The Southeast Preview
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The catalysts of the Southeast last winter were Spring Grove, Randolph, Lyle/Austin Pacelli, and Randolph. The Rockets are in a new league so the Southeast is now 11 teams. Eleven competitive teams. Conference Commentary Potential Top Ten: Spring Grove…
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Continue ReadingThe catalysts of the Southeast last winter were Spring Grove, Randolph, Lyle/Austin Pacelli, and Randolph. The Rockets are in a new league so the Southeast is now 11 teams. Eleven competitive teams.
Conference Commentary
Potential Top Ten: Spring Grove
The Lions went 13-4 last season with only one senior on the team. With three really good starters returning and a ton of experience back from a winning team, Spring Grove is the favorite to win the league. If things mesh well they could once again find themselves in the top ten of Class A.
Compete with Most: Kingsland, Lanesboro, Leroy-Ostrander, Lyle/Austin-Pacelli, Mabel-Canton, Schaeffer Academy, Southland
Kingsland will improve this season. They played some young talent last year so they should at least double on last season’s four wins. With three starters back including their best player, Lanesboro could go from a team that won 40 percent of their games to a team that wins 60 percent of their games (that’s about 16-11 or 17-11 for all of you math majors). Leroy-Ostrander has four starters back from a near .500 team so the Cardinals will also step up and be one of the better teams in the section. Lyle/Austin-Pacelli lost four starters and key reserves. They will mostly be a new team, but they have the league’s best player in Buay Koak Buay Koak 6'4" | SG Lyle-Pacelli | 2023 State MN and that itself is worth a team being a contender. Mabel-Canton won five games and have three starters returning from their team. They will be better. Schaeffer Academy will have a lot of seniors but they lost their best player. Southland was one of the elite teams in the league and while they lost their best player, they still have three guys that started returning as well as two league honored players back from an 18-3 team.
Rebuilding: Glenville-Emmons, Grand Meadow, Houston
The Wolverines went winless last year and that’s when they played games. They only took part in eight contests last season. So yes they are starting over. Grand Meadow lost four starters and reserves from a 10-7 team. They will compete but there are a lot of spots that need to be replaced/rebuilt. Houston lost all 18 games a season ago. The only way is up!
21-22 Conference Predictions
East
- Spring Grove
- Lanesboro
- Mabel-Canton
- Schaeffer Academy
- Houston
West
- Southland
- Lyle/Austin Pacelli
- Leroy-Ostrander
- Kingsland
- Grand Meadow
- Glenville-Emmons
Power Rankings
- Spring Grove
- Southland
- Lanesboro
- Lyle/Austin Pacelli
- Leroy-Ostrander
- Kingsland
- Mabel-Canton
- Schaeffer Academy
- Grand Meadow
- Glenville-Emmons
- Houston
Preseason All Southeast Conference
First Team
Buay Koak Buay Koak 6'4" | SG Lyle-Pacelli | 2023 State MN of Lyle/Austin Pacelli (jr)
Eli Wolff of Southland (sr)
John Prestemon John Prestemon 6'0" | PG Lanseboro | 2023 MN of Lanesboro (jr)
Tanner Olson Tanner Olson 6'2" | SF LeRoy-Ostrander | 2022 State MN of Leroy-Ostrander (sr)
Carson Gerard of Spring Grove (sr)
Second Team
Cayden Tollefsrud Cayden Tollefsrud 5'9" | PG Mabel-Canton | 2024 State MN of Mabel-Canton (so)
Taylor Glynn of Grand Meadow (sr)
Walker Erdman Walker Erdman 6'2" | SG Kingsland | 2022 MN of Kingsland (sr)
Harrison Hanna of Southland (sr)
Tysen Grinde Tysen Grinde 6'3" | SG Spring Grove | 2023 State MN of Spring Grove (sr)
Third Team
Elijah Solum Elijah Solum 6'2" | SG Spring Grove | 2024 State MN of Spring Grove (so)
Levi Royston of Leroy-Ostrander (sr)
Aidan Kluth of Schaeffer Academy (sr)
Mason Howard Mason Howard 5'11" | PG Lanesboro | 2024 MN of Lanesboro (so)
Jayden Brink Jayden Brink 6'0" | SG Kingsland | 2024 State MN of Kingsland (so)
Fourth Team
Caleb Griffin of Spring Grove (jr)
Jaymeson Tollefsrud of Mabel-Canton (sr)
Brendan Kennedy of Southland (sr)
JT Rein of Lanesboro (sr)
Jake Truckenmiller of Lyle/Austin Pacelli (jr)