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JR Knauss (AL) had a fantastic game today!!!! Scored 23 with 3-3 from 3’s but really defended at a high level and rebounded hard also!!! Putting himself on some college radars each weekend!!! Keep moving forward!!!
16u Black starts the season off with a championship title!!! Cael Turner (Creston) was great defensively! Arnold (AL) & Jeppesen (Riverside) led the scoring. Edward Miller (Audubon) got stronger each game! Great opening weekend for these guys!!!
17u has put together a strong Spring capturing titles in Des Moines @ the Midwest Festival & now this weekend @ the
@Midwest_Live
. Great job fellas & big thanks to
@JustRoaming_15
for his work with the kids!!!
Update on our 2018 players:
Jake Carley (SA) - Briar Cliff 🏀
Tyler Blaha (SA) - IWCC 🏈
Preston Fant (AL) - Hastings 🏀
Troy Houghton (AL) - Sioux Falls 🏀
Cody Buresh (Glen) - Buena Vista 🏈
Few more guys are undecided still as of now. ‘18 class was a great group of young men!
It’s not all about scoring. Here’s a few kids who really stood out by making great “winning” plays this weekend!
-Crain (Mill South)
-McCarthy (AL)
-Schwartz (Treynor)
-Johnson (Glenwood)
-Fitch (AL)
-Hessel (Mill South)
-Justsens (Underwood)
-W. Costello (AL)
-Cross ( LC)
Two of our alumni have wrapped up their college playing careers.
@kjuhl33
had a great career at UNK and will be starting PT school @ the U of Iowa next year and
@Getbuckets_55
finished his last season at BCU and will earn a degree in Criminal Justice. Proud of you guys!!!
What an awesome last few days!!!
-10 teams played in Lincoln & Omaha
-9 teams got skill work on Saturday
-Alum Tidiane (AL) ‘21 commits to PSC
-Alum Hawkins (Atlantic) ‘16 commits to CU
-Gruber (AL) ‘22 gets his first offer
-Three ‘22 players on a college visit tonight
We enjoy recognizing our kids success & efforts each wknd but the best thing is knowing that so many kids from our area are getting a chance to play a game they love & work on their skills (win or lose). Very thankful for the great coaches we have who make it all possible!!!
Great day of hoops for our kids and some other Western Iowa kids!!! We had 7 colleges stop out to check out our kids!!! Now time to work on your game & get ready for your high school summer leagues!!!
Making it to the next level is very hard. Finishing at the next level is even harder. Need to be resilient, committed, organized, selfless, and more. We are proud of our alumni currently still playing!!!
Carter Gruver (Woodbine) had a great weekend! Great playmaker! Griff Rardin (AL) showed he was one of the top 2025 shooters around! Etienne Higgins (AL) does everything. Defend, create, score + great teammate! Creston duo Parker Varner & Jake Hoyt were great all weekend!
Hey Twitter it’s been a minute!!! We had a GREAT opening day of tryouts!!! We are excited to get some teams formed and gets in the gym and working to get better!!!
15u Gruber has made a big statement this Spring. Capturing titles at the
@RL_Hoops
event & now
@Midwest_Live
!!! Great chemistry for such a short time together. Keep it up fellas!!!
16u duo of Brad Curren (Harlan) & Brayden Lund (AHSTW) were two of the top performers @ the RecruitLook tourney. Curren was one of the best PGs @ the tourney & Lund was a tough inside - outside threat all weekend. They helped lead us to a 3-1 record on the weekend!
15u Gruber opens up with a big win over Phenom Boys 62-37!!!
Joe Hughes (SA) had a big 1H + game scoring 13! Griff Rardin (AL) connected on four 3s to score 12 & Lynx teammate Etienne Higgins (AL) led the way with 16!!! Great team effort!!!
16U put together a strong season last year beating several of the top teams in our area & winning a few tourneys! Excited to watch them compete again & get better!!!
A few of our 2019 guys still deciding on their next step but wanted to congratulate
@hhendrix155
,
@BenakNolan
, &
@j_swishy_35
on their signings to play 🏀 at the next level!!!
Pumped up about our coaching staff this year!!! Lots of college experience players + experienced coaches!!! Best part is they all want to help develop kids!!!
We are enjoying another great event hosted by
@Midwest_Live
in our own backyard! Lots of tough games so far this weekend! Highlight of the tourney so far was Jaiden’s game winner in sudden death last night!!!
17U Circuit starts day two with a 91-62 win!! Cole Arnold (AL) led with 19 pts. Max DeVries (Red Oak) hit 5 3’s for 15 pts. Colton Rasmussen (Atlantic) dropped 15 pts and some imoresice dunks to go with it!!!
Brooks (Ames) hit some tough shots to close the half.
2H the AL duo Gruber & Knauss have taken over. Knauss has 10 including his second dunk of the game. Gruber has connected on 3 3s & now has 20 for the game. Grobe (AHSTW) w/ a nice steal & dunk! Up 58-48 w/ 8:00 to go!!!
