Region 1 Fan wrote:Region 1
Coach of the Year - Central Cass. Possible sleeper would be Richland should they get into top 4 of Region.
AD of the Year - Central Cass
Player of the Year - Koppervig from CC or Hatfield from OG - Both players will have huge years and represent their respective team favorably.
Region 1 Championship - CC vs OG - OG wins!
BasketballMind wrote:Region 1 Fan wrote:Region 1
Coach of the Year - Central Cass. Possible sleeper would be Richland should they get into top 4 of Region.
AD of the Year - Central Cass
Player of the Year - Koppervig from CC or Hatfield from OG - Both players will have huge years and represent their respective team favorably.
Region 1 Championship - CC vs OG - OG wins!
Only other seniors I can think of would be Bartholomay from Enderlin or Storbakken from Richland. Don't know if their teams will finish high enough to overtake a player like Kobbervig or Hatfield on what should be two good teams. They'll have a chance to fill up the stat sheets for their teams though.
Is OG bringing much back besides Hatfield? I see this being the year for Central Cass to go to state with the strong backcourt of Kobbervig and Vrchota as well as Holzer coming off a good Sophomore year last year. They had a strong JV team last year as well.
BasketballMind wrote:Region 1 Fan wrote:Region 1
Coach of the Year - Central Cass. Possible sleeper would be Richland should they get into top 4 of Region.
AD of the Year - Central Cass
Player of the Year - Koppervig from CC or Hatfield from OG - Both players will have huge years and represent their respective team favorably.
Region 1 Championship - CC vs OG - OG wins!
Only other seniors I can think of would be Bartholomay from Enderlin or Storbakken from Richland. Don't know if their teams will finish high enough to overtake a player like Kobbervig or Hatfield on what should be two good teams. They'll have a chance to fill up the stat sheets for their teams though.
Is OG bringing much back besides Hatfield? I see this being the year for Central Cass to go to state with the strong backcourt of Kobbervig and Vrchota as well as Holzer coming off a good Sophomore year last year. They had a strong JV team last year as well.
Region 1 Fan wrote:BasketballMind wrote:Region 1 Fan wrote:Region 1
Coach of the Year - Central Cass. Possible sleeper would be Richland should they get into top 4 of Region.
AD of the Year - Central Cass
Player of the Year - Koppervig from CC or Hatfield from OG - Both players will have huge years and represent their respective team favorably.
Region 1 Championship - CC vs OG - OG wins!
Only other seniors I can think of would be Bartholomay from Enderlin or Storbakken from Richland. Don't know if their teams will finish high enough to overtake a player like Kobbervig or Hatfield on what should be two good teams. They'll have a chance to fill up the stat sheets for their teams though.
Is OG bringing much back besides Hatfield? I see this being the year for Central Cass to go to state with the strong backcourt of Kobbervig and Vrchota as well as Holzer coming off a good Sophomore year last year. They had a strong JV team last year as well.
Besides Hatfield, they bring back Bakkegard (PG) as well. He could very easily be in the discussion for R1 POY as well. I expect him to avg. 16 plus pts 8 asst/gam. He will be the catalyst of this team. If he can get his team involved early and often, OG will be tough. Other than that, they will be unproven. They do have some size from JR's Swenson and Johnson - both players are going to be looked upon for points and rebounds this year. OG's depth will not be like it has been in past but Hatfield and Bakkegard will give them a chance to be a very competitive team. Coach Card always does a nice job of developing players throughout the year as well.
I would agree that Bartholomay and Storbakken will have very nice years as well. You could possibly add Hernandez from Hankinson and the big guy from WL as well.
Central Cass has the big 3 in Kobbervig, Vrchota and Holzer not to mention a strong supporting cast. It is going to be a fun year! Whomever makes it out of Region 1 should have a strong chance of playing for the chip on Saturday night in March.
packers21 wrote:Region 1 Fan wrote:BasketballMind wrote:Region 1 Fan wrote:Region 1
Coach of the Year - Central Cass. Possible sleeper would be Richland should they get into top 4 of Region.
AD of the Year - Central Cass
Player of the Year - Koppervig from CC or Hatfield from OG - Both players will have huge years and represent their respective team favorably.
Region 1 Championship - CC vs OG - OG wins!
Only other seniors I can think of would be Bartholomay from Enderlin or Storbakken from Richland. Don't know if their teams will finish high enough to overtake a player like Kobbervig or Hatfield on what should be two good teams. They'll have a chance to fill up the stat sheets for their teams though.
