Anyone reading this post already knows who made the official all-tournament teams. This is not that. This is the real best players in the tournament. Some of you of course know that I've been whining for years and years about the MSHSL all-tournament teams. Not only do they occasionally honor the wrong players. No. Given their weird formula for picking the honorees, they never honor the top 10 players. Now, I wouldn't mind so much if it were an honest enterprise. If they went ahead and admitted that their formula was that 3 of the top 10 players HAD TO BE on the champion, and 3 of the top 10 HAD TO BE on the runner-up, and every all-tournament player HAD TO BE on a team that won at least one game, and every all-tournament player HAD TO PLAY in a game where the all-tournament committee happened to have a member or two in attendance, and every all-tournament player HAD TO be willing to be in attendance Saturday night to accept their trophy.
If all of that were made clear, then fine. Pick who you like. Pick players who play by those rules. But that's not the case. The conceit remains. These are the 10 best players in each of the 4 classes. Well, they're not. They are the 10 players who meet the criteria listed above. And that's the truth.
And so I keep on posting my all-tournament teams which are meant to honor the 10 best players in each class. Period. Now, that's not to say you might not disagree with my choices. But they are what they are. The best players, in my opinion. Not 3 +3 +2 +2 or some other formula. Not just the players who are willing to show up on Saturday. The best players. Period. I apologize for the self-righteous attitude but, hey, I've been watching this happening for 40 to 50 years. It's never changed and it never will, and my point of view ill never change either. So here are the best players in each of the 4 classes. No disrespect is intended toward those players who made the official all-tournament team but aren't named here.
Class A
Mari Ryberg, BOLD, 5-11, sr., wing, 46 pts, 31 reb, 10 asts, 10 stls, 2 blks
Jordan Zubich, MIB, 6-0, jr., wing, 57 pts, 12 reb, 8 asts, 7 stls, 2 blks
Sage Ganyo, MIB, 5-5, sr., PG 48 pts, 14 reb, 16 asts, 5 stls, 1 blk
Natalie Beaver, Hayfield, 5-11, C 31 pts, 15 reb, 3 asts, 3 stls, 2 blks in 1st round loss
Kenzie Visser, BOLD, 5-11, Jr, PF 34 pts, 27 reb, 5 asts, 5 stls, 10 blks
Ireland Stassen, Minneota, 5-8, sr., PG, 18 pts, 11 reb, 2 asts, 2 stls in 1st round loss
Lainey Braulick, BOLD, 5-7, soph, PG, 42 pts, 14 reb, 13 asts, 11 stls
Abby Berge, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, 5-11, sr., PG, 34 pts, 12 reb, 5 asts, 4 stls, 1 blk in 2 of 3 games
Hali Savela, MIB, 5-8, sr., CG, 37 pts, 22 reb, 9 asts, 8 stls
Chelsea Christopherson, Hayfield, 5-6, jr., wing, 25 pts, 16 reb., 7 asts, 2 stls in 2 games
Class AA
Maddyn Greenway, Providence, 5-9, Fr., PG, 107 pts, 16 reb., 13 asts, 11 stls
Grace Counts, Providence, 5-11, Sr., PF, 49 pts, 38 reb, 11 asts, 8 stls, 4 blks
Alyssa Sand, Albany, 6-3, Jr., wing, 49 pts, 34 reb, 8 asts, 5 stls, 9 blks
Tori Oehrlein, Crosby-Ironton, 5-11, wing, 27 pts, 15 reb, 7 asts, 4 stls, 1 blk in one game
Angel Hill, Minnehaha, 5-9, jr., wing, 47 pts, 12 reb, 5 asts 13 stls
Elizabeth Gadient, Goodhue, 5-10, jr., PG, 48 pts, 9 reb, 8 asts, 7 stls, 1 blk
Kendyl Lodermeier, Goodhue, 5-11, soph., C, 50 pts, 15 reb, 2 asts, 4 stls
Kylan Gerads, Albany, 5-11, jr., wing, 35 pts, 16 reb, 5 asts, 6 stls
Addie Mack, Minnehaha, 5-8, soph., PG, 55 pts, 8 reb, 1 asts, 6 stls
Tori Miller, Goodhue, 5-11, sr., SF, 34 pts, 17 reb, 7 asts, 2 stls
Please watch for our AAAA and AAA all-tournament picks in a separate post.
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