Fresh off undefeated state football championship, Caledonia boys basketball ranked 3rd in first poll

The Caledonia High School boys basketball team enters the season ranked No. 3 in Class 2A in the season’s first poll.

Plus, the Warriors have the top two ranked teams coming up on the schedule.

A week ago, a lot of players on the Warriors were just wrapping up an undefeated football season, in winning the state championship for the fifth consecutive time, bolstering a nation’s best 68-game winning streak.

Now, they head to the hardwood, where the boys basketball team is coming off a 23-6 season that ended in a Section 1AA semifinal playoff loss to St. Charles — two wins from the state tournament.

At 7:30 p.m. Friday, Caledonia opens the season at Lewiston-Altura, then plays Maranatha Christian at 12:15 p.m. Saturday in Hopkins, Minn.

Waseca (1-1) is ranked No. 1 in Class 2A and will play Caledonia at 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 4 at the Rochester Mayo Civic Center as part of the Hoops Challenge.

Lake City (1-0) is ranked second in the opening poll and will play the Warriors at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Civic Center in the HVL/TRC Shootout.

MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL POLL
By The ASSOCIATED PRESS 

CLASS 4A
1. Eden Prairie 1-0
2. Park Center 1-0
3. Cretin-Derham Hall 1-1
4. Prior Lake 1-0
5. East Ridge 0-1
6. Hopkins 1-1
7. Shakopee 1-0
8. Eastview 1-0
9. Wayzata 0-0
10. Tartan 1-0

CLASS 3A
1. Minnehaha Academy 0-0
2. DeLaSalle 1-0
3. Mankato East 1-0
4. Totino-Grace 1-0
5. Marshall 0-0
6. Waconia 1-0
7. Austin 1-0
8. St. Peter 1-0
9. Mound Westonka 1-0
10. Hibbing 1-0

CLASS 2A
1. Waseca 1-1
2. Lake City 1-0
3. Caledonia 0-0
4. Minneapolis North 0-0
5. Esko 0-0
6. Cristo Rey Jesuit 1-0
7. Perham 1-0
8. Melrose 0-0
9. Jordan 0-0
10. Pine City 0-0

CLASS 1A
1. Henning 1-0
2. BOLD 0-0
3. Minneota 1-0
4. Ada-Borup 0-0
5. Cass Lake-Bena 0-0
6. Southwest MN Christian 0-0
7. North Woods 1-0
8. Springfield 1-0
9. Hayfield 1-0
10. Christ’s Household of Faith 1-0