Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Division Four Preseason Rankings

Of the five new divisions it appears that division four has the fewest high power teams. Looking at the top teams it appears that the top D3 teams remaining in D3 while the top D4 teams moved down to D5. With the lack of high power teams I'll admit up front that my rankings will be based primarily on what the Wisconsin year book has to say. There is two front runners though in Blair-Taylor and Eau Claire Regis who were both at state a year ago for D3.

1. Blair Taylor- Have been to state the past two years and returned three starters from last year including double digit scorers Hank Kujak and Lucas Howe, as well as 6'6 big man Reggie Kujak who came off the bench a year ago.
2. Eau Claire Regis- Connor Miller is the best player in D4 hands down and 6'7 Steve Hofacker absolutely dominated the paint at state a year ago.
3. Racine Lutheran- Top team in D4 all last year and bring back four starters from that team including three all conference performers.
4. Darlington- Pushed Cuba City to the limit in beyond in every matchup last year and Alex Erickson maybe a scholarship player.
5. Oostburg- Strong rich tradition and were very close to state a year ago in D3.
6. Colfax- Finished 19-6 a year ago and bring back two first team all conference performers.
7. Laconia- Bring back all five starters from a 20 win team a year ago.
8. Amherst- 22 win team a year ago and bring back two all conference performers.
9. Marathon- Only lost one game a year ago and bring back a double double guy in Cody Hanke.
10. Wild Rose- Have two all conference players back.

HM
No possible way that I can list any HM teams.

1st team
Connor Miller 6'3 Sr Regis
Cody Hanke 6'4 Marathon
Hank Kujak 6'3 Sr Blair Taylor
Alex Ericksen 6'1 Sr Darlington
Jordan Lutz 6'4 Amherst

2nd team
Tom Wahl 6'4 Sr Colfax
Lewis Mau 6'2 Sr Colfax
Dylan Graf 6'3 Sr Racine Lutheran
Lucas Howe 6'2 Sr Blair Taylor
Steven Hofacker 6'7 Sr Regis

Well that was a rough pick for me as honestly really only know about the top five teams and those are even a stretch for me. Well D5 tomorrow which I promise will be better and then probably a Big Eight preview prior to my first games this weekend.

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