Iowa’s Premier Performers (Week 10)
Each week countless impressive performances occur around the state; we’re using this weekly article to highlight them. We’ll scan twitter and quikstats nightly for triple-doubles, 40-point games, and other eye-opening individual outputs and showcase 10 of them per week right here. …
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Continue ReadingEach week countless impressive performances occur around the state; we’re using this weekly article to highlight them. We’ll scan twitter and quikstats nightly for triple-doubles, 40-point games, and other eye-opening individual outputs and showcase 10 of them per week right here.
Drew Maschoff (Ankeny) — 26 points on 10-16 FGs, 7 steals, 6 assists
Though his Ankeny Hawks have struggled a bit this season, Maschoff — unsurprisingly — has been terrific throughout. He eclipsed his points and assists averages during a Tuesday night win over Roosevelt, and the seven steals is one of the best defensive performances in 4A this season.
Jake Crozier (Twin Cedars, Bussey) — 36 points on 16-24 FGs, 17 rebounds, 2 steals
Wow, this football standout has made quite the impression this winter on the hardwood, and this game is an exclamation mark on what has been a dominant season for the 6-foot-5 senior. This one ranks among the best big-man performances in Iowa this season.
Cam Arkema (Twin Cedars Bussey) — 15 points, 16 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks
It wasn’t just Crozier that went off during the Sabers’ 81-57 shellacking of Melcher-Dallas last Tuesday night. Senior guard Arkema had a feeding frenzy, setting up his teammates 16 times for buckets — we’re guessing most of those assists led to Crozier buckets.
Kip Hurd (Okoboji) — 34 points on 13-18 FGs, 8 rebounds, 3 assists
This kid’s just a sophomore, and though his team narrowly lost to George-Little Rock last Tuesday night, Hurd certainly caught our attention. The 34 points is one of the highest outputs by a sophomore this season, and nearly doubled his season average of 17.9.
Cameron Whitehead (Sidney) — 30 points on 12-13 FGs, 7 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks
This was nearly a perfect performance for the Sidney junior. But it wasn’t just the 30 points which were essential in the 89-51 win over Clarinda Academy, look at those high assist numbers, too. We wonder what that one miss was in that 12-13 stat line?
Stephen Glenn (Grand View Christian) — 33 points, 6 3s, 5 rebounds, 3 steals
Here’s our weekly Grand View Christian honoree; whether it’s been Grant DeMeulenaere, Arturo Montes or some other Thunder stud, there’s always someone who has a monster game. This week, it just so happens it’s senior leader Glenn who showed out, dropping 6 triples and swiping three steals in addition to the 33 point outburst.
Alex Bantam (Woodbine) — 22 points, 13 rebounds, 9 blocks
Another sophomore, Bantam was painstakingly close to a triple-double last Tuesday night in his team’s season finale. His team may have been pummeled that night, but any time a player is this close to a triple-double, it’s attention-grabbing.
Andrew Hasselquist (Hinton) — 21 points, 15 rebounds, 6 blocks
He’s been methodically getting it done in the paint all season for the Hawks, and had a particularity nice showing last Tuesday in an 18-point win over Kingsley-Pierson. Hasselquist is averaging 8.3 points, 10 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game this season; he really kicked it up a notch against the Panthers.
Donovan Holterhaus (Pella) — 22 points (5-9 3s), 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 blocks
We were present for this performance, and those six blocks were seemingly all at the most appropriate times — some were monster blocks, almost mean. The five triples were key as well, and very timely. It was one of the better performances we’ve seen in person this season.
Bryce Winfield (Winfield-Mt Union) — 18 points, 17 rebounds, 10 assists
Any time a player records a triple-double (and we know about it), it’s 100 percent guaranteed to make this list. Winfield is a guy we’ve written about plenty this season. And he has a penchant for posting high numbers across the board; we’re not surprised by this trip-doub.