Basketball
MIDWEST RECRUITING: South Bend St. Joseph hooper JR Konieczny is sizzling up the charts
Hooping his way up the recruiting charts, South Bend St. Joseph’s Doug (JR) Konieczny is killing it this summer on the hardwood. His soft shooting touch and tenacious work ethic baseline-to-baseline are on full display for all to see. Well, mainly scouts with scholarships to dole out. The hard-nosed, lanky 6-foot-7 junior wing has collected ...
Baseball
MIDWEST RECRUITING: Led by ‘Baby Eaglets,’ OLSM baseball’s future is blindingly bright
The “Baby Eaglets” continue to chirp through the offseason. After helping lead Orchard Lake St. Mary’s to a Division 2 state baseball title in their first year of high school ball back in the spring, the vaunted Eaglets underclassmen are still making noise this summer. Brock Porter and Jack Crighton committed to major universities and ...
Basketball
MIDWEST RECRUITING: Ferris State grabs Glen Lake’s Reece Hazelton; Emerzian twins land at Troy for next season
Maple City Glen Lake senior wing Reece Hazelton, one of the best small school players in the state, committed to Ferris State recently. The wiry, smooth 6-foot-8 Hazelton averaged 16 points and six rebounds per game in 2019, shooting 65 percent from the field and 43 percent from 3-point land. Tenacious on both ends of the ...
Football
MIDWEST RECRUITING: De La Salle’s Toutant flips from Penn State to Ohio State; Walled Lake Northern’s Arnoldi picks WMU
A couple of big nasties from the Mitten made moves in the recruiting game in recent days. Warren De La Salle offensive lineman Grant Toutant flipped from Penn State to Ohio State over the weekend and Walled Lake Northern offensive lineman Kyle Arnoldi committed to Western Michigan. The behemoth Toutant (6-foot-7, 325 pounds) is a four-star prospect and the ...
Football
MIDWEST RECRUITING: New Palestine’s Maxen Hook, West Lafayette’s Harrison Truitt choose Mid-American Conference destinations
They’ve got brains and brawn. The complete package — a scary combination on the gridiron. Two of the IHSAA’s smartest football players made college connections in the past week as New Palestine senior safety Maxen Hook committed to Toledo and West Lafayette senior wide receiver Harrison Truitt committed to Miami (OH). These two game-changing talents outthink the competition as ...
Football
MIDWEST RECRUITING: West Washington’s Caleb Murphy wastes no time, picks Indiana football
The offer was gold, the commitment was lightning fast. West Washington defensive end Caleb Murphy committed to Indiana University on the spot while camping in Bloomington and getting an offer from Coach Allen this past week. This kid is a real diamond in the rough, the kind of ferocious competitor who has an endless motor and ...
Basketball
MIDWEST RECRUITING: Edison’s Brian Taylor hoops his way to Chi-Town, providing great value for UIC
From Motown to the Windy City with love from the PSL. Detroit Edison departing boys basketball star Brian Taylor inked with University of Illinois-Chicago over the weekend. The 6-foot-6.5 Taylor is a heady wing who has a style of game best described as spunky and efficient. In other words, he does maximum damage with minimal ...
Basketball
MIDWEST RECRUITING: Guarding A Secret No Longer — Class of ’21 Cagers Breaking Out On Recruiting Scene
A half-dozen 0-to-100 HARDWOOD HUSTLERS from the Class of 2021’s backcourt crop — AKA Bad-2-The-Bone Ballers with recruiting interest on the fast track to the stratosphere. Luke Goode (Homestead) — This 6-foot-5 gunner just bagged a Butler offer. One of the best pure shooter in the state, he already has an offer from Iowa ...
Football
MIDWEST RECRUITING: A dozen QBs from around the IHSAA that you need to know for the summer of 2019
A dozen quarterbacks from around the IHSAA that you need to know about going into the summer: Maximus Grimes (Lafayette Jefferson, 6-foot-3, 215 pounds) — Game-changer in every way under center, the great equalizer, simply a machine mowing down the comp. He threw for 3,455 yards and 49 touchdowns with a 65 percent completion ...
Football
MIDWEST RECRUITING: The QB issue — signalcallers from the Mitten you’ll know about soon
Here’s a breakdown of some quarterbacks you might not know about now, but you sure will by the end of the 2019 prep football season in the Mitten: Conor Easthope (Ann Arbor Pioneer Class of 2021) — Throwing for 1,425 yards and 14 touchdowns as a sophomore, this 6-foot-3 signal caller has great pocket ...
Basketball
Warren Central boys hoops coaching saga finally ends with former assistant Garrett Winegar landing the gig
The Warren Central boys basketball coaching-hire saga has finally come to a conclusion. Warriors assistant Garrett Winegar got the nod over the weekend to replace Kristoff Kendrick, who had the job for less than a month before bolting for a college assistant gig at Bradley. Kendrick (former WC asst. and head coach at Indianapolis Howe the ...