Nate Kennell Tracker

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In his first game Monday...
-24 pts, 5 rebounds, 7 assists in a 63-47 win over tough Yorkville

In game two a blowout 73-39 win over Streator where Nate played fewer minutes, he had
-19 points (on 7-10), 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals -- Dallas Morgan had 17, Michael Adams 9

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On Friday, Metamora beat Marengo 69-46, Nate Kennell had 25 pts, 8 rebounds, 7 assists


Then Saturday, in the Metamora 52-46 win over Ottawa to claim the tourney title
Nate Kennell had 24 pts,

http://www.mywebtimes.com/sports/metamora-holds-off-pirates-with-kennell-fts/article_26fd2ba8-a65d-5fa0-abb0-bea820ab82da.html

so it appears he is averaging 23 ppg over his first four games

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a little blurb by Lonnie Schwindenhammer - on Nate Kennell (on page 2)- also a mention of the Manual guys and some other local high school basketball

http://www.pjstar.com/article/20151203/SPORTS/151209785/11130/SPORTS?Start=1

also - a nice article about Valpo's Alec Peters

http://www.pjstar.com/article/20151203/SPORTS/151209783

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Metamora hosts Morton tonight at 8pm...go Nate!

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Metamora 53 - Morton 33
Nate Kennell with 18

[Da Coach]

I have seen at least 2 different final scores for Metamora-Morton, but Nate did have 18 points & 6 rebounds.
56-34- https://twitter.com/wolves10/status/673368552251006976
52-32- https://twitter.com/pjstarsports/sta...50423114158080

[Toyota12]

recruiting

Metamora is a very good high school Basketball team! It looks like their coach and boosters have done a great job of putting together a strong recruitment of players from Dunlap Peoria Heights and Metamora. With that being said I'm very excited to see Nate in a Bradley Uniform!

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I also read that Nate had 18 pts, 6 rebs & 4 asst

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Nate Kennell & Metamora play at Washington HS in about an hour

[BSSFan#1]

Metamora is a very good high school Basketball team! It looks like their coach and boosters have done a great job of putting together a strong recruitment of players from Dunlap Peoria Heights and Metamora. With that being said I'm very excited to see Nate in a Bradley Uniform!

Don't forget Morton.

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Washington beat Metamora 43-40
Jim Mattson was there filming - LINK
and the PJS has coverage - LINK

Low scoring game with both teams seemingly doing some tricky things to beat their arch rival. Washington went to a stall - sort of a 4-corners - each time they had leads of 6, 8 or 9 pts...but then each time the stall failed and Metamora caught back up again. Game was tied or a 1-point game down the stretch & in the final minute Washington got some FTs for the lead.
Nate Kennell had just 10 pts, and played PG most of the game trying to get his teammates involved. He took very few shots and seemed to even turn down good shots early on in favor of trying to find shots for teammates.
Even in the final seconds when Metamora had the final possession down 43-40 and the chance at one more shot, Kennell brought the ball up court and dished off to forward Michael Adams