Nickle Dickle Day: The Dunk Contest

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The top dunk contest in Minnesota High School Basketball each year is the Saturday night festival at St. Joseph's School in Waconia where the gym is packed and the players show up, and some show out! Who impressed this weekend?</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1151197' first='Daniel' last='Freitag'] of Breck (2024). Daniel was exactly who we expected him to be: explosive, creative, smiling big, and captivating to the many kids who all wanted to see him perform. And perform Daniel did with three explosive dunks that got fans to their feet, and kids asking for photos and autographs. Freitag won the dunk contest AND was second in the three point contest as well!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1874916' first='Micah' last='Curtis'] of St. Louis Park (2025). I think the guy that made the biggest impression to the future was [player_tooltip player_id='1874916' first='Micah' last='Curtis'], the St. Louis Park 6'6 junior that led his team in scoring last season. Curtis looks like he's starting to mature as he's a bit taller, a bit stronger, and is doing things with a lot more body control. Curtis was one of the three finalists for the dunk contest. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2126115' first='Vincent' last='Cronin'] of Edina (2027). If you haven't seen it, Cronin was recently at a national event for freshmen and did a full running dunk putting the ball between his legs (and the kids there went crazy for it). Saturday night the very talented 6'6 freshman once again showed the bounce, showed the body control, and surely was the most consistent when it came to completing the dunk on the first try. One of the best five frosh in the state right now player and prospect wise, and seems like he is moving up. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1499627' first='Lorenzo' last='Levy'] of Minnehaha Academy (2024). Levy might have been one of the most impressive performers at the event on the whole. He finished third in the three point contest while completing a pair of eye opening dunks in the dunk contest. The throw off the wall and time the carom with a dunk was one of the better dunks at the event, plus he timed one dunk on the bounce that I also thought was impressive. At about 5'11 I think he was listed, seeing Levy dunk in the way he did was very impressive. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1572691' first='Jaleel' last='Donley'] of Benilde-St. Margaret's (2025). Jaleel might have had the most bounce of anybody at the event and he used that bounce to jump over Freitag for one dunk in eye popping fashion. His leap over Daniel with the left hand got the first ten at the event. One of the most explosive players in Minnesota. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->