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By Tim Kolehmainen, Breakdown Sports USA, 09/28/14, 9:30PM CDT

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Introducing our 2014-15 basketball preseason players of the year and All-Breakdown teams

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SPECIAL ALERT!  Listed at below are the 20 players featured on each of our covers for the 2014-15 basketball guidebooks (boys and girls), including our preseason players of the year in each sport. Congratulations to these special players and all teams/players recognized in our annual guidebooks!

The Breakdown's 13th 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.

Boys' basketball covers

All-Breakdown preseason player of the year: Jarvis Johnson, DeLaSalle

2014-15 All-Metro team

Name School
Sacar Anim DeLaSalle
Amir Coffey Hopkins
Justin Dahl Holy Family
JT Gibson Champlin Park
Donnell Gresham Cretin-DH
Sam Neumann Cretin-DH
Sid Tomes East Ridge
Gary Trent Jr. Apple Valley
Marshawn Wilson Hill-Murray
Joey Witthus Chanhassen

2014-15 All-Outstate team

Name School
Carter Asche MACCRAY
Bjorn Broman Lakeview Christian
Cody Dorow Moorhead
Gach Gach Austin
Michael Hurt Rochester JM
Dan Jech Rochester Mayo
Michael Lee Dawson-Boyd
Nate Lorenz Breckenridge
Sam Pendleton Redwood Valley
Brindley Theisen St. Cloud Cathedral

Girls' basketball covers

All-Breakdown preseason player of the year: Madison Guebert, Eastview

2014-15 All-Metro team

Name School
Monica Burich Roseville
TT Starks Hopkins
Danielle Gitzen Chanhassen
Taylor Koenen Shakopee
Nia Hollie Hopkins
Sam Trammel Eastview
Martha Kuderer Chanhassen
Courtney Fredrickson Minnetonka
Kiara Russell Osseo
Andrayah Adams St. Paul Como Park

2014-15 All-Outstate team

Name School
Jamie Ruden Rochester JM
Taylor Reiss Minneota
Lindsey Theuninck Mankato Loyola
Chelsea Mason Mt. Iron-Buhl
Taylor Hagen Blooming Prairie
Madison McKeever Win-E-Mac
Tara Dusharm Foley
Alex Wittinger Delano
Anna Schmitt Waconia
Justine Lee Dawson-Boyd