Is OG bringing much back besides Hatfield? I see this being the year for Central Cass to go to state with the strong backcourt of Kobbervig and Vrchota as well as Holzer coming off a good Sophomore year last year. They had a strong JV team last year as well.
Besides Hatfield, they bring back Bakkegard (PG) as well. He could very easily be in the discussion for R1 POY as well. I expect him to avg. 16 plus pts 8 asst/gam. He will be the catalyst of this team. If he can get his team involved early and often, OG will be tough. Other than that, they will be unproven. They do have some size from JR's Swenson and Johnson - both players are going to be looked upon for points and rebounds this year. OG's depth will not be like it has been in past but Hatfield and Bakkegard will give them a chance to be a very competitive team. Coach Card always does a nice job of developing players throughout the year as well.
I would agree that Bartholomay and Storbakken will have very nice years as well. You could possibly add Hernandez from Hankinson and the big guy from WL as well.
Central Cass has the big 3 in Kobbervig, Vrchota and Holzer not to mention a strong supporting cast. It is going to be a fun year! Whomever makes it out of Region 1 should have a strong chance of playing for the chip on Saturday night in March.
I would put OG 3rd in the Region with a shot to win it, overall the talent is down from the past few years. Teams 4-10 could honestly be anyone. Bakkegard has a much stronger chance than Hattfield if someone from OG was to win POY.
defensewinsgames wrote:Region 2 Predictions:
Coach of the Year: MayPort/Grafton/Thompson. Grafton or Thompson will likely finish first in the region and will get votes for this reason. If Grafton finishes first and has a great season (undefeated in region or 1 loss) I think it will go there. If Thompson finishes similarly to Grafton record wise and ends up one or two, I think it may go to Thompson. If MayPort finishes top 3 they should get it. I get the temptation to go the top team wins it but if you look at the job he has done over the last couple years, a MayPort team with a pile of seniors that could finish from 2 to 4 would be my pick for COY.
AD of the Year: Who knows how this is even picked, seems to change all the time...... MayPort (could be Midway or PRFL, seems like they are up in the rotation).
Player of the Year: Comes down to Stainbrook (NB) or Koenig (MayPort). The secondary tier goes: Cosley (NB), Dryburgh (HCV), Rosinski (PRFL), and maybe I'm forgetting someone. I don't think any of these players will compete with the other two because of career stats (Cosley would have a really good case if Stainbrook wasn't on his team but I don't think you can pick him over Stainbrook). I will take Stainbrook to win.
Regular Season Region Finish Prediction (1 to 11) - Thompson, Grafton, MayPort, NB, HCV, Park River, Midway, Cavalier, Larimore, DVE, HN. MayPort finishes 3rd and is the team outside of the top 2 I least want to play in the regional tournament. If NB can put up 60 a night between 3 kids they could be dangerous too (top two are better than anyone in the region but finding guys to round out a 7 man rotation might be tough, they haven't ever gotten out of 3 night regional tourney without issues). HCV will struggle early and be tough later in the year - good defense and size again. Park River will be solid but I don't think can compete with that top 4 or 5 at least consistently. Midway will have lots of guard play and be scrappy as all get out on defense but will struggle against teams with good posts/size. Cavalier loses a lot but had a couple really solid guards to build around. Larimore, DVE, HN are a toss up to me and could finish in any order so I ranked them by returning talent.
Best Storyline: After some really tough years Larimore is significantly better this season because the young kids have taken their lickings and are upperclassmen now with experience.
Region 2 Championship: Grafton vs. Thompson with Thompson winning.
Region 1 Fan wrote:Region 2 Predictions. Always a tough Region. Last year, I picked HCV to win the Region and I didn't see Grafton reloading like they did and take home Region 2. This year, I see North Border beating Thompson for the right to go to State and represent Region 2.
Coach of the Year - NB
AD of the Year - NB
Region 2 Player of the Year - The Jamestown commit, Stainbrook. Wouldn't surprise me to see him on the All-State team as well. He is a terrific player that can score from all 3 levels. He is terrific at seeing the courty and finding the open man. Jamestown is getting a good one.
I think the region will go down this way:
1. NB - The big 3 of Cosley, Stainbrook and Johnson will be too much for a solid and strong Thompson team
2. Thompson - Love everything about how this team is coached and plays. They will be my pick in 2023/4.
3. HCV - Lost a lot of size from last years team but still has Jr, Brandt.
4 Mayville - This is my sleeper team this year. They have size and guards who can shoot the ball. There big guy, Koenig will be a load.
