The 8AAA Profile

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Alexandria is the conference/section favorite and a top five Class AAA team. Who could step forward and grab the section title from them? Here are the candidates!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>8AAA Power Rankings</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Alexandria</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>St. Cloud Tech</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Detroit Lakes</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Rocori</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Little Falls</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Fergus Falls</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Willmar</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>St. Cloud Apollo</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></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>Mason Carrier of Detroit Lakes (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284214' first='Tameron' last='Ferguson'] of St Cloud Tech (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284138' first='Grayson' last='Grove'] of Alexandria (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1572690' first='Chase' last='Thompson'] of Alexandria (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1574216' first='Azayah' last='Washington'] of St. Cloud Apollo (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>[player_tooltip player_id='2175459' first='Jack' last='Boos'] of Rocori (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Brayln Steffensmeier of Alexandria (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Brandton Marsh of Detroit Lakes (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Henry Bethal of Fergus Falls (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1293963' first='Mekhi' last='Edwards'] of St. Cloud Tech (sr)</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='1579924' first='Grant' last='Tylutki'] of Rocori (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2025472' first='Warsame' last='Mahat'] of St. Cloud Tech (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2118449' first='Mason' last='Witt'] of Alexandria (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1617753' first='Jaxon' last='Janski'] of Little Falls (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1450112' first='Dawson' last='Roderick'] of Alexandria (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1617737' first='Devon' last='Berg'] of Detroit Lakes (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Section 8AAA Rundown</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The more we have looked into it the more we think there might be a little bit of overlooking when it comes to Detroit Lakes. No I do not believe they will over take Alexandria BUT we are talking about a 17 win team that returns their best three players. In addition, Rocori has a nice group back as well this season so they might be better than people expect. And while [player_tooltip player_id='1284214' first='Tameron' last='Ferguson'] is a special player, also keep in mind the talent that Edwards has plus Mahat is solid as well and the Tigers have some shooting. This could be a better top four in 8AAA than we first realized. And with all of that said, Alex has a chance to play for a state title this year. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->