The Up and Comers – 5 Filling Big Shoes
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There have been some injuries and departures prior to graduation in Minnesota high school basketball leaving big shoes to fill. Who is filling those shoes? Prep Hoops investigates today! Quyavant Douglas Quyavant Douglas 6'0" | SG Brooklyn Center | 2023…
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Continue ReadingThere have been some injuries and departures prior to graduation in Minnesota high school basketball leaving big shoes to fill. Who is filling those shoes? Prep Hoops investigates today!
Quyavant Douglas Quyavant Douglas 6'0" | SG Brooklyn Center | 2023 State MN of Brooklyn Center. Brooklyn Center had a wealth of young talent playing last year but almost all of it transferred to Minneapolis South or DeLaSalle. Not everybody left though! Sophomore Quyavant Douglas Quyavant Douglas 6'0" | SG Brooklyn Center | 2023 State MN is one of the better sophomores in the state. He averaged 17 a game as an 8th grader and then a dozen a game last year in the ten contests he played in. With two years of varsity experience under his belt the explosive wing should be ready for a big season.
Michael Kastelic Michael Kastelic 6'1" | PG Duluth East | 2023 State MN of Duluth East. Michael is one of the possibilities that the Greyhounds have to step in for injured junior point guard Will Van Scoy Will Van Scoy 6'1" | PG Duluth East | 2022 State MN . We don’t if he will take the job but we do know that Kastelic, a sophomore, has very good vision plus he’s talented in creating off the bounce for others, He had a solid freshman season in 2019-20 and his role will increase in a big way with Van Scoy out for the season.
Avery Mast Avery Mast 6'5" | PF Lakeville South | 2022 State MN of Lakeville South. You may have noticed that we have moved Lakeville South out of the number one spot in Class AAAA in the preseason rankings. No the Cougars didn’t do anything wrong, they just lost their 6-foot-8 270 pound talented center Riley Mahlman Riley Mahlman 6'9" | C Lakeville South | 2021 State MN to college football (he is leaving to enroll early at Wisconsin). One of the advantages the Cougars had (in addition to talent and experience back from at top ten team) was a big talented center. Now talented combo forward Avery Mast Avery Mast 6'5" | PF Lakeville South | 2022 State MN will have to help out with a bit more scoring, a lot more rebounding, and more post defense. Mast is capable but he will need help too and 6-foot-6 junior Chase Androff will have to help as well
Will Underwood Will Underwood 6'0" | PG Mahtomedi | 2023 State MN of Mahtomedi. The Zephyrs are always a competitive team that plays tough. Graduation already stung them but they were stung even harder when Cal Greene Cal Greene 6'7" | SF Mahtomedi | 2021 MN moved to Tennessee this summer. That brings sophomore guard Will Underwood Will Underwood 6'0" | PG Mahtomedi | 2023 State MN into the spotlight. Underwood is ready to lead the club as he’s an excellent leader and a tenacious worker.
Kooper Vaughn Kooper Vaughn 6'0" | PG St. Charles | 2021 State MN of St. Charles. Before we found out that Drew Maloney Drew Maloney 6'5" | SF St. Charles | 2021 State MN was lost for the season we had St. Charles as the 9th ranked team in Class AA basketball. Vaughn already is a gun slinger. This six foot guard scored over 28 a game last year setting a school record for threes attempted and made in a season (took 11.5 threes a game last year). If you thought Kooper got shots up last year, wait and see what he does without Maloney around! Don’t be surprised if he is one of the top 2-3 scorers in terms of points per game in the state.
Max Wilson of Hopkins. Hopkins always seems to have top prospects in each class and Wilson has become the Hopkins top underclassmen prospect. The Royals lost four starters from last season and one of them was Andre Gray Andre Gray 6'4" | SG Mpls North | 2021 State MN transferring to Minneapolis North. Wilson steps into that spot providing the Royals with talent and a deeper rotation.