BasketballMind wrote:Region 1 Fan wrote:Region 2 Predictions. Always a tough Region. Last year, I picked HCV to win the Region and I didn't see Grafton reloading like they did and take home Region 2. This year, I see North Border beating Thompson for the right to go to State and represent Region 2.
Coach of the Year - NB
AD of the Year - NB
Region 2 Player of the Year - The Jamestown commit, Stainbrook. Wouldn't surprise me to see him on the All-State team as well. He is a terrific player that can score from all 3 levels. He is terrific at seeing the courty and finding the open man. Jamestown is getting a good one.
I think the region will go down this way:
1. NB - The big 3 of Cosley, Stainbrook and Johnson will be too much for a solid and strong Thompson team
2. Thompson - Love everything about how this team is coached and plays. They will be my pick in 2023/4.
3. HCV - Lost a lot of size from last years team but still has Jr, Brandt.
4 Mayville - This is my sleeper team this year. They have size and guards who can shoot the ball. There big guy, Koenig will be a load.
Johnson graduated last year. Their third experienced player would be Grant Cosley. Grayson Ohmann got some good minutes for them last year, but after that it's going to be quite a few inexperienced players playing on a team ready to go to a state tournament.
Region 1 Fan wrote:Region 2 Predictions. Always a tough Region. Last year, I picked HCV to win the Region and I didn't see Grafton reloading like they did and take home Region 2. This year, I see North Border beating Thompson for the right to go to State and represent Region 2.
Coach of the Year - NB
AD of the Year - NB
Region 2 Player of the Year - The Jamestown commit, Stainbrook. Wouldn't surprise me to see him on the All-State team as well. He is a terrific player that can score from all 3 levels. He is terrific at seeing the courty and finding the open man. Jamestown is getting a good one.
I think the region will go down this way:
1. NB - The big 3 of Cosley, Stainbrook and Johnson will be too much for a solid and strong Thompson team
2. Thompson - Love everything about how this team is coached and plays. They will be my pick in 2023/4.
3. HCV - Lost a lot of size from last years team but still has Jr, Brandt.
4 Mayville - This is my sleeper team this year. They have size and guards who can shoot the ball. There big guy, Koenig will be a load.
defensewinsgames wrote:MayPort only lost the Mewes kid everyone else significant is back. Xyler Carslson is a very good player too for them. They will do very well this year. Not a surprising pick at all if you follow Region 2.
defensewinsgames wrote:Region 1 Fan wrote:Region 2 Predictions. Always a tough Region. Last year, I picked HCV to win the Region and I didn't see Grafton reloading like they did and take home Region 2. This year, I see North Border beating Thompson for the right to go to State and represent Region 2.
Coach of the Year - NB
AD of the Year - NB
Region 2 Player of the Year - The Jamestown commit, Stainbrook. Wouldn't surprise me to see him on the All-State team as well. He is a terrific player that can score from all 3 levels. He is terrific at seeing the courty and finding the open man. Jamestown is getting a good one.
I think the region will go down this way:
1. NB - The big 3 of Cosley, Stainbrook and Johnson will be too much for a solid and strong Thompson team
2. Thompson - Love everything about how this team is coached and plays. They will be my pick in 2023/4.
3. HCV - Lost a lot of size from last years team but still has Jr, Brandt.
4 Mayville - This is my sleeper team this year. They have size and guards who can shoot the ball. There big guy, Koenig will be a load.
This is NB's worst team in the last 3 years in my opinion and they weren't able to get over the hump those other two years. Not having Johnson to do a lot of the dirty work will hurt more than most realize. Not saying they won't be good but I don't see them winning three games to make state...other teams in the region are much more balanced and have better depth. One injury and they might not finish in the top 5.
Region 1 Fan wrote:Region 3 Predictions
Coach of Year - L-HMB
AD of Year - LaMoure
Championship Game Prediction - LaMoure vs L-HMB - I like both teams and I think Linton has a chance to be really good. I'm going to have to take LaMoure - Like there style of play and they have 2 kids back from last years State Tourney Team (Ness and Musland)
Region 3 POY - Going with Ness on this one. I'm not real familiar with this Region so I expect I'm overlooking a couple of players that could very well be name POY.
I think South Border will be an intriguing team but might be another year away from being in top 3 conversation.
Predict LaMoure, L-HMB, Ellendale, E-K-M and South Border rounding out the top 5.
BasketballMind wrote:Around the rest of the state, who are the top candidates for Region Player of the year?
Region 1: Kobbervig, Bakkegard, Bartholomay?
Region 2: Stainbrook
R3-R8: ?
BasketballMind wrote:If your Region 4 pick is "Deng Deng" from FWM, he's a Junior.
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