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5 Up Triton. The Cobras have long been working towards some area wins over the quality programs. A nice start to the season is defeating Blooming Prairie which they did 67-62 (they won their opener over Schaeffer Academy as well). …
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Triton. The Cobras have long been working towards some area wins over the quality programs. A nice start to the season is defeating Blooming Prairie which they did 67-62 (they won their opener over Schaeffer Academy as well). BP had beaten Kenyon-Wanamingo a day earlier. Isaiah Wannarka (pictured) had 29 for the Cobras over BP, while Blossom Anthony Nelson scored 43 of his team’s 62 in the loss.
Orono. With so many new faces around him Sam Sustacek guided the Spartans to an impressive 64-51 win over second ranked Marshall. The Tigers have some firepower but Orono stopped them from lighting the fuse. The Orono defense held Sueker and Magrath to a combined seven points. Jack Anderson and Thomas Lacy each hit four treys while Sustacek recorded 12 points and 6 rebounds plus limited Magrath.
Redwood Valley. Think of the guys that Redwood has lost over recent times (Mike Felt, Michael Bussack, Sam Pendleton) but they just keep on going. Scored 80 to beat a good NRHEG team this weekend. James Pendleton led the Cards with 20 points as they shot 64 percent as a team. Oakley Baker scored 27 in a losing effort.
North St. Paul. Will the Polars be for real this year? They are expected to be much better and a 16 point win over Chisago Lakes makes a first weekend statement. Jake Weber and Goodnews Kpegeol each had 18 for the Polars while Adreon Wadlington added 14.
Lakeville South. Heard a lot about New Prague basketball lately with a new coach and Lucas Walford the standout but South, with a new coach and not having Jack Sorenson, went in and took care of business 79-46. Cade Carlson led with 17 while Shae Mitchell had 11. The Cougar bigs (Cuddigan, Swanhorst, Martin, Mitchell) combined to limit Lucas Walford to seven points
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Marshall. There are a lot of people to replace but the talent replacing them is very good. Tough first game though as the Spartans held Marshall to just 51 points. Orono knocked out nine treys and had four guys in double figures while Marshall had just one.
Virginia. Virginia has long been a 20 win team and now they may have their best prospect ever in Ethan Youso but the Proctor Rails led by John Pioro and Bryden Urie put everybody on notice with an 11 point win on the road. Youso had 13/10 but the balance of the Rails was too much.
St. Paul Washington. There was talk of returning talent and improved play from them after a 4-win season in the league and wham, a 36 point loss to a St. Anthony Village squad that few know much about. Nick Knutson scored 23 for the winning team who scored the same number in the first half (47) as Washington did for the game (83-47 final score).
Chisholm. Never thought I would see the day that a Chisholm team was smashed 73-42 on opening day by a team I’ve barely heard of (North Woods which is a recent collaboration).
Heritage Christian. I kept getting told how good Heritage Christian was on Twitter and how we are overlooking them etc and then in game one they lost by two scores to a Breck team that is replacing a ton and has yet another head coach (Breck still has some talent BTW). TC Hoops Czar was there and reported 27 points from freshman David Roddy and 18 from Justin Bergeson for the winners offsetting the 25 from CJ Woda.