The Northwoods Top 2027 Players 1.0

The Top 20 2027 Players in the Northwoods, listed alphabetically. Making the list is based on statistics, team success, college projections, among other things. This list will be updated throughout the year. There might be players that aren't included now, that could play their way onto the list. By the summer of 2026, this list will expand from 20 players to 25 players.

Jack Albrecht (Northland Pines)

Caleb Arcand (Clear Lake)

Isaiah Asuma (Cherry)

Jack Bottoms (Hibbing)

Ray Brau (Hibbing)

Carter Brown (Duluth Denfeld)

Canton Chrisman (Wabeno/Laona)

Aaron Christenson (Drummond)

Lonnie Davey (Gladstone)

DaJuan Edstrom (Mesabi East)

Vic Giuliani (Crystal Falls Forest Park)

Gavin Greene (Ashland)

Abe Gretzinger (Rhinelander)

Dax Hukki (Crystal Falls Forest Park)

Kam Kroll (Northwestern)

Soren Lilly (Braham)

Brayden Reinke (Mosinee)

Caleb Rombach (Grantsburg)

Sawyer Senst (Hermantown)

Kyle Waterman (Negaunee)

The Northwoods Top 2026 Players 1.0

The Top 25 2026 Players in the Northwoods, listed alphabetically. Making the list is based on statistics, team success, college projections, among other things. This list will be updated throughout the year. There might be players that aren't included now, that could play their way onto the list.

Mylo Albrecht (Northland Pines)

Calvin Anderson (Superior)

Isaac Asmus (Aitkin)

Noah Asuma (Cherry)

Xander Beeksma (Mellen)

AJ Bessler (Nevis)

Jaxon Boschee (Bemidji)

Ben Carlin (East Central)

Drew Eisel (Superior)

Tyler Eklund (Braham)

Brody Graetz (River Falls)

JJ Heikkinen (Phillips)

Jed Henderson (Rib Lake)

Lance Janson (Hermantown)

Ethan Marta (Westwood)

Stephan McGee (Greenway)

Cooper Michalski (Chequamegon)

Ty Nyberg (Duluth East)

Austin Riewer (Bemidji)

JT Schlaefer (Assumption)

Treve Stoffel (Mosinee)

Joey Sutherland (Grand Rapids)

Tanner Theuerkauf (Menominee)

Brandon Wagner (Turtle Lake)

Quinn Widiker (Webster)

Ashland High School Summer League 2025

Hosted at Ashland High School Fieldhouse

Tuesday, July 1

6:00pm (Court 1) - Bayfield White vs. Hayward Black

6:00pm (Court 2) - Bayfield Red vs. Hayward Gold

6:00pm (Court 3) - Drummond vs. Washburn

6:00pm (Court 4) - Chequamegon vs. Ashland White

7:00pm (Court 1) - Bayfield White vs. Hayward Gold

7:00pm (Court 2) - Bayfield Red vs. Washburn

7:00pm (Court 3) - Mellen vs. Ashland Purple

7:00pm (Court 4) - Chequamegon vs. Hayward Black

8:00pm (Court 1) - Drummond vs. Ashland Purple

8:00pm (Court 3) - Mellen vs. Ashland White

Tuesday, July 8

6:00pm (Court 1) - Mellen vs. Chequamegon

6:00pm (Court 2) - Bayfield Red vs. Drummond

6:00pm (Court 3) - Bayfield White vs. Washburn

6:00pm (Court 4) - Hayward Black vs. Ashland Purple

7:00pm (Court 1) - Mellen vs. Bayfield White

7:00pm (Court 2) - Bayfield Red vs. Ashland Purple

7:00pm (Court 3) - Drummond vs. Chequamegon

7:00pm (Court 4) - Hayward Gold vs. Ashland White

8:00pm (Court 1) - Hayward Black vs. Ashland White

8:00pm (Court 4) - Hayward Gold vs. Washburn

Tuesday, July 15

6:00pm (Court 1) - Hayward Black vs. Bayfield Red

6:00pm (Court 2) - Hayward Gold vs. Drummond

6:00pm (Court 3) - Drummond vs. Winter

6:00pm (Court 4) - Chequamegon vs. Ashland Purple

7:00pm (Court 1) - Hayward Black vs. Drummond

7:00pm (Court 2) - Hayward Gold vs. Mellen

7:00pm (Court 3) - Drummond vs. Chequamegon

7:00pm (Court 4) - Bayfield White vs. Ashland White

8:00pm (Court 1) - Bayfield Red vs. Ashland White

8:00pm (Court 4) - Bayfield White vs. Ashland Purple

Thursday, July 17

6:00pm (Court 1) - Bayfield White vs. Drummond

6:00pm (Court 2) - Bayfield Red vs. Chequamegon

6:00pm (Court 3) - Mellen vs. Hayward Black

6:00pm (Court 4) - Hayward Gold vs. Ashland Purple

7:00pm (Court 1) - Hayward Black vs. Washburn

7:00pm (Court 2) - Bayfield White vs. Chequamegon

7:00pm (Court 3) - Mellen vs. Bayfield Red

7:00pm (Court 4) - Ashland White vs. Drummond

8:00pm (Court 1) - Ashland Purple vs. Washburn

8:00pm (Court 4) - Ashland White vs. Hayward Gold

Northern Wisconsin Top 10 All-Time Leading Scorers

Rank	Player	High School	Total Points
1	Gavin Gores	Cumberland ('25)	2,360
2	Henry Ellenson	Rice Lake ('15)	2,295
3	Eli Talsma	Hurley ('23)	2,130
4	Matthew Marcinske	Birchwood ('20)	2,129
5	Andy Roeder	Mercer ('99)	2,103
6	Davin Stricker	Mellen ('17)	2,076
7	Scott Anderson	Auburndale ('85)	1,977
8	Connor Taylor	Wabeno-Laona ('22)	1,929
9	Jared Schultz	Northwood ('25)	1,929
10	Quintin Bressette	Bayfield ('25)	1,918

