The Northeast Conference Preview

<p>Our team picks, preseason all league picks, and short summaries for the Northeast Conference.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <p><strong>Aberdeen Roncalli - </strong>An interesting combo of only two wins last year, but the best returning player in the NEC</p> <p><strong>Britton-Hecla - </strong>Graduated over 80% of the offense from an 8-14 team. Two starters return though.</p> <p><strong>Clark/Willow Lake - </strong>Lost an all league player but return just about everything else including top junior</p> <p><strong>Deuel - </strong>Won only four games last year but had only one senior.  All starters return, still rebuilding</p> <p><strong>Groton Area - </strong>An 18 win club a year ago that was senior packed, two of top six are back</p> <p><strong>Hamlin - </strong>Four starters graduated from a 10-12 squad.  [player_tooltip player_id="975628" first="Jackson" last="Noem"] will lead</p> <p><strong>Milbank - </strong>Three starters plus all the reserves return from a 14-9 team. Expectations high.</p> <p><strong>Redfield - </strong>Pheasants should be ready for that next step with four starters back including Jaxson Frankenstein </p> <p><strong>Sisseton - </strong>Very similar situation to Redfield with four starters back led by a key name ([player_tooltip player_id="975524" first="Dylan" last="Goodhart"]) from a team just under 10 wins</p> <p><strong>Tiospa-Zina - </strong>League’s best team last year but the top three players have graduated.  There is talent but impact playmakers have to be replaced and it may take a bit of time</p> <p><strong>Webster Area - </strong>A .500 squad returning one of the top league talents (two best players back). </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>NEC Predictions</strong></p> <ol> <li>Millbank</li> <li>Clark/Willow Lake</li> <li>Tiospa-Zina</li> <li>Groton Area</li> <li>Webster Area</li> <li>Redfield</li> <li>Sisseton</li> <li>Hamlin</li> <li>Aberdeen Roncalli</li> <li>Britton-Hecla</li> <li>Deuel</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>NEC Preseason All Conference</strong></p> <p><em>First Team</em></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="975507" first="Gray" last="Imbery"] of Roncalli (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="968153" first="Tyler" last="O’Neil"]l of Clark/Willow Lake (Jr)</p> <p>Kaleb Marx of Webster Area (Sr)</p> <p>Jaxson Frankenstein of Redfield (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="968186" first="Bennett" last="Schwenn"] of Milbank (Jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="975524" first="Dylan" last="Goodhart"] of Sisseton (Sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Second Team</em></p> <p>Jaydon Kellar of Webster Area (Jr)</p> <p>Josiah RedBear of Tiospa-Zina (Jr)</p> <p>Kaden Kurtz of Groton Area (Jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="963770" first="Trey" last="Huber"] of Clark/Willow Lake (Soph)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="975629" first="Will" last="Cummins"] of Milbank (Sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Third Team</em></p> <p>Carter Hartman of Milbank (Sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="975628" first="Jackson" last="Noem"] of Hamlin (Sr)</p> <p>Aiden Fredrickson of Britton-Hecla (Jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="975632" first="Leyton" last="Rohlfs"] of Redfield (Sr)</p> <p>Andrew Kranhold of Sisseton (Sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Fourth Team</em></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="975617" first="Layton" last="Eide"] of Deuel (Sr)</p> <p>Xavier Donnell of Sisseton (Sr)</p> <p>Courage Brown of Tiospa-Zina (Sr)</p> <p>Isaac Suchor of Redfield (Sr)</p> <p>Brian Holmstrom of Roncalli (Sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Fifth Team</em></p> <p>Brady Jordan of Clark/Willow Lake (Soph)</p> <p>Joel James of Britton-Hecla (Sr)</p> <p>Isaac Smith of Groton Area (Sr)</p> <p>Cooper Schiernback of Deuel (Jr)</p> <p>Jacob Pereboom of Webster Area (Jr)</p> <p>Perry Lufkins of Tiospa-Zina (Jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>