The Northwest Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It's not a big league but it's a league that was won by Thief River Falls last year and it's a league with some players that we would love to talk about today at Prep Hoops!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Contenders</strong>: Thief River Falls, East Grand Forks</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>TRF last four starters and all four were all league honored, and two of them have moved on to college basketball. That's a lot of spots to fill but the holdover - [player_tooltip player_id='1617727' first='Caleb' last='Rosendahl'] - was the point guard last year and he's committed to Jamestown. With your all league PG returning you are always in a good spot. East Grand Forks is in a better spot to win the league and make the 8AA push. They won 14 games last year but more importantly return three all conference players and return four of their top six players. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Compete with Most</strong>: Crookston, Warroad</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Crookston lost two starters but return 65 percent of their scoring including big man Hunter Nicholas. Warroad had a rougher season than we come to expect from them but that should change as some of the young players that took lumps are ready to come back and avenge the previous beatdowns. Warroad has a really good junior class. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>23-24 Northwest Conference Predictions</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>East Grand Forks</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Thief River Falls</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Warroad</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Crookston</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Preseason All Northwest Conference</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>First Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1617727' first='Caleb' last='Rosendahl'] of Thief River Falls (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Clyde Anderson of East Grand Forks (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hunter Nicholas of Crookston (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2420092' first='Austin' last='Rusling'] of East Grand Forks (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kason Pietruszewski of Warroad (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Second Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Liam Grove of Warroad (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Drew Carpenter of East Grand Forks (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2420045' first='Carson' last='McDonald'] of East Grand Forks (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Isaac Thomforde of Crookstron (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Nathan Nelson of Thief River Falls (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->