Ever since he was in high school at Round Lake-Brewster, Mitchel VanWesten wanted to be a coach. “I knew I wasn't that great as a player,” he said. “I wasn’t much of a scorer.
Minneota's offense was a little like novocaine Tuesday night. It takes time to take effect — but when it does, it can numb the other team.
During a tense moment in the game, Logan Sussner and Jacob Hennen huddled up with Thomas Hennen.
Thomas Hennen raced up court after getting back in the game.
He had three fouls in the first half and rode the bench for about nine minutes.
Isaac Hennen knew Jonah Johnson's desperation three-pointer at the buzzer was not going in.
"But I saw him go down on the court and I was afraid maybe somebody touched him."
It was like the preliminary round of a tournament.
Minneota went to Cottonwood Thursday night to take on a formidable Lakeview squad — and beat them, 75-58.
When other teams are making three-pointers against you, what lessons did you learn?
The Fourth Grade girls team concluded their season last Saturday at the Renville Jamboree where they were 3-0 for the day.
It’s time to change the Burt Bacharach song, “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head,” .... to, “Three-pointers raining from the sky ...”
The sting was real after Minneota dropped a 70-66 overtime game to Camden South foe Tracy-Milroy-Balaton Friday night.