Orono, the preseason favorite to win the Wright County Conference, is rated eighth in the latest Associated Press boys hockey poll.

Class A
1. Duluth Marshall
2. St. Thomas Academy
3. Totino-Grace
4. Hermantown
5. Hibbing
6. Warroad
7. Virginia
8. Orono
9. Rochester Lourdes
10. St. Cloud Cathedral

Class AA
1. Roseau
2. Moorhead
3. Cloquet
4. Holy Angels Academy
5. Cretin-Derham Hall
6. Roseville
7. Duluth East
8. Hill-Murray
9. Bloomington Jefferson
10. Blaine