The Race for Mr. Basketball

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Favorite</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1579885' first='Nolan' last='Groves'] of Orono. Going against Hopkins, Nolan stepped up to score 33 points with six rebounds and six assists in an 11 point loss to an undefeated and deeper Hopkins team. He then had 20 points and six assists last night in a blowout win over Mound-Westonka. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Final Five </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1310206' first='Tommy' last='Ahneman'] of CDH. Tommy had 25 points and 15 rebounds in the Raider two score win over Totino-Grace and he shot 11 of 19 in that game. He then had six points on 3 of 8 shooting with eight rebounds in a 25 point win over Roseville. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1572690' first='Chase' last='Thompson'] of Alexandria. The Cards crushed Rocori 96-27 in the lone game Alex played in the past seven days and in that blowout Chase had 25 points on 11 of 15 shooting before sitting down early I would assume. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1574227' first='Chace' last='Watley'] of Totino-Grace. Watley had 28 points making half of his 20 shot attempts in a close game against undefeated CDH and then had 16 in a blowout win over Coon Rapids.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1572689' first='Jalen' last='Wilson'] of Benilde-St. Margaret's. In the one game that BSM plays, he had 14 points in the BSM one score win over Byron this weekend. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>On the Heels</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I'd say that two or three of those final five spots seem quite up in the air now. So who is ready to jump in there? I would say one or two of these guys...</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1574223' first='CJ' last='Armstrong'] of Richfield. The mega bucket getter had 42 points against DeLaSalle and nearly led his team to the road win! Let that sink in again, 42 against DeLaSalle! Throw in 32 points in in a 35 points win over Columbia Heights and it was a great week. If anybody falters above, CJ seems ready!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1437303' first='Brogan' last='Madson'] of Mankato East. The Cougars held teams to 37 points in both games in the past week. Brogan had 19 points in six assists in the blowout win over Owatonna, and then he had 20 points, six rebounds, seven assists and five steals in the blowout win over Delano. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1574212' first='Anthony' last='Smith'] of Hopkins. In the one game Hopkins played the last seven days (they have Waocnia tonight) Smith scored 23 points with three threes on 7 of 13 shooting for the game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1288748' first='Tyler' last='Wagner'] of Champlin Park. You want to talk response..... Wagner scored 40 in a win over fellow top ten team Anoka in a one point win and then had 19 in last night's blowout win over Elk River. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>The Tenth</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Right now I don't know that their is a great candidate to throw in here as the 10th. Let's see who steps up in the next week, the Mr. Basketball committee cuts to ten at one point and it's got to be somebody! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Should it be [player_tooltip player_id='1574226' first='Peyton' last='Podany']? Maybe [player_tooltip player_id='1575328' first='Ezekial' last='Austin']? </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->