2019-2020 Season Preview: Boys Class A

Section 1—It should be Hayfield vs. Rushford-Peterson for the section title. The Vikings were 24-5 last year and return 3 starters led by 6-8 senior Luke Dudycha. The 3-time state champion Trojans look for their 1^st state title since the retirement of legend Tom Vix. Junior guard Luke O’Hare leads the way.

Section 2 is ridiculous. Ryan James and the Breakdown Guidebook have BOLD, Mayer Lutheran, Springfield and New Ulm Cathedral #2 through #5 in the state. I agree with BOLD as the favorite here, with Jordan Sagedahl, Gavin Vosika and Drew Sagedahl scoring 51 points among them last year. I kinda like defending section champ Springfield as their top challenger with Decker Scheffler back for his senior season.

Section 3—Minneota (24-3 last year) looks to be poised for what I believe would be their 1^st state tournament trip ever. 

Section 4—CHOF is favored to repeat but there’s probably a half dozen teams that think they can challenge, and can. Heritage was just 9-19 last year but could surprise.

Section 5 is pretty wide open with Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, Cromwell-Wright, Nevis and Pine River-Backus all returning a 15+ ppg scorer and more. Nevis has the best depth though not quite as much experience as the others. Still, I’ll take the Tigers.

Section 6—Henning won it all last year and returns Isaac Fisher, Parker Fraki and Blake Wallevand. Still, Parkers Prairie (24-5 last year) could challenge.

Section 7—3-time defending champ and 2-time state runnerup North Woods loses the great Cade Goggleye but returns 3 starters, but so do Deer River and Nash-Kee. Still, I’ll take North Woods.

Section 8—Ada returns 6-8 Mason Miller from last year’s state tournament entry but loses 3 starters. So Cass Lake-Bena will challenge again.

State Tournament Matchups

#1 seed BOLD vs. CHOF

#4 seed Ada vs. #5 seed Hayfield

#2 seed Henning vs. Nevis

#3 seed Minneota vs. North Woods

Class A All-State

Caleb Holien, Hope Academy, 6-5, senior, 25 ppg

Jarell Jacobs, Cass Lake-Bena, 6-2, senior, 30 ppg

Mason Miller, Ada-Borup, 6-8, senior

Micah Pocrnich, Cromwell-Wright, 6-2, senior, 19 ppg

Decker Scheffler, Springfield, 6-3, senior, 22 ppg

2^nd Team

Ashton Dingmann, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, 6-4, sophomore, 17 ppg

Colt Landers, Grand Meadow, 6-4, junior, 20 ppg

Broden Lien, Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal, 6-6, junior, 17 ppg

Jordan Sagedahl, BOLD, 6-1, senior, 19 ppg

Asher Zubich, Mountain Iron-Buhl, 6-0, freshman, 23 ppg