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Another consistently tough league in Minnesota? The Suburban East, also known as the SEC. Today’s featured league. Conference Commentary Top Ten in State – East Ridge The SEC has four of the top 15 teams in the state but…
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Conference Commentary
Top Ten in State – East Ridge
The SEC has four of the top 15 teams in the state but the one team that I really feel confident in when it comes to talent, depth, size, and experience, is East Ridge. With three starters back, a young star in the making in the sophomore class, and some college prospect senior bigs coming up from the JV, East Ridge is the favorite.
Potential Top Ten in State – Cretin-Derham Hall, Woodbury, Mounds View
There are very few players that I would trust to take a team that’s almost entirely inexperienced, and keep them at or near the top of the hill in a tough league, but Tre Holloman Tre Holloman 6'2" | PG Cretin-Derham Hall | 2022 State #57 Nation MN is one of those guys. Tre is that good as a leader and a competitor so I fully expect CDH to be pretty good. Woodbury and Mounds View will be right on the heels of the Raptors and Raiders though. What Woodbury and Mounds View have back is enough to make an SEC title run. Both are experienced after a 20-win level previous year and both will be that caliber of team again this season.
Compete with Most – Park of Cottage Grove, White Bear Lake, Stillwater, Forest Lake
Forest Lake and Stillwater are teams I think will take the step from winning about a third of their games to winning at least half of their games. Stillwater had six of their top guys back while Forest Lake has two excellent returning talents leading the way in Boysen and Bartlett. White Bear Lake has a young star (Janicki) and a senior (Raheem) that is a true under the radar talent. Park of Cottage Grove won four games last year so how is that not rebuilding? It may still be but the Lane & Payne Show is going to give people fits (Bearth is good too).
Rebuilding – Irondale, Roseville
Irondale had a very good year in 2019-20 winning 17 games but they lost almost their entire rotation which includes their top eight guys from last season (lost them to graduation). Roseville lost four of their top five scorers to graduation so they also have a lot of change going on from a five win team.
20-21 Suburban East Conference Predictions
- East Ridge
- Cretin-Derham Hall
- Mounds View
- Woodbury
- White Bear Lake
- Forest Lake
- Stillwater
- Park of Cottage Grove
- Roseville Area
- Irondale
Preseason All Suburban East Conference
First Team
Drew Adams Drew Adams 6'8" | PF Eastridge | 2021 State MN of East Ridge (Sr)
Kendall Blue Kendall Blue 6'6" | SG East Ridge | 2022 State #242 Nation MN of East Ridge (Jr)
Bradley Cimperman Bradley Cimperman 6'5" | SG Woodbury | 2021 State MN of Woodbury (Sr)
Tre Holloman Tre Holloman 6'2" | PG Cretin-Derham Hall | 2022 State #57 Nation MN of Cretin-Derham Hall (Jr)
Jack Janicki Jack Janicki 6'4" | SG White Bear Lake | 2023 State #277 Nation MN of White Bear Lake (Soph)
Second Team
Evan Kim Evan Kim 6'4" | SG Mounds View | 2021 State MN of Mounds View (Sr)
Alex Mattes Alex Mattes 6'3" | SG East Ridge | 2023 State MN of East Ridge (Soph)
Pharrel Payne Pharrel Payne 6'9" | C Park Of Cottage Grove | 2022 State #84 Nation MN of Park (Jr)
Max Shikenjanski Max Shikenjanski 6'2" | PG Stillwater | 2023 State #288 Nation MN of Stillwater (Soph)
Dylan Wheeler Dylan Wheeler 6'3" | SG Mounds View | 2022 State MN of Mounds View (Jr)
Third Team
Nick Bartlett Nick Bartlett 6'0" | PG Forest Lake | 2022 State MN of Forest Lake (Jr)
Jordan Boysen Jordan Boysen 6'6" | PF Forest Lake | 2021 State MN of Forest Lake (Sr)
Kayne Raheem of White Bear Lake (Sr)
Blake Rohrer Blake Rohrer 6'2" | SG Woodbury | 2022 State MN of Woodbury (Jr)
Jack Tauer Jack Tauer 6'2" | SG Cretin-Derham Hall | 2021 State MN of Cretin-Derham Hall (Sr)
Fourth Team
Evan Bearth Evan Bearth 6'4" | SF Park of Cottage Grove | 2022 State MN of Park (Jr)
Ben North Ben North 6'0" | PG East Ridge | 2021 State MN of East Ridge (Sr)
Jayden Pane of Park (Sr)
Sam Shikenjanski Sam Shikenjanski 6'8" | C Stillwater | 2021 State MN of Stillwater (Sr)
Cole Sorensen Cole Sorensen 6'0" | PG Mounds View | 2021 State MN of Mounds View (Sr)
Fifth Team
Elijah Burns Elijah Burns 6'6" | PF Roseville | 2021 State MN of Roseville (Sr)
Devin Padelford Devin Padelford 5'10" | PG Woodbury | 2021 State MN of Woodbury (Sr)
Carter Thiesfeld of Forest Lake (Sr)
Zac Thomas Zac Thomas 6'7" | PF East Ridge | 2021 State MN of East Ridge (Sr)
Donald West Donald West 6'3" | SF Woodbury | 2021 State MN of Woodbury (Sr)
Sixth Team
Luke Budzyn Luke Budzyn 6'7" | PF East Ridge | 2021 State MN of East Ridge (Sr)
Al Fleming of Cretin-Derham Hall (Sr)
Will Forsythe Will Forsythe 6'6" | PF White Bear Lake | 2021 MN of White Bear Lake (Sr)
DeWayne Givens DeWayne Givens 6'1" | PG St. Paul Johnson | 2023 State MN of Cretin-Derham Hall (Soph)
Mac Lockner Mac Lockner 6'3" | SG Woodbury | 2021 State MN of Woodbury (Sr)
Roderick Payne Roderick Payne 6'7" | C East Ridge | 2021 State MN of East Ridge (Sr)