The Wright County East Preview

<p>The Wright County East has experienced a lot of change.  What’s not going to change?  Mound-Westonka on top.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <p><strong>Top Ten: </strong>Mound-Westonka</p> <p>I think Mound-Westonka is a top ten caliber team so I am putting them in that category.  This is a hungry group of players that are well coached looking for their run.  They were 12-1 in the league last season and 14-5 overall.  The Whitehawks lost a couple all league guys but return their best player in [player_tooltip player_id="796950" first="Jason" last="Spaeth"] and have other pieces back as well.  </p> <p><strong>Top Ten Potential</strong>:  Hutchinson, Delano, Holy Family</p> <p>Hutch is right behind them although they have to stay healthy to make the push they have been working for.  If so, they might be in the best spot because they have the league’s best senior plus some size and solid athletes.  There is a chance that Hutch surprises many of luck of health moves in their favor.  Delano will be good.  Can they be top ten this year?  They have an outside chance if that young talent keeps meshing with the veterans and bringing the program wins. Remember Holy Family is in Class AA and they played in the 5AA section title game last year.  They have a big time frontcourt, they just need the guard play to be solid.  If the guards do well the sky could be the limit but the backcourt will be quite inexperienced after so many solid players graduated. </p> <p><strong>Compete with Most</strong>: Jordan, Southwest Christian</p> <p>Jordan’s guards will be tough to deal with as they will have one of the best couple backcourt duos in the league ([player_tooltip player_id="958748" first="Ashton" last="Sivilay"] and [player_tooltip player_id="1139537" first="Isaac" last="Young"]).  But can they rebound and can they defend the paint?  That’s what will decide their year.  They will win a their share of games the question is can one of their smaller teams in some time make the game uptempo to their liking. Southwest Christian has been very good in the Minnesota River but now they take a step up in competition.  [player_tooltip player_id="1143876" first="Nick" last="Burke"] is the perfect player to bring them into the league, but do they have enough to be a solid team?  Team will tell. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>21-22 Conference Predictions</strong></p> <ol> <li>Mound-Westonka</li> <li>Hutchinson</li> <li>Delano</li> <li>Holy Family</li> <li>Jordan</li> <li>Southwest Christian</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Preseason All Wright County East Conference</strong></p> <p><strong><u>First Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="850725" first="Samuel" last="Rensch"] of Hutchinson (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="796950" first="Jason" last="Spaeth"] of Mound-Westonka (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962212" first="Boden" last="Kapke"] of Holy Family (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1143876" first="Nick" last="Burke"] of Southwest Christian (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958748" first="Ashton" last="Sivilay"] of Jordan (sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Second Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1284231" first="Will" last="Strandemo"] of Delano (so)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1234301" first="Judah" last="Land"] of Holy Family (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1144091" first="Brayden" last="Johnson"] of Hutchinson (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1139537" first="Isaac" last="Young"] of Jordan (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1223080" first="Jackson" last="Stewart"] of Delano (jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Third Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1144111" first="Jack" last="Eberhart"] of Mound-Westonka (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958782" first="Levi" last="Farniok"] of Delano (sr)</p> <p>Devon Verhassselt of Hutchinson (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1144113" first="Jake" last="Dallman"] of Mound-Westonka (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962225" first="Reese" last="Vanderwilt"] of Mound-Westonka (jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Fourth Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958756" first="Trent" last="Techam"] of Delano (sr)</p> <p>Aaron Elliott of Hutchinson (sr)</p> <p>Braylon Cummings of Holy Family (jr)</p> <p>Michael Kreuger of Delano (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958788" first="Brayden" last="Zimmerman"] of Southwest Christian (sr)</p>