First Look: 7AAA
Teams Chisago Lakes. A very balanced team brings back many pieces. Cloquet. Graduated a lot but they often recover well. Duluth Denfeld. Had some under the radar talent that graduated. Grand Rapids. Look like they are ready to reclaim their…
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Chisago Lakes. A very balanced team brings back many pieces.
Cloquet. Graduated a lot but they often recover well.
Duluth Denfeld. Had some under the radar talent that graduated.
Grand Rapids. Look like they are ready to reclaim their territory some.
Hermantown. The favorite again. Thomas Madison is back with others.
North Branch. Top players graduated after a tough season.
Princeton. Brady Peterson is really good and they played a lot this spring.
Hibbing. Graduated the top guys after a nine win season.
Thoughts
- Grand Rapids faced some tough times after Alex Illikainen left and when he was their hurt. The Thunderhawks look a year ago but they got some nice young players once again.
- Hermantown lost Kole Z but Thomas Madison is good and there are good players coming back. They are the pick to grab the W in this section.
- I've written off Cloquet a few times now and they still come back and have really nice seasons. They graduated a lot of good players but can you really expect them to slip? It's been expected and doesn't happen.
- Hibbing is a known name. They had some good players a year ago but won nine games and graduated the top talent. It's one of those programs that you hope to see do well because it's so connected to the history books.
- North Branch is another team you would like to see improve but for different reasons. They have had some hard times and the people their deserve some success.
- Talk about a balanced team, that was Chisago Lakes last year. They had six guys average between nine and ten a game. That is balance.
- The top dog is bruiser Dylan Wood who will battle you, bruise you, score on you, move you off the block, and never change expression. One of the best tough guys in Minnesota.
- Denfeld had some good players last year that I'm sure found a place in college basketball. Jamarr Harkins may have been the best player people in Minnesota didn't know.
- Denfeld lost most of their players though. Most of their top guys from a .500 team were seniors.
- Nice to see Princeton taking their team and putting them in Grassroots events to improve playing against better competition. I expect them to be better. Brady Peterson is really good.
Section Team
Christian Comstock, Hermantown
Carter Duncan, Chisago Lakes
Ethan Hickox, Chisago Lakes
Brandon Hill, Cloquet
Thomas Madison, Hermantown
Corey Nelson, Hibbing
Brady Peterson, Princeton
Brock Schrom, Grand Rapids
Jake Skelly, Grand Rapids
Nate Soumis, Hermantown
Dylan Wood, Chisago Lakes