24-25 College Transfers

Player	High School	Transfer From	Transfer To	Grad Year
Dillon Bement	Duluth East	Northland	TBD	2023
Will Boser	Eau Claire Memorial	Concordia-St. Paul	UW-Eau Claire	2022
CJ Campbell	New Richmond	UW-La Crosse	Lawrence	2022
Ryan Ehlert	Goodman-Pembine	Northland	TBD	2024
Ayden McDonald	Hibbing	UW-Superior	North Central (MN)	2022
Ian McFaggen	Webster	Northland	Crown	2024
Tyler Orr	Rice Lake	Winona State	UW-Stevens Point	2023
Grant Paetzold	Cameron	UW-Eau Claire	Dubuque	2023
Bradyn Pieper	Merrill	Gogebic CC	Blackburn	2023
Finnley Powell	Duluth Denfeld	Northland	TBD	2024
Eli Rogers	Ladysmith	Dubuque	Bethany Lutheran	2023
Peyton Rogers-Schmidt	Chippewa Falls	Houston Christian	Minnesota-Duluth	2020
Tre Sanigar	Superior	Bay CC	UW-Whitewater	2024
JT Schradle	Rice Lake	Bethel	TBD	2024
Foster Wonders	Iron Mountain	UW-Green Bay	Cleveland State	2021

Northeastern Minnesota 24-25 Team Scoring Breakdown

MINNESOTA OFFENSE

Rank	High School	GP	Points	High	Low	PPG
1	Cherry	33	2918	113	70	88.42
2	Littlefork-Big Falls	28	2441	124	59	87.12
3	Deer River	30	2513	109	61	83.77
4	Braham	29	2312	112	63	79.72
5	Northland	26	2058	107	46	79.15
6	Nevis	33	2569	109	58	77.85
7	Cass Lake-Bena	28	2146	112	41	76.64
8	Northome-Kelliher	28	2125	108	20	75.89
9	Walker-Hackensack-Akeley	27	2046	119	49	75.78
10	Mountain Iron-Buhl	29	2165	107	49	74.66

Most Points Scored (Single Game): 124 - Littlefork-Big Falls

Most 100+ Point Games: 5 - Cherry & Littlefork-Big Falls

Total 100+ Point Games: 38

MINNESOTA DEFENSE

Rank	High School	GP	Points	High	Low	PPG
1	Nevis	33	1722	81	18	52.18
2	East Central	28	1526	88	22	54.50
3	Cherry	33	1879	81	17	56.94
4	Walker-Hackensack-Ackeley	27	1539	84	20	57.00
5	Cromwell-Wright	28	1608	101	25	57.43
6	Mountain Iron-Buhl	29	1686	78	26	58.14
7	Braham	29	1716	96	28	59.17
8	Grand Rapids	28	1669	81	27	59.61
9	Esko	30	1802	87	37	60.07
10	Crosby-Ironton	27	1625	87	26	60.19

Fewest Points Allowed (Single Game): 16 - Pine City

Most Less Than 20 Point Games Allowed: 1 - Cherry, McGregor, Nevis, Pine City

Total Less Than 20 Point Games: 4

Season Best Plus/Minus: +31.48 - Cherry

Northern Wisconsin 24-25 Team Scoring Breakdown

 WISCONSIN OFFENSE

Rank	High School	GP	Points	High	Low	PPG
1	Bayfield	27	2113	130	47	78.26
2	Ladysmith	27	1951	92	36	72.26
3	Barron	25	1786	97	48	71.84
4	Northwestern	27	1894	102	41	70.15
5	Hayward	24	1674	91	45	69.75
6	Mellen	26	1809	89	45	69.58
7	Mosinee	26	1793	89	46	68.96
8	Cumberland	27	1808	85	52	66.96
9	Eau Claire Memorial	26	1723	84	39	66.27
10	Hudson	25	1643	90	50	65.72

Most Points Scored (Single Game): 130 - Bayfield

Most 100+ Point Games: 4 - Bayfield

Total 100+ Point Games: 8

WISCONSIN DEFENSE

Rank	High School	GP	Points	High	Low	PPG
1	Solon Springs	24	1009	81	12	42.04
2	Hurley	26	1098	65	4	42.23
3	Mellen	26	1170	86	10	45.00
4	Stratford	27	1224	66	32	45.33
5	Drummond	26	1193	74	13	45.88
6	Clear Lake	26	1230	76	23	47.31
7	Rhinelander	25	1186	83	13	47.44
8	Auburndale	28	1329	69	29	47.46
9	Unity	25	1255	75	27	50.20
10	Washburn	24	1367	80	16	50.38

Fewest Points Allowed (Single Game): 3 - Lac Courte Oreilles

Most Less Than 20 Point Games Allowed: 4 - Solon Springs

Total Less Than 20 Point Games: 23

Season Best Plus/Minus: +24.58 - Mellen