SPECIAL ALERT! Listed at below are the 20 players featured on each of our covers for the 2013-14 basketball guidebooks (boys and girls), including our preseason players of the year for the Metro and Outstate regions. Congratulations to these special players and all teams/players recognized in our annual guidebooks!
The Breakdown's 12th annual guides to Minnesota high school basketball are now in production! Basketball fans around the state won't want to miss out on these books, the boys' basketball preview and girls' basketball preview. Our annual preview books are 200+ pages of pure Minnesota high school basketball. In short, they truly are the “encyclopedias of Minnesota high school basketball.”
We preview every high school program in the state, from Kittson Central to La Crescent, Cook County to Luverne and all schools in between.
Our books include:
- Player profiles on the Super 50 seniors, Top 40 juniors, Elite 25 underclassmen, along with additional profiles and Q and A with HUNDREDS of the state's best players.
- Preseason rankings on the Fab 15 in all four classes.
- Preseason All-State teams in all four classes, as well as an overall four-team All-State selection.
- Extensive section previews on all 32 sections.
- Team capsules on EVERY program in the state with scouting reports on "who to watch."
- Feature stories on eight programs from around the state.
- Hundreds of photos of players and coaches.
- A NEW skills Q and A section, highlighting top players from around the state and their thoughts on different basketball skills, from the best three-point shooter to the quickest first step.
Keep your eye on the website for the order form!
Boys Basketball covers
Metro Player of the Year — Tyus Jones, Apple Valley
Outstate Player of the Year — Alex Illikainen, Grand Rapids
2013-14 All-Metro team
| Name | School |
|---|---|
| Tyus Jones | Apple Valley |
| Reid Travis | DeLaSalle |
| JP Macura | Lakeville North |
| Wheeler Baker | Osseo |
| Ian Theisen | Osseo |
| Jon Sobaski | Prior Lake |
| DJ Davis | Bloomington Kennedy |
| Andre Wallace | Eden Prairie |
| Delshon Strickland | Minnetonka |
| Jarvis Johnson | DeLaSalle |
2013-14 All-Outstate team
| Name | Team |
|---|---|
| Alex Illikainen | Grand Rapids |
| Paul Friendshuh | New Prague |
| Ngor Barnaba | Rochester JM |
| Zach Wessels | Austin |
| Carter Kirk | Mt. Lake Area |
| Jake Schaefer | Rochester Lourdes |
| Andy Foley | St. Cloud Tech |
| Austin Poe | Big Lake |
| Brian Goodwin | B-B-E |
| Christian Pekarek | Upsala |
Girls Basketball covers
Metro Player of the Year — Tia Elbert, Tartan
Outstate Player of the Year — Carlie Wagner, NRHEG
2013-14 All-Metro team
| Name | Team |
|---|---|
| Tia Elbert | Tartan |
| Madison Guebert | Eastview |
| Ellie Thompson | Chaska |
| Cayla McMorris | Park Center |
| Kylie Brown | Simley |
| Hannah Grim | Rosemount |
| Andrayah Adams | St. Paul Como Park |
| Kenisha Bell | Bloomington Kennedy |
| Sydney Lamberty | Park |
| Taylor Koenen | Shakopee |
2013-14 All-Outstate team
| Name | Team |
|---|---|
| Carlie Wagner | NRHEG |
| Jamie Ruden | Rochester JM |
| Taylor Thunstedt | New London-Spicer |
| Tara Dusharm | Foley |
| Bailey Strand | Fergus Falls |
| Chelsea Mason | Mt. Iron-Buhl |
| Alex Wittinger | Delano |
| Bryanna Fernstrom | Chisago Lakes |
| Taylor Hagen | Blooming Prairie |
| Lindsey Theuninck | Mankato Loyola |
