The 2A Profile

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Will Sleepy Eye-St. Mary's earn another trip to state? If not, who will take their spot? We look at Section 2A today!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2A Power Rankings</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><li>Martin County West</li><li>Mankato Loyola</li><li>Sleepy Eye St. Mary's</li><li>BOLD</li><li>Mt. Lake Area-Comfrey</li><li>Lester Prairie </li><li>New Ulm Cathedral</li><li>Springfield</li><li>Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart</li><li>Mayer Lutheran</li><li>Nicollet</li><li>T/ML/GHEC</li><li>Cedar Mountain</li><li>Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton</li><li>Madelia</li><li>USC</li><li>GFW</li><li>Sleepy Eye</li><li>Alden-Conger</li><li>Cleveland </li></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Section 15</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>First Team</strong></em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962279' first='Zach' last='Anderson'] of Martin County West (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962250' first='Lawson' last='Godfrey'] of Mankato Loyola (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ryan King of BOLD (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1341716' first='Kaleb' last='Wait'] of SESM (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284158' first='Jevan' last='Wilfahrt'] of New Ulm Cathedral (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>Second Team</strong></em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Trever Schauer of Lester Prairie (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2398535' first='Carter' last='Olson'] of Mountain Lake-Comfrey (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284232' first='Will' last='Walter'] of SESM (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Chase Hubin of Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ashton Toll of Mountain Lake-Comfrey (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><strong>Third Team</strong></em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284185' first='Memphis' last='James'] of JWP (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1341717' first='Simon' last='Morgan'] of Mankato Loyola (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mitchel Weber of Martin County West (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Connor Martens of Nicollet (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jakob Fischer of T/ML/GHEC (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The 2A Rundown</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I always sing the praises of Section 2A and this year is no different. Here is a frame of reference. Lester Prairie is a very good team. We feel they have the best player in the Minnesota River and are the team to beat in the Minnesota River. Outside of LP and Mayer Lutheran, that is a Class AA league. And what you see here, the Bulldogs are listed sixth. Not to mention BOLD is a Class A team that plays in mostly a Class AA league, and they will be high in their league but not top three year. And that's not even a slam on Lester Prairie and BOLD! Mankato Loyola, SESM, and Martin County West are just really really good as well, with players that are going to be listed as Class A preseason All State honored guys. It's a wide open section, and it will be a fun section, and as we always say, one of the most talented sections in Class AA basketball. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->