Players Who Can Alter a Game
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Throughout a game, certain players can alter the course of a game. Today, I’d like to highlight some of the kids whose game could change the course of a game and help their team turn possible losses into wins in…
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Continue ReadingThroughout a game, certain players can alter the course of a game. Today, I’d like to highlight some of the kids whose game could change the course of a game and help their team turn possible losses into wins in a few possessions.
Few kids can explode athletically the way that Meg Decker Meg Decker 5'8" | CG The Prairie School | 2025 State WI can. The sophomore is excellent at playing a pass-away. She baits opposing ball handlers to pass the ball to her assignment. After that pass comes, there are multiple occasions per game where Decker jumps the pass and takes it down to the other end for an easy one-on-zero fastbreak layup. I have seen her play three or four times, and she does that every game. She’s excellent at creating live-ball turnovers that lead to points.
Ady Ketterhagen Ady Ketterhagen 5'9" | PG Oostburg | 2026 State WI
In her first high school game back in November, Ady Ketterhagen Ady Ketterhagen 5'9" | PG Oostburg | 2026 State WI got thrown into the fire against the defending D4 runner-ups, who play an aggressive full-court press. Ketterhagen had mixed results that night. However, in another big game against Brillion, the second half she put together was one of the best halves of basketball I’ve seen all year. Ketterhagen scored in every way imaginable, created live-ball turnovers, threaded the needle a few times for assists, and took over the second half. She’s dynamic and one of the most influential players in D3 this season.
Faith Walder Faith Walder 5'5" | PG West De Pere | 2025 State WI
In the 2025 class, few players are as calm as Faith Walder Faith Walder 5'5" | PG West De Pere | 2025 State WI . No matter what defense she sees, how many players try to fluster her, or how aggressive defenders are, Walder, plays through it and makes the right plays. Whenever I see her, she looks like she doesn’t break a sweat. I love how well she takes care of the ball and her basketball IQ. You see every one of her teammates exhale whenever she has the ball under pressure because they all know she’ll find a way out of it, and she does.
If you like tough shot makers, look no further than Jayla Rankin Jayla Rankin 5'4" | PG Wisconsin Lutheran | 2024 State WI . At the end of this season, I’ll have seen games in four states with some of the best talent in the midwest, but few kids will have made shots that have made less sense than Rankin. The junior does an excellent job beating her initial defender off the dribble and making the defense react and rotate to stop her from getting to the rim. Rankin’s ability to create numerical advantages can’t be understated, and she makes beating defenders off the dribble look like tying your shoes. When she’s playing, you know Wisconsin Lutheran can get good looks on the offensive end.