January 30 Team Rankings

January 30th rankings for the 2021-2022 season.

School (Record) Previous Ranking

Northern Minnesota

1. Cass Lake-Bena (14-0) - 2

2. Hibbing (8-4) - 1

3. Esko (14-2) - 3

4. Deer River (12-2) - 5

5. Crosby Ironton (14-2) - 4

6. Nevis (15-2) - 7

7. Cherry (12-3) - 8

8. Hermantown (13-4) - 6

9. Moose Lake-Willow River (11-4) - 9

10. Pine City (13-5) - NR

Northern Wisconsin

1. Mosinee (16-1) - 1

2. Northwestern (12-3) - 2

3. Stratford (15-1) - 4

4. Ladysmith (11-3) - 3

5. Marathon (14-2) - 6

6. Clear Lake (12-3) - 7

7. Turtle Lake (12-3) - 5

8. Northland Pines (12-3) - 8

9. Wabeno-Laona (15-3) - NR

10. Flambeau (17-0) - NR

Upper Peninsula

1. Menominee (11-1) - 1

2. Escanaba (6-3) - 2

3. Ewen-Trout Creek (9-0) - 3

4. North Central (10-1) - 4

5. Jeffers (7-1) - 5

6. Rudyard (10-0) - 7

7. Kingsford (7-1) - 8

8. Westwood (8-2) - 6

9. Munising (11-1) - 10

10. Wakefield-Marenisco (7-2) - 9

The Northwoods Top 2022 Players 1.0

A compiled list of the Top 25 high school seniors (class of 2022) in the Northwoods to check out during the remainder of the season. The list is in alphabetical order of last names.

Conner Barney (Cloquet) - Central Lakes commit

Will Bittmann (Eveleth-Gilbert) - Mesabi Range CC commit (baseball)

Tyson Blanchard (Clear Lake)

Evan Bennett (Superior) - UW-Superior commit

Jaden Borseth (Ewen-Trout Creek) 

Will Boser (Eau Claire Memorial) - Concordia-St. Paul commit

CJ Campbell (New Richmond) - Northern Michigan commit

Zach Carlson (Westwood)

Cooper Diedrich (Athens)

LeRoy Fairbanks IV (Cass Lake-Bena) - Minnesota-Morris commit

Noah Fedderson (Menomonie) - North Dakota State commit

Colin Hudson (Escanaba) - Bay College commit

Monte Mayberry (Northwestern) - Cardinal Stritch commit

Ayden McDonald (Hibbing) - Augustana (SD) commit

Ty Morrison (Deer River) - Grand View commit

Koy Nelson (South Shore) - St. Scholastica commit

Riley Peterson (Clear Lake)

Andre Renta (Hudson) - St. Cloud State commit

Johnny Schutz (Jeffers) - Finlandia commit

Mekhi Shaw (Eau Claire Memorial) - Southwest Minnesota State commit

Jacksen Smith (Rhinelander) - UW-Superior commit

Brendan Strenke (Turtle Lake)

Jasper Timm (Duluth Marshall) - UW-Stout commit

Will Van Scoy (Duluth East) - UW-River Falls commit

LJ Wells (Eau Claire Memorial) - Northern Kentucky commit

January 23 Team Rankings

 January 23rd rankings for the 2021-2022 season.

School (Record) Previous Ranking

Northern Minnesota

1. Hibbing (8-2) - 1

2. Cass Lake-Bena (12-0) - 2

3. Esko (12-2) - 3

4. Crosby Ironton (14-1) - 4

5. Deer River (9-2) - 6

6. Hermantown (12-4) - 9

7. Nevis (12-2) - 10

8. Cherry (9-3) - 5

9. Moose Lake-Willow River (9-4) - 8

10. North Woods (10-2) - 7

Northern Wisconsin

1. Mosinee (14-1) - 1

2. Northwestern (10-3) - 2

3. Ladysmith (10-2) - 3

4. Stratford (14-1) - 6

5. Turtle Lake (11-2) - 5

6. Marathon (12-2) - 9

7. Clear Lake (11-2) - 4

8. Northland Pines (10-2) - NR

9. Hurley (10-1) - 8

10. Newman Catholic (11-4) - 7

Upper Peninsula

1. Menominee (9-1) - 1

2. Escanaba (6-3) - 2

3. Ewen-Trout Creek (7-0) - 5

4. North Central (9-1) - 4

5. Jeffers (7-1) - 3

6. Westwood (6-2) - 7

7. Rudyard (8-0) - 8

8. Kingsford (7-1) - NR

9. Wakefield-Marenisco (6-1) - 9

10. Munising (9-1) - NR

Mid-January Team Rankings 2021-2022

Mid-January rankings for the 2021-2022 season.

School (Record) Previous Ranking

Northern Minnesota

1. Hibbing (8-2) - 1

2. Cass Lake-Bena (11-0) - 2

3. Esko (10-2) - 3

4. Crosby Ironton (12-0) - NR

5. Cherry (8-1) - 5

6. Deer River (8-2) - 6

7. North Woods (10-1) - 8

8. Moose Lake-Willow River (8-3) - 4

9. Hermantown (10-4) - NR

10. Nevis (11-2) - NR

Northern Wisconsin

1. Mosinee (11-1) - 1

2. Northwestern (8-3) - 5

3. Ladysmith (9-2) - 7

4. Clear Lake (9-1) - 9

5. Turtle Lake (8-2) - 2

6. Stratford (12-1) - NR

7. Newman Catholic (10-4) - 4

8. Hurley (8-1) - 8

9. Marathon (11-1) - NR

10. Athens (11-2) - NR

Upper Peninsula

1. Menominee (7-1) - 4

2. Escanaba (6-2) - 1

3. Jeffers (7-0) - 2

4. North Central (8-0) - 3

5. Ewen-Trout Creek (5-0) - 5

6. Iron Mountain (4-1) - 7

7. Westwood (6-1) - 8

8. Rudyard (5-0) - 6

9. Wakefield-Marenisco (5-1) - NR

10. Brimley (4-2) - 10

New Years Team Rankings

 The second rankings of the 2021-2022 season.

School (Record) Previous Ranking

Northern Minnesota

1. Hibbing (7-2) - 1

2. Cass Lake-Bena (9-0) - 3

3. Esko (8-1) - 4

4. Moose Lake-Willow River (8-2) - 7

5. Cherry (5-1) - NR

6. Deer River (7-2) - 6

7. Duluth East (5-4) - 2

8. North Woods (7-1) - NR

9. Cloquet (4-4) - 5

10. Mountain Iron-Buhl (5-3) - NR

Northern Wisconsin

1. Mosinee (7-1) - 6

2. Turtle Lake (6-1) - 5

3. Medford (6-2) - 2

4. Newman Catholic (9-2) - 7

5. Northwestern (4-3) - 3

6. Superior (6-4) - 1

7. Ladysmith (7-2) - 8

8. Hurley (5-1) - 9

9. Clear Lake (5-1) - NR

10. Bruce (6-2) - 10

Upper Peninsula

1. Escanaba (6-1) - 1

2. Jeffers (4-0) - 3

3. North Central (6-0) - 5

4. Menominee (4-0) - 4

5. Ewen-Trout Creek (4-0) - 6

6. Rudyard (3-0) - 8

7. Iron Mountain (3-0) - 9

8. Westwood (3-1) - 7

9. Lake Linden-Hubbell (3-1) - 10

10. Brimley (4-2) - NR