The Class AAAA boy's basketball tournament starts Wednesday at the Target Center. Defending champion Hopkins returns as the Royals hope to win their fourth title in six years. St. Cloud Tech and Henry Sibley are also making back to the state tournament for the third straight year. GoldenSports.Net will cover all the action this week. The following is a look at the Class AAAA matchups.
4:00 #3 Champlin Park (24-5) vs. St. Cloud Tech (25-4) Champlin Park started the season 7-4 before winning 17 of their last 18 games. The Rebels won 14 straight contest before losing their regular season finale to Andover 77-73. They are veteran team with their top eight scorers all being seniors. They have four double figure scorers, led by Kyle Zimmermann with 13.4 points per game. He is joined on the scoring side by Brandon Davis ((12.8), Josh Pella (12.8), Jaspaer Duberry (11.8) and Dillon Hager (8.1).
St. Cloud Tech started the season 10-0 and were ranked #1 in the state after Hopkins lost two straight games. However, the Tigers lost three of their next five games. They rebounded to win their last nine games and 15 of their final 16 contests. The Tigers defeated Buffalo 52-45 in the section finals after losing to them 55-52 in the regular season. They had to replace Nate Wolters, who averaged 10.1 points per game for South Dakota State and eight of their top ten scorers from a team that finished third in last year’s Class AAAA Tournament. They also to replace head coach Randy Jordan, last year’s Class 4A Coach of the Year. He left to coach Stillwater. The Tigers are led by senior Alex Hanks, who is headed to Mankato State and is averaging 19.3 points per game. Scott Nystrom, a 6-foot-2 senior who transferred from Kimball, is adding 18.8 points.
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