Northwoods Hoops World

🚨 Episode 14 🚨 Anika Whiting Ashland High School (Concordia-St Paul) 🔥 Transition from high school to college. Then college to professional basketball. 🔥 Connecting with teammates during a slump. 🔥 Advice for high school students in rural areas. open.spotify.com/episode/3QRpxZ…

Evan Strand (Rice Lake) has committed to Bethel! The 6’1” guard averaged 10.3ppg and 2.3apg, while helping the Warriors to a 15-10 record in 2025. Click the link for other 2025 commits! northwoodshoopsworld.blogspot.com/2025/03/2025-c…

The first commit of the 2026 class! Stephen McGee (Greenway) has committed to Northern Michigan! The 6’9” forward has continued to develop throughout high school and has had a great AAU season with MN Comets! Stay updated with 2026 commits! northwoodshoopsworld.blogspot.com/2025/07/2026-c…

One of the top forwards in the Northwoods from the 2026 class has made his college decision! Brandon Wagner (Turtle Lake) will be playing football at Division 2 Minnesota-Mankato! The 6’7” forward led Turtle Lake basketball to the State Semi-Finals as a junior

Ashland Summer League concluded last night. Here are my Five Takeaways! The link below gives a little bit deeper insight on all of these. northwoodshoopsworld.blogspot.com/2025/07/five-t…

🚨NEW POST🚨 Class of 2027 Top 20 Player Rankings 1.0 The list will start as 20 players. By the end of the school year will move to 25 players. northwoodshoopsworld.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-no…

Northern Wisconsin teams by the number of weeks being ranked in the Wissports rankings since 2012-2013. Only the Marawood-South has had every current member ranked. *Bloomer and Clear Lake have been ranked, but both are no longer affiliates of the conferences that we cover.

Ty Rhoem (Luck) has committed to the University of Northwestern-St. Paul! The 6’4” forward was a WBCA All-State selection. He’ll join his high school teammate (Zak Walters) at UNW. Click the link for other 2025 Northwood commits! northwoodshoopsworld.blogspot.com/2025/03/2025-c…

Zak Walters (Luck) has committed to Northwestern-St. Paul! Walters has been a big part of Luck’s recent success, named All-Lakeland three times. He became the 6th Luck player to reach the 1000 career point mark. Follow the link for full 2025 commits! northwoodshoopsworld.blogspot.com/2025/03/2025-c…

🚨NEW POST🚨 The first list of the Top 25 Players in the Northwoods from the class of 2026! northwoodshoopsworld.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-no…

Jack Charbonneau (New Richmond) has committed to Bethel! The 6’5” forward averaged 14.1 ppg and 6.7 rpg to help the Tigers win their Regional Championship. Follow the link for other 2025 commits!

Trevor Nolan (Munising) has committed to Bay College! The 5’10” guard was a 1st-team All-Skyline Central and All-UP selection. Munising won the 2023 Division 4 State Title in Michigan. Click the link for other 2025 commits! northwoodshoopsworld.blogspot.com/2025/03/2025-c…

Northeastern Minnesota top 10 winningest programs over the last decade! There’s been some good basketball out of the area as of late!

Upper Peninsula Top 10 Win Percentages in the last decade! Includes 3 State Champions and 3 State Runner-ups on this list!

The 10 winningest programs in Northern Wisconsin over the last decade! Good representation from the Great Northern, Lakeland, Marawood, and Northern Lights.

Kyler Sager (Marquette) has committed to Bay College! The 6’0” guard is one of the more athletic players in the UP. Was a 2nd-Team All-UP and 2nd-Team All-Great Northern Conference selection. Follow the link for other 2025 commits! northwoodshoopsworld.blogspot.com/2025/03/2025-c…

Marnaries Ferguson (Duluth Denfeld) has committed to Central Lakes CC! The guard led Denfeld to the State Tournament as a senior. Finishes his career with 2,008 points for the Hunters. Follow the link for other 2025 commits! northwoodshoopsworld.blogspot.com/2025/03/2025-c…

Kingsly Whitebird (Cass Lake-Bena) has committed to United Tribes Tech College! The 6’2” wing helped the Panthers to a 10-4 record in the Northland Conference (2nd place). Follow the link for updated 2025 commits! northwoodshoopsworld.blogspot.com/2025/03/2025-c…

Sam Majeske (Unity) has committed to Judson University out of Elgin, IL! The 6’0” wing was a 2nd-Team All-Lakeland West as a senior. He averaged 9.6ppg, 4.3rpg, and 3.6apg. Click the link for other 2025 commits! northwoodshoopsworld.blogspot.com/2025/03/2025-c…

Jordan Guenette (Negaunee) has committed to North Central Michigan CC! The 6’0” guard was a 2nd-Team All-UP and West PAC Dream Team selection as a senior. Led Negaunee to a 15-9 record. Follow the link below for updated 2025 commits! northwoodshoopsworld.blogspot.com/2025/03/2025-c…