3A Section 2: Teams, Prospects, Rankings

<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Mankato East 17-1 (2)</h2>   <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560798' first='Lucas' last='Gustafson'] is a six-foot 2026 guard with excellent shooting range. Gustafson naturally plays well off lead guard like Madson with his knock down shooting ability and good passing. Gustafson has scored more than 10 points 15 times while scoring 16 or more in 10 of those 15.</p>   <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_gkKewblWY&ab_channel=StreetHistoryVideos </div></figure>   <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1886972' first='Amari' last='Nobles'] is a six-foot-five-inch 2026 wing that really showed off this summer with [program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'] that is a serious 3&D player. Good athlete that can shoot it from beyond the arc who can really get after opponents on the perimeter. </p>   <p><a href="https://twitter.com/streethistory/status/1819921938854072321">https://twitter.com/streethistory/status/1819921938854072321</a></p>   <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1437303' first='Brogan' last='Madson'] is a six-foot 2025 do it all guard for East and has been the leader of the team it seems nice his sophomore year. Madson has committed to Sioux Falls to play basketball next year and they are getting a pass with intent guard who can shoot it from the perimeter and attack his man off the dribble. </p>   <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2103251' first='Ganden' last='Gosch'] is a six-foot-five-inch 2025 wing that really does it all for East on the wing. In a recent win he scored 12 points, grabbed 8 rebounds, dished out 5 assists and swiped 3 steals. In two other games Gosch led East in scoring with 23 points along with 9 boards and 6 assists and versus Orono he had 14-5-6 games. Gosch is committed to play basketball at Sioux Falls.</p>   <p>Braden Petzel is a six-foot-nine-inch 2026 center that has one Division 1 football offer from Northern Illinois that recently had a 12 point, 10 rebound game in Mankato East's latest win and versus Orono he grabbed 7 rebounds and blocked 3 shots. </p>   <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Marshall 14-6 (14)</h2>   <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2109878' first='Cooper' last='Mensink'] is a six-foot-two-inch 2025 guard that in January versus Belle Plaine went for 21 points while showing off his ability to hit outside shots as he knocked down 5 3-pointers. Mensink played similarly at the SW Minnesota Fastbreak Tournament with 21 points and 4 3-pointers made. </p>   <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2104550' first='Alex' last='Franson'] is a six-foot 2025 guard who can shoot the ball a bit from the perimeter and is a pretty decent athlete who can throw down off two-feet. Franson plays well off the ball, and shares the ball well</p>    <h2 class="wp-block-heading">St. Peter 11-10 (35)</h2>   <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2815210' first='Parker' last='Maloney'] is a six-foot-six-inch 2026 forward who also plays offensive and defensive line in football. Moves well around the basket, and gets up and down the floor. Has solid leaping ability for his size. Offensively has a post-up game and good feet for his size.</p>    <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2109870' first='Jeremiah' last='Soderlund'] is a 2025 senior left-handed guard that can shoot it from the perimeter. In back-to-back games versus New Ulm and Zimmerman, Soderlund scored 18 points in each contest, and 2 games prior did the same versus Blue Earth Area.</p>   <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2815371' first='Owen' last='Potts'] is a six-foot-two-inch 2027 guard that plays really well off the ball that gets himself aligned well to catch off screens. Potts' shooting motion is smooth and quick and on full display when he hit five 3-pointers versus Waseca a game he had 19 points and added 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.</p>   <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Mankato West 5-14 (44)</h2>   <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1574219' first='Kyle' last='Steinke'] is a six-foot-five-inch 2025 senior forward that has good shooting range and can work out of the mid-post with his smooth footwork. Steinke uses his footwork to his advantage around the basket like in the highlights below versus John Marshall when he had 31 points. Versus Rochester Mayo, Faribault, Owatonna, and Albert Lea he scored 20 plus points while grabbing 5 or 6 rebounds and dishing out a handful of assists.</p>    <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2121387' first='Ryan' last='Hendrickson'] is a six-foot-one-inch 2026 guard that shows solid ability as a spot-up 3-pointer shooter and can add enough points to help West by scoring 14 like he did versus Rochester John Marshall.</p>   <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Hutchinson 6-10 (53)</h2>   <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1436459' first='Nathan' last='Johnson'] is a six-foot-five-inch 2025 wing that has missed time this season with an injury but in his first full game back versus Delano he scored 23 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Johnson is a very active player offensively and defensively moving without the ball and pounding the glass for rebounds and put backs. Solid athlete that uses length and reach to get deflections and block shots.</p>    <p>Brady Larson is a six-foot 2025 guard that has given Hutchinson outside shooting like versus Holy Family when he made four 3-pointers for 18 points and moved the ball to assist 5 times in that same game or like he did versus Delano to notch 7 assists. Larson can have big shooting games like versus Mankato West when he made 7 3-pointers scoring 28 points while grabbing 6 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals and a block.</p>   <h2 class="wp-block-heading">New Ulm 5-14 (54)</h2>   <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2464598' first='Zachary' last='Hubbard'] is a six-foot-three-inch 2026 forward. Hubbard can shoot from the perimeter like he did versus Jordan making three 3-pointers and scoring 27 points. Hubbard is a decent athlete, and solid defender, manages to collect steals often and blocks shots like versus Hutchinson when he had 6 steals and 2 blocks along with 15 points. Hubbard also goes to the hoop strong and can put together full games like versus Belle Plaine when he had 17 points and 12 rebounds. </p>   <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2436653' first='Mitchell' last='Hopp'] is a six-foot-two-inch guard that can shoot from the perimeter a bit, has a good looking dribble pull-up to the elbow area, and is an aggressive dribble driver to the basket.</p>    <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2815445' first='Levi' last='Hopp'] is a 2027 guard who's put up 13 points versus Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial and 16 points versus Tri-City United. Hopp has the ability to shoot from the perimeter, solid ball handler and works on defense.</p>    <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><br>Worthington 3-15 (55)</h2>