The Stock Up Showcase Third Team & HM
The Stock Up Showcase included a number of talented young players at several ages. Here is list of our Third Team All Stock Up Showcase and several guys who earned some honorable mentions with their play.
Third Team
Terrell Adams, 6-1 junior from Washburn. Physically strong guard that led Washburn in scoring last winter. Terrell was too strong for most guards so if he got near the rim he was scoring. Adams also muscled guys off their line constantly.
Brayden Ivory, six foot sophomore guard from Kaukauna in Wisconsin. Off a shot was kicked out to Ivory it was going. At one point he knocked out five treys in an eight minute span. A Wisconsin shooter that had guys scrambling to close out on.
RayQuawndis Mitchell, a 6-4 junior wing from Blaine. Mitchell is very interesting and unique, Why? A long frame with good strength and a quality motor. Plays hard which is why he came off the Bengal bench and offered solid play for much of the year. Did a good job of finishing attacks but I was more impressed with how he defended wings and then moved down to defend size. Handled some, passed well, rebounded well.
Bryan Warah, a 6-foot-4 sophomore forward from Purcell Marian in Cincinnati, Ohio. Maybe the most interesting story as Bryan played in Ohio this year and at some point has lived here. While at the event he has some of the best passes out of the post we saw, was one of the top rebounders, played some PG and passed the ball well, and finished a high percentage around the cup.
Andrew Niebhur, a 6-foot-9 junior center from Jordan. Andrew is huge. With Jimmy V at UND next year Andrew will have a chance to really blossom. When he turned his shoulder to go to the rim usually shots fell. Andrew rebounded well, set strong screens and rolled off them with a playmaking purpose, and guys hard a hard time scoring over him.
Honorable Mentions (of performance).
Charlie Gorres (6-4 soph from Park). We’ve always been a fan of Gorres who competes hard and can play or guard several spots.
Robert Grace (5-6 8th grader from Blake). Grace is incredibly skilled so when given space with an angled attack or ball screen he gets a dribble and from there guys were shooting open shots all day.
Joseph Kakak (6-4 senior from Shawno Community HS in Wisconsin). What a touch. Joseph shoulder tuned to complete softly, made all shots around the rim softly off the glass, and he was able to knock out threes. Great touch.
Matthew Kipper (5-10 junior from Jefferson). A nice two sport prospect who is also a good football player, Kipper is the guy who had the same expression when he came off the screen to assist, attack to pull-up, or when he ball pressuring guards into issues.
Zach Kjeseth (6-1 junior from Wabasha-Kellogg). Absolutely loved this guy. Always talking, always working, always directing, always playing hard. The perfect role player to contribute in many ways because his objective is to win together and play hard.
Kaden Koski (6-8 junior from Byron). Kaden has grown at least another inch if not two. He’s quite long and gives strong effort. When he catches up to his body coordination wise he could be a sleeper prospect because he plays with effort and will mix it up.
Max May (6-3 junior from Burnsville). This guy was at the glass for every board on both ends. Worked his way to caroms all day. Also Max loved just playing, every score he was the first to get excited for a teammate. Worked hard and liked competing.
JJ Strumbel (6-5 junior from Rockford). JJ scored just under eight a game for a balanced Rockford team this year and has the potential for a really nice senior year. Seems comfortable facing the basket but has the size to play around it as well.
McKelary Robertson (5-8 sophomore from DeLaSalle). Guys moved off Robertson extremely well because they knew if they worked themselves to space he would find them with a good pass. He was a guy that people wanted to play with yesterday.
Miles Vinson (6-0 soph from Osseo). Miles talked and worked like an Osseo educated player and was also tough like Osseo kids are playing through a hand injury knocking down several shots behind the arc.