Heritage Classic: Sisseton falls, Kranhold has double-double
Sisseton is one of the best 5-5 teams you will see. Sure they are .500 but their schedule in this stretch of four losses in five games has been highly competitive. Today they lost to 14-1 Fergus Falls out of…
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Continue ReadingSisseton is one of the best 5-5 teams you will see. Sure they are .500 but their schedule in this stretch of four losses in five games has been highly competitive. Today they lost to 14-1 Fergus Falls out of Minnesota who is a top ten team in the second biggest class of basketball in the state. They’ve also lost to another good Minnesota team (Breckenridge), Clark-Willow Lake, and Tri Valley. The wins? Not bad either. They have beat top ten St. Thomas More, Elk Point-Jefferson, and ten win Morris Area from Minnesota amongst others.
Sissteon is a long club that has long wings bringing the ball up in Hunter Medenwald and Ethan Kranhold plus they play a halfcourt zone with length all over the court. The problem today was they were facing one of Minnesota’s best shooting teams as Fergus Falls has four guys on the floor at all times that can go off and hit three in a row. With few that pressure the ball well Sisseton fell victim to the ball movement opening up shooters for several scores.
Hunter Medenwald (6-2, Jr, G). Good build for a prospect as Hunter is stronger than most but also long for a player his size. He’s asked to do a lot of the ball handing for the team and he does a solid job taking are of the ball which makes him valuable to his coach as he can play both spots. Hunter scored a couple jumpers early showing a quick release and at his size, his jumper can regularly be released cleanly without much trouble from the contesting defense. Young man hustles too. With skill work he could be an excellent senior. Definitely looks like a college athlete in whatever sport he takes the time to concentrate on.
Ethan Kranhold (6-ft-5, Sr. SF). He’s really a perimeter player because he handles cleanly and has a really nice look to his jumper. Defenses can’t guard him with a guard so they have to send a forward away from the basket to defend him on the ball coming up the court. He’s at an advantage as a prospect because he gets such a clean look at the rim at his size as a two or a three, plus Ethan works hard. Grabs a lot of rebounds and when he is not on the ball, he is the first player up and down the court hustling to wherever he needs to be. At the college level when he doesn’t have to be the main ball handler, scorer, rebounder, and creator, he will thrive in a role even more.
Benji Thompson (6-ft-3, Soph, PF). Thompson has a nice tough facing the basket. As a sophomore he’s physically advanced so he can score without losing balance and he can battle to rebound, fight for position. One of the better rebounders on his team and Benji knocked out three jumpers from mid-range too. He is on the floor early in his career because he is physically ready but with good lateral movement and comfort facing up, I could see him playing both forward spots as an upperclassmen in the coming years.
Dustin Moshier (6-ft-1, Sr, Sf). Dustin is that well built experienced senior forward that will not be muscled in the zone or in the glass, he moves well to laterally cut angles on defense, scores his baskets moving without the ball.