwell-Wright will compete but they must replace five of their top eight guys although two starters return. They will be competitive but maybe not at a title level. Floodwood has five of the top seven back from a team that won five games last years. </p>
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<p>Rebuilding: Stella Marias Academy</p>
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<p>Stella Marias Academy enters the league this year after going 1-23 last year overall. It's a step up, it's a step into a league, and its a team that is building up/ </p>
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<p><strong>26-27 Conference Predictions</strong></p>
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<p><em>Polar (Small) Conference Power Rankings</em></p>
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<p>(1) South Ridge</p>
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<p>(2) McGregor</p>
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<p>(3) Cook County</p>
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<p>(4) Cromwell-Wright</p>
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<p>(5) Floodwood </p>
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<p>(6) Stella Marias Academy</p>
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<p><strong>Preseason All Polar (Small)</strong></p>
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<p><em>First Team</em></p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2985466' first='Gavin' last='Willeck'] of South Ridge (sr)</p>
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<p>Drew Nyberg of Cromwell-Wright (sr)</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2813905' first='Cooper' last='Geyen'] of McGregor (sr)</p>
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<p>Finn Stroschien of South Ridge (jr)</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2978857' first='MaCoy' last='Fairbanks'] of Cook County (sr)</p>
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<p><em>Second Team</em></p>
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<p>Ryden Olesiak of Cromwell-Wright (soph)</p>
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<p>Austin Olson of South Ridge (sr)</p>
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<p>Grant Oberg of Cook County (sr)</p>
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<p>Jax Henderson of McGregor (jr)</p>
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<p>Wyatt Swan of South Ridge (sr)</p>
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<p><em>Third Team</em></p>
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<p>Luke Price of South Ridge (sr)</p>
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<p>Hudson Thompson of Floodwood (jr)</p>
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<p>Sidney Litterst of Cook County (sr)</p>
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<p>Chance Jacobsen of Cook County (jr)</p>
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<p>Blake Olson of South Ridge (sr)</p>
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<p><em>Fourth Team</em></p>
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<p>Donovan Barden of McGregor (jr)</p>
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<p>Mason Kiminski of Floodwood (fr)</p>
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<p>Brenden Gronner of Cromwell-Wright (jr)</p>
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<p>Isaac Coon of South Ridge (sr)</p>
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<p>Austin Terry of Floodwood (jr)</p>
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A year ago South Ridge won the league by two games and now the Polar Conference (Small) has added another team to the league. We preview the league today.
Conference Commentary League Title Contenders: South Ridge, McGregor South Ridge only had two senior rotation guys lost, they have their top player back, they lost close games with the best in the league, and their top guy is getting better. This is the perfect scenario for a team to not only win the league again but maybe make a 7A push with Cherry going through so many changes. McGregor will be right there with South Ridge though likely to the end. McGregor returns their big number big and a couple other starters from a team that won 17 games last year. McGregor lost games by 16, and by 13 to South Ridge last year. Compete with Most: Cook County, Cromwell-Wright, Floodwood Cook County lost their top two scorers from a…
