First Look: 1AAAA
Section 1AAAA Teams Farmington. Different looking team but we like Sam Wilson. Lakeville North. More senior veterans plus Reuvers. Tough to beat. Lakeville South. Rookie head coach leading a talented team in key year. New Prague. Lucas Walford and Bryce…
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Teams
Farmington. Different looking team but we like Sam Wilson.
Lakeville North. More senior veterans plus Reuvers. Tough to beat.
Lakeville South. Rookie head coach leading a talented team in key year.
New Prague. Lucas Walford and Bryce Tesdahl step up to AAAA.
Owatonna. Is this the year when the Huskies are healthy, back to normal?
Rochester Century. Rebuilding years.
Rochester JM. The Hurt brothers and a couple other talents want state.
Rochester Mayo. Working for the five seed, Mayo has some solid players.
Ten Thoughts
- I feel JM should be ranked higher and will be, but I feel they have to beat JM first before I can predict them as section winner
- Lakeville North, people don't appreciate the senior class that they have. It's going to be tough to stop them from getting to state once again.
- JM has the top stars of the section in Matthew and Michael Hurt. North has a couple too in Carter Brooks and Nathan Reuvers. JM has a better supporting cast than people know, but North is deeper.
- Lakeville South. They have a rookie head coach who will be under the microscope because they have quality role playing seniors (Blake Wacholz, Kyle Martin, Jake Swanhort, and Jake Cuddigan) plus junior star Jack Sorenson, sophomore star Shae Mitchell, and shooter Cade Carlson. They are expected to have a big year.
- I'm indifferent on New Prague. They came out of nowhere last year, Lucas Walford is so good I think he could play low major D1, and Bryce Tesdahl is going to be a damn good coach. That said, this is a big jump. They will be the 3 or 4 seed and win many Big Nine games. But contend for state?
- Owatonna. They were a consistent juggernaut but things have changed. They've also been hurt by injuries. The balance of Big Nine power shifted to Austin and then to JM. The wonder is when will things turn for the Huskies.
- Farmington has an incredible facility. It's in an area that really grew. I'm a big Sam Wilson fan. I do feel though like they are a bit unlucky in timing over the recent years. Injury wise especially but also talent wise as they've seemed close but just not quite enough.
- Those South vs North games will be back to super rivalry, must see status. Can't wait to get down there to watch Mitchell vs Brooks, Reuvers vs Cougar bruisers, Sorenson vs North workers, etc
- Will JM lose a game in the Big Nine? They play 22 games. Barring something wild happening, they are a lock for 20 conference wins. 21 seems a certain, I would bet on a perfect run but you never know. Some of those long Big Nine bus rides in negative weather in late January can get annoying.
- Michael Restovich of Mayo dunked on me so hard in 1996, good grief, I'm still scared. We beat them (damn right) but that play still haunts my life.
Section Team
PG: Jack Sorenson, Lakeville South
SG: Carter Brooks, Lakeville North
SF: Michael Hurt, Rochester JM
PF: Matthew Hurt, Rochester JM
C: Nathan Reuvers, Lakeville North
6th Man: Lucas Walford, New Prague
7th Man: Shae Mitchell, Lakeville South
Bench Tough Guy: Cal Pesola, Lakeville North
Bench Defender: Blake Wacholz, Lakeville South
Crowd Favorite: David Linstrand, Lakeville North