The Corn-Belt Preview
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As we finish up with our conference previews, one of the top leagues left to look at is the Corn-Belt Conference! Here is our Corn-Belt article for PHD! Conference Commentary Bridgewater-Emery – The season looks promising for the Huskies…
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Conference Commentary
Bridgewater-Emery – The season looks promising for the Huskies and they are off to a nice 3-1 start. There is a quality mix of senior and sophomore guards/wings plus if Northern State signed football talent Tyler Kjetland Tyler Kjetland 6'5" | PF Bridgewater-Emery | 2021 State SD is around – at 6-foot-5 270 pounds – to play inside they will be even rougher. Kjetland was missed when B-E lost to Viborg-Hurley.
Canistota – The Hawks are in a great place to make a run as they are a veteran team with a pair of all league players and a strong senior class. They’ve had a couple blowouts so far this year but a huge game with B-E is in front of them tonight. The 6th ranked team in the state.
Freeman – The Flyers have played five games already, and in four of those five games they failed to reach the 20 point mark for the game. Four 50 plus point losses already means it’s going to be a rough season.
Hanson – Off to a 4-0 start with four blowouts to their resume, the Beavers are one of the teams just outside our top ten and looking in. This is a Class B team with legit size plus three starters returning from a good team. Expectations are high.
Howard – Opened the season with a nice win over Chester Area and have a 3-0 record defending their ranking of 7th in Class B. The Tigers have four starters back from last season’s team including one of the state’s top senior prospects/players in Sam Asleson. Expectations are high.
Irene-Wakonda – The early season schedule has hit the Eagles hard as they played some tough teams early and went 0-4. It shouldn’t be that surprising as Irene-Wakonda is a young team with no seasons on the roster. With the team breaking in new players patience is needed.
Menno – Winless thus far and having a tough time completing possessions. They are coming off a six win season that also started slow until the Wolves found an offensive groove.
Viborg-Hurley – The second ranked team in the state has high expectations. Football may have taken away Chase Mason – ACL injury – but expectations are still high with all state Gradee Sherman Gradee Sherman 6'5" | PF Viborg-Hurley | 2021 State SD on the team as well as another returning starter and the team’s 6th man from a season ago. Off to a great start including a 36 point win over B-E.
Corn-Belt Predictions
- Viborg-Hurley
- Canistota
- Howard
- Hanson
- Bridgewater-Emery
- Irene-Wakonda
- Menno
- Freeman
Corn-Belt Preseason All Conference
First Team
Sam Aslesen Sam Aslesen 6'7" | SF Howard | 2021 State SD of Howard (12)
Riley Ferry Riley Ferry 6'3" | PF Hanson | 2021 State SD of Hanson (12)
Chase Merrill Chase Merrill 6'3" | SG Canistota | 2021 State SD of Canistota (12)
Gradee Sherman Gradee Sherman 6'5" | PF Viborg-Hurley | 2021 State SD of Viborg-Hurley (12)
Tyce Ortman Tyce Ortman 5'11" | PG Canistota | 2021 State SD of Canistota (12)
Second Team
Hayden Bahmuller of Hanson (12)
Eli Boomgarden Eli Boomgarden 6'5" | PF Viborg-Hurley | 2021 State SD of Viborg-Hurley (12)
Tyler Kjetland Tyler Kjetland 6'5" | PF Bridgewater-Emery | 2021 State SD of Bridgewater-Emery (12)
Grant Mikkelsen Grant Mikkelsen 6'3" | PF Viborg-Hurley | 2021 State SD of Viborg-Hurley (12)
Tisyn Spader Tisyn Spader 6'4" | SF Howard | 2021 State SD of Howard (12)
Third Team
Sutton Arend Sutton Arend 6'3" | CG Bridegewater-Emery | 2023 State SD of Bridgewater-Emery (10)
Camden Dye of Bridgewater-Emery (12)
Ryder Erickson of Howard (10)
Logan Katzer of Canistota (12)
Noah Price of Hanson (11)
Jace Sifore of Howard (11)