The 8AAA Profile
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The last section to talk about in Class AAA is 8AAA, a wide open group with Alexandria entering the season as the favorite. Power rankings, The Section 15, and a few words to get you ready for the season. 8AAA…
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Continue ReadingThe last section to talk about in Class AAA is 8AAA, a wide open group with Alexandria entering the season as the favorite. Power rankings, The Section 15, and a few words to get you ready for the season.
8AAA Power Rankings
- Alexandria
- Sartell-St Stephen
- St Cloud Apollo
- Bemidji
- Little Falls
- St Cloud Tech
- Sauk Rapids-Rice
- Detroit Lakes
The Section 15
First Team
Thomas Diew Thomas Diew 6'7" | C St. Cloud Apollo | 2022 State MN of St. Cloud Apollo (Jr)
Gustav Gunderson Gustav Gunderson 6'0" | PG Sartell | 2021 State MN of Sartell-St. Stephen (Sr)
Erik Hedstrom Erik Hedstrom 6'5" | SF Alexandria | 2022 State MN of Alexandria (Jr)
Kris Hoskins of Alexandria (Jr)
Colton Roderick Colton Roderick 6'5" | SF Alexandria | 2021 State MN of Alexandria (Sr)
Second Team
Luke Kush Luke Kush 6'5" | SF Little Falls | 2021 State MN of Little Falls (Sr)
Mason Lund Mason Lund 6'6" | SF Sartell | 2022 State MN of Sartell-St. Stephen (Jr)
Gavin Luksik Gavin Luksik 6'4" | SF Bemidji | 2022 State MN of Bemidji (Jr)
Ethan Opsahl Ethan Opsahl 6'4" | PF Sauk Rapids-Rice | 2021 State MN of Sauk Rapids-Rice (Sr)
Devyn Yeager Devyn Yeager 6'7" | PF St. Cloud Tech | 2022 State MN of St. Cloud Tech (Jr)
Third Team
Nate Cihak of Detroit Lakes (Jr)
Zach Gwost of Little Falls (Jr)
Blake Hartwig of Sartell-St. Stephen (Sr)
Brayden Lenzmeier Brayden Lenzmeier 6'8" | PF Sartell | 2021 State MN of Sartell-St. Stephen (Sr)
KyTavion Norwood KyTavion Norwood 5'11" | PG St. Cloud Tech | 2021 State MN of St. Cloud Tech (Sr)
Final Thoughts
8AAA has two teams bringing back most of their roster from good/solid teams. Alexandria won 20 games last season and have three of the best four players in this section. Sartell-St. Stephen was a 16-game winner a year ago and they return about half their rotation and have a good mix of skill, experience, size, and toughness. Little Falls should take a step forward with what they have back and the mess that is St. Cloud Tech should start to be cleaned up by new coach Christian Pekarek. It can’t get any worse than last season’s three wins. The other squads in this group replace most of their rotation.