Five Prospects You Haven't Heard About Yet

This article below focuses on a few different Iowa prospects you may not know yet, but could start hearing a lot more about as they grow and their confidence catches up with their ability over-time at the Varsity level. Each player has showed a boatload of promise up until this point in their career and they are just getting started.   Thanks for tuning in and enjoy!    Blackburn is known within her community has an uber athletic CG, that can score at all three levels while also being a top-notch defender against all other positions. She will be joining a stacked St. Albert team this Winter that happens to return 8 prospects from last season but I would still expect that Blackburn will practice with the Varsity team and get small opportunities here and there as the season moves on into the Winter.     Remember the name, Laylani Love Smith. Right now she is a hooper out of the 2031 Class and she will be attending Lincoln High School out of DSM when she finally gets there in a few years. Love Smith is a pure PG. She knows pace of place, she has a tight handle, she knows how to create for those around her as her primary job on the hardwood, and she makes smart overall choices with the ball whenever its in her hands. It always helps when you have an older sister, who is also a baller. You work off of that growing up and usually you end up becoming better than them because of it. I think we will see that in this relationship overtime. The Love Smith sisters both know how to hoop right now and that's not going to slow down anytime soon. They are only going to continue to get better with experience.     C. Venner is a 5'10 SG with lengthy arms, great vision, a picture perfect shooting stroke from deep, and she is extremely calculated with whatever she is attempting to accomplish on the floor. If you look at the ETG Midwest Elite 3SSB Jr. Team, you will notice that Venner is one of their best overall prospects. The way she plays the game just stands out as next level, even if she isn't have the best game production wise. She is going to be a killer at the 1A level in Iowa next Winter. She just needs to keep working and the rest will be history.     When it's time, a name you will see in a lot of headlines in this space will be Lily Shields of MFL MarMac High School. I don't know how MarMac keeps doing it. It seems like every season they have a new, productive weapon to deploy against other Varsity opponents. That's been the case the last few seasons and that's going to continue with prospects like Shields coming up through the ranks. Shields would be considered a 5'7 PG. She is coordinated and skilled enough that she can play any position at this moment in time but that will shorten up as she gets to the high school level and she will become a pure guard, baring she doesn't hit a 7 inch growth-spurt anytime soon.     Clear Lake is one of those high school programs over the next few seasons that should make something happen at their Class level with the talent they are continuing to bring in. Someone to note out of their 2031 Class is Bayley Holt. Holt is listed as a 4'11 SG/SF. Which means that she is skilled enough to move all over the court right now. As you might imagine, Holt is electricity in a bottle. She gets to her spots FAST and she knows how to make the most of her opportunities as she flys down the floor. She will most likely have to stick to the SG/PG spot at the High School level but we will see. There is a lot that can happen between now and then so for the moment, it's a waiting game.

This article below focuses on a few different Iowa prospects you may not know yet, but could start hearing a lot more about as they grow and their confidence catches up with their ability over-time at the Varsity level. Each player has showed a boatload of promise up until this point in their career and they are just getting started.