PAYNESVILLE, Minn. – The Wayzata Trojans boys basketball team was ranked Number 1 among Class AAAA high schools by the Minnesota Basketball News newsletter Pacesetter. The rankings were by Kevin Anderson, who operates the web site kjasr.com.  In bold below are southeast Minnesota teams:

Rankings. On December 10.

Class AAAA

1. Wayzata

2. Park Center

3. Cretin-Derham Hall

4. Shakopee

5. Lakeville North

6. Eastview

7. Hopkins

8. East Ridge

9. Mounds View

10. Maple Grove

11. Park

12. Robbinsdale Cooper

13. Edina

14. Owatonna

15. Osseo

16. Andover

17. Eden Prairie

18. St. Paul Central

19. Chaska

20. Brainerd

Class AAA

1. Totino-Grace

2. DeLaSalle

3. South St. Paul

4. Alexandria

5. Columbia Heights

6. Mankato West

7. Mankato East

8. Princeton

9. Benilde-St. Margaret’s

10. Austin

11. Richfield

12. St. Paul Johnson

13. Minneapolis Edison

14. Hibbing

15. Hutchinson

16 Mound-Westonka

17. Monticello

18. Marshall

19. Delano

20. Mahtomedi

Winona High plays AAA.

Class AA

1. Minnehaha Academy

2. Caledonia

3. Minneapolis North

4. Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta

5. Blake

6. Annandale

7. Maple River

8. Moose Lake-Willow River

9. Pequot Lakes

10. Albany

11. Duluth Marshall

12. Rockford

13. Fergus Falls

14. Luverne

15. Holy Family Catholic

16. Maranatha Christian

17. Litchfield

18. Eden Valley-Wakins

19. Southwest Christian

20. Waseca

Winona Cotter plays 1AA.

Class A

1. Hayfield

2. Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s

3. Central MN Christian

4. Mahnomen-Waubun

5. Fertile-Beltrami

6. St. Clair

7. Mayer Lutheran

8. Cass Lake Bena

9. New York Mills

10. Hancock

11. Ashby

12. Deer River

13. Nevis

14. Mankato Loyola

15. Badger-Greenbush-Middle River

16. Southwest MN Christian

17. Spring Grove

18. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa

19. Mountain Iron-Buhl

20. North Woods