Prep Athlete: Madeliaâs JaâSean Glover
Prep Athlete: Madeliaâs JaâSean Glover By Rob Clark | March 4, 2021 at 6:49 PM CST - Updated March 4 at 6:51 PM
MADELIA, Minn. (KEYC) â Madelia junior basketball player JaâSean Glover is a scoring machine who picked up his 2,000th career point on Monday.
Glover is accustomed to scoring over 30 points-per-game, as he is a playmaker that wonât hesitate to score from anywhere on the floor.
The junior draws plenty of attention every time the ball in his hands, yet opposing teams still struggle to slow down the star.
âI would do the same thing other teams are doing, sending everyone I can at him,â head coach Jeff Van Hee said. âTheyâve seen him play for years and respect his abilities. They know that if theyâre going to compete and take us out of games, they need to limit him as much as possible.â
Prep Athlete: WEMâs Bartelt and Richards
Prep Athlete: WEMâs Bartelt and Richards By KEYC Staff | March 3, 2021 at 10:30 PM CST - Updated March 3 at 10:30 PM
WATERVILLE, Minn. (KEYC) â Waterville-Elysian-Morristown seniors Brielle Bartelt and Toryn Richards make their collegiate plans official after great consideration.
Bartelt will continue her basketball career with Iowa Lakes Community College and Richards with volleyball and track and field at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
âI think my main thing was being closer to home,â Richards said. âI do love family and just being closer to home helps. I know Mankato really well, I love their facilities, amazing facilities, I met the team, I love the team there, the coaches and I have an amazing connection.â
Bethany Lutheran College wins regular-season title for 2nd straight year
Bethany Lutheran College wins regular-season title for 2nd straight year By Rob Clark | March 2, 2021 at 9:16 PM CST - Updated March 2 at 9:21 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) The Bethany Lutheran College women’s basketball team made the most of an abbreviated regular season campaign by capturing the program’s second straight UMAC regular-season title on Monday.
The Vikings only lost one game in the seven played this year and capped off the campaign with a dominant 88-69 victory over North Central.
The hardware comes after coming together as a team and dealing with all the ups and downs thrown at student-athletes.
Prep Athlete: Mankato Loyolaâs Logan Carlson
Prep Athlete: Mankato Loyolaâs Logan Carlson By Rob Clark | February 25, 2021 at 8:09 PM CST - Updated February 25 at 8:09 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) â The Mankato Loyola boysâ basketball team is ranked sixth in the state, thanks, in part, to the play of senior guard Logan Carlson.
Carlson is averaging nearly 15 points and five assists per game this season.
The multi-sport athlete is doing a bit of everything on the floor for the Crusaders this year while being a leader for the younger players on the team.
âHe leads by example,â head coach Sam Carlson said. âHe worked really hard in the offseason and he works really hard in practice. Heâs always the first one in sprints. Heâs always pushing guys to be better. He does the little things [that] I want a point guard and senior to do. He hasnât played point guard a lot before this year, so there were some growing pains, but heâs pa
Prep Athlete: MVLâs Abbie Riederer
Prep Athlete: Minnesota Valley Lutheran s Abbie Riederer By Mary Rominger | February 24, 2021 at 6:12 PM CST - Updated February 24 at 8:10 PM
NEW ULM, Minn. (KEYC) â The Minnesota Valley Lutheran girlsâ basketball squad is 10-3 with six regular-season games remaining.
The consensus amongst the group is to win out.
âWeâve got a good group of juniors and seniors this year, and with all the COVID-19 stuff like that, it was kind of a question as to whether or not weâd be able to play and when we were given the green light to go ahead and play and the girls really have been responding well and enjoying the season,â Head Coach Rollin Timm said.