2022-2023 Coaching Changes

School	Former Coach	New Coach
Antigo	Cory Reetz	Shaun Smith
Birchwood	Blane Senn	Alex Gilles
Butternut	Adam LaRose	Will Smudde
Eau Claire North	Todd Marks	Mike Kessler
Duluth Marshall	Tom Mitchell	Cory Henkel
Escanaba	Tracy Hudson	Scott Hanson
Hibbing	Joel McDonald	Tom Aune
Marquette	Brad Nelson	Rich Ledy
Moose Lake-Willow River	Wes Cummings	Paul Dewey
Negaunee	Dan Waterman	Brad Nelson
Rock Ridge	New School	Spencer Aune
South Ridge	Phil Peliska	Macoy Rudolph
Three Lakes	Brian Dorio	Brad Volkmann
Turtle Lake	Jon Bussewitz	Tadd Peterson
Wabeno-Laona	Bill Taylor	Kendric Allen
Wausau Newman	Cory Marquardt	Jeff Waldvogel
Webster	Wade Wamboldt	Greg Widiker
Winter	Jason Ufferman	Josh Hautamaki

Way Too Early 2022-2023 Team Rankings 1.0 (Upper Peninsula)

Teams are listed in alphabetical order with their 2021-2022 records, key players returning, and key players lost.

Team	21-22 Record	Key Returners	Players Lost
Cedarville-DeTour	11-9	Cason Smith, Aidan Ondrus, Hossack Sweeney	Jacob Pfiffner
Gladstone	4-16	Kaden Gibbs, Elliot Vitito	Caden Downey
Iron Mountain	16-6	Oskar Kangas, Joey Colavechhi, Ian Martilla	N/A
Kingsford	15-7	Nick Nora	Brody Kopp, Michael Meneguzzo
Lake Linden-Hubbell	13-9	Danny Marcotte, Gabe Popko,	Marcus Sutherland
Munising	19-3	Kane Nebel	Michael Klemett
Negaunee	14-7	Brody Bell, Mason Sager, Ty Jacobson	Gerald Johnson
Powers North Central	19-5	Luke Gorzinski, Jesse Sampson, Connor Florenski	Brady Anderson, Trenton Naser
St. Ignace	15-6	Jonny Ingalls, Kevin Frazier	Kole Klemme
Stephenson	15-7	Spencer Coldron, Luis Alloza, Zach Schwartz	N/A

Bash at the Bay Standouts (Saturday)

My top five standouts from the Bash at the Bay event from Saturday. It was open to high school programs and AAU programs. I only watched 16U and 17U games.

Conner Barney - Wing/Forward - 6'3"

Cloquet High School - 2022

My Thoughts: Appeared to only be playing because the Starks Elite team was short on numbers for the weekend. Looked about as athletics and strong as he has looked in the past. Jump shot was more smooth than I remember it being. Can play any position on the court and you will take notice of him. I'd imagine he'll be hearing from many schools while at Central Lakes College next season.

Braden Luksik - Forward - 6'4"

Bemidji High School - 2024

My Thoughts: Was the best 2024 prospect in the tournament from what I saw. He was comfortable handling the ball in rebound and bring it situations. In the half court settings he was primarily 15 feet and in. Very patient and made a couple of solid post moves while also attacking off the dribble. Didn't force much offensively and was a good passer when he didn't have scoring opportunities. If grows a few inches he could be a player colleges should check in on the next few years.

Alex Rasmussen - Wing - 6'3"

Drummond High School - 2023

My Thoughts: I'm not sure that Alex is a college basketball player, although he probably could be in the right setting. But he did everything that was asked for him during the games I watched and slowly became a player I kept coming back to. He was very solid and smart with the ball. Rarely did you see him make the wrong play. Expect him to be a key reason why Drummond is competing for an Indianhead Conference title next season.

AJ Roen - Wing - 6'4"

Rock Ridge High School (formerly Eveleth-Gilbert)

My Thoughts: He's a very versatile player and still seems to be growing into his long body. Lots to like about his game as he did a little bit of everything. Scored inside and outside while grabbing rebounds and pushing the ball in transition. My only concern is I don't know that he does any one skill great. I would confidently say he would be able to play at the D3 level.

Slayton Stroschein - Forward - 6'8"

South Ridge High School

My Thoughts: Immediately stood out since he was the largest player in the tournament. Most of his offensive production was around the basket as a play finisher, meaning he was getting dump down passes or offensive rebounds. But then he had stretches where he drove from the perimeter and scored. I didn't see him make any three pointers, but has good shooting form which makes me believe he could develop that part of his game. Could be a good D3 player, but realize that he is a little raw and will need a coach to be patient and work with him.