year. Our goal is to be more consis- tent about it.” Adalyn Gauck is the lone senior on the players’ roster this winter and Frisk has been happy with her leadership and performance during the preseason. An undersized for- ward, she’ll be asked to play in the paint, particularly until Henning- sen is able to return. “She had a good summer,” Frisk said of Gauck. “She’s not a true post, but she’s playing post for us and she’ll help us out this year.” In addition to Kautman, Hen- ningsen, and Schnormeier, fellow junior Abby Patel saw significant minutes a season ago at point guard. She averaged 3.2 points per game, and her athleticism and ability to get to the bucket and dis- tribute will be another piece to the puzzle. “Abby can shoot and drive,” Frisk said. “We have some kids that can really fill it up.”
Thompson, Kaylin Richards, and Olivia Timmermans — should all see minutes as well, and sopho- mores Katie and Lauren Sniezek will fit into the rotation to give the Tigers more options and depth at both ends of the floor. “Hopefully we can play a lot of kids, rest kids, and get up and down the floor,” Frisk said. “We want to get up and down the court.” There will also be several tal- ented freshmen that figure into the equation. Callie Hales could find her way into the starting lineup in the backcourt, and Frisk said she had a great summer playing along- side his veterans. “She looked like a kid who had some experience at our jamboree,” Frisk said. “We’re excited with where she’s at. She’s left-handed, she’s crafty, she sees the floor, and she’s going to be a surprise to people.” Freshmen Kennady Hansen and Kayla Rash will also be on the var- sity roster. Rash is coming off an ACL in- jury sustained last spring, so her avail- ability may not happen until after the holiday break.
not an easy feat considering the formidable competition that also wants to lay claim to that title. North Polk is the overwhelming favorite. The Comets were a per- fect 16 for 16 in the RRC last winter en route to the Class 4A state title game where they fell to Dallas Center-Grimes. They lost leading scorer MaKayla Boatman to graduation, but Frisk says junior Abby Tuttle is one of the best guards in the state, and North Polk has plenty of pieces around her. “North Polk is loaded,” Frisk said. “They return a lot of good kids and they’ll be hard to guard because of their experience.” Ballard is, well, Ballard. The Bombers are good every year, proven by last season’s run to the 4A state semifinals. And they re-
turn one of the league’s most tal- ented players in Alliyah Thomp- son, a 6-foot-1 center who averaged 16.4 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 2.9 steals a night last season. Carlisle has sophomore dynamo Macy Comito (13.2 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 2.4 spg), Chesney Steenhoek (13.3 ppg, 8.4 rpg) anchors Bondurant- Farrar, and Katelyn Aden (10.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.3 spg) will be a force for Carroll. Yep, just another nightly test in- side the RRC. What else is new? “The conference is tough, but I feel like we have the kids to be competitive,” Frisk said. “There’s not a night where you can just show up and play though. You have to be ready every single night.”
Several more juniors — Abigail
Frisk knows it’s going to take the en- tire team — from the leading scorer to the person at the end of the bench — to take Gilbert where it wants to go. And where the Tigers want to go is to the top of the RRC,
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