🚨 🚨 EXCITING NEWS 🚨🚨
We are excited to announce we are joining the
@RL_Hoops
circuit this season!!! We look forward to the great competition and taking this next step with our program!!! Check out our website for more information!!!
Solid team win for 16u down at the
@HardwoodEvents
in KC. Balanced scoring attack from all! Schwartz (Treynor) with 14 and Kirsch (Glenwood) with 10! Both 16u and 17u are in action at 5:15. Games can be watched on for a fee.
16u Black puts together a strong 2H to beat NBDA 63-50!! Great team ball in 2H!!! Arnold (AL) & Tams (Treynor) both scored 18 to lead the way offensively!!!
15u Black went 4-0 to win their division at the
@HardwoodEvents
/
@RL_Hoops
tourney in KC!!! These guys continue to prove their are one of the top teams of 2024!!! Great job guys!!!
13u went 3-1. This group could have won the whole thing. Let their opening game slip away then won by 10+ the rest of the wknd. They finished 26-5 this season. Big thanks to the coaches & excellent effort from the kids. You’ll be hearing more from this group in the future!!!
Mike EARNED this!!! Extremely hard working and coachable kid!!! Midland is getting a great one!! Mike can score so many different ways & is as tough as it gets on D & boards!!!
16u had a strong showing & went 3-2 on the wknd. Creighton Bracker (AL) was terrific all weekend & Carter Gruver (Woodbine) was great creating offensive for himself & others. This group battled every weekend. Great season by these guys!!!
17u Vaughn took home the title this weekend!!
Souther & Mathok were great inside all wknd. Curren ran the show. Lillie Jones & Seuntjens provided perimeter scoring. Varner gave us a bit of everything from the wing. Lund was the workhorse offensively. Great team effort this wknd!!
16u White earns a nice come from behind win tonight!!! Great defensive effort in 2H!!!
Fellas shot it really well connecting on 8 3’s in 2H also! Curren & Pearce hit 3 each then Birch & Quick each hit 1.
Trey Quick made some clutch FTs to seal the win as well!!!
Great day of hoops!!! We had 21 teams get out and play today in scrimmages!!! Awesome to see so many kids out playing hoops today!!! Big thanks to
@HoffmansHoops
&
@Hoops800
for bring kids over to play today!!!!
Impact squads are off to a nice start down at the
@HardwoodEvents
&
@RL_Hoops
event in KC!!!
17u Black 1-1
16/17u White 0-2
16u Black 1-0
15u Black 2-0
15u White 0-1
Have a great weekend fellas and keep battling!!!!
We brought our HS guys out to Minneapolis to challenge them w/ some new competition!!!
We went 9-1 after pool play & advanced to play D1 Minnesota SSB squads in 16u and 15u. 15u lost in 3OT & 16u lost a tough game in the Finals.
17u advanced to finals and waiting on results!!
16u short handed this weekend but man they are playing some beautiful ball!!! Up 40-20 in 2H (13 to go still) vs Factory.
Lund (AHSTW) has been a monster scoring inside and outside. Leads with 15 so far!
Lillie (SA) has been beautiful facilitating and has 13 himself with 3 3s!
16u Black finishes 3-1 against some tough competition!!!
@GradyJeppesen
&
@Colearnold11382
led the offensive attack this wknd! Lual Maker (LC) was a game changer defensively!!! Great way to finish the AAU season fellas!!!
16U National Game 2 Recap:
Impact defeats 816 Hoops 72-56. Jake Babbitt (Mill South) led the way w/ 27 points & Carson Schultz (Bell West) scored 13 & connected on a few 3s. Klement (AL) & Lovely (Treynor) continue to be a tough backcourt for both scoring and creating for others!
Thanks for a great event
@RL_Hoops
!!! Was a big time challenge for our kids. 16u went 3-1 and highlight of the weekend was 15u going 4-0 and winning their division!!! Great work fellas!!
Had a blast watching all the kids play ball this weekend!
Tourneys are just a piece of the puzzle.
Evaluate the weekend then make a plan for this week then follow through & GET IN THE GYM!!!
Alex Stogdill (AL) & Kai Caldwell (AL) led the way for 15u in win over OSA National!!!
Cameron Milhouse (Harlan) & Lennx Brown (AL) stepped up big on D & boards while also making “winning” plays down the stretch.
Great bounce back game fellas!!!
Big game tonight @ AL for Our Treynor guys
@jace_tams3
& Corbin Thien vs Underwood @ 7pm!
Also in 2A AHSTW is playing tonight vs Van Meter! Good luck to one of our top ‘23 guys
@BraydenLund4
!!!
Great showing today at tryouts!!! Over 100 kids and we had 11 coaches helping kids today!!! First round of makeup tryouts are tomorrow 2:00-3:00 at AL!’
15u split their first two this morning! Grinded out a tough win over OSA in the early game then lost one to NDL. Tidiane (AL) had a big bucket in OSA game then Bradley (AL) hit 2 big FTs to give us a 4 pt lead late!