Brenneisen at the helm is the key factor, but the fact that they have Andre Pendergrass retruning at RB and their 3 top defensemen all back as well. Well that makes them a big front runner to repeat.
I like Lincoln-Way Easy too, they've got some talent coming back, but I think 8A & 1A are always the hardest classes to repeat in. You either have teams that can get a ton of talent out of nowhere because the schools are so big or you just happen to get those 3 or 4 guys that aren't division I studs, but just work together really well their senior year & then poof, it's gone by next year.
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SHG will be very tough to beat in 5A with Brenneisen at the helm, but Driscoll has won 5 titles in a row so I would not count them out for winning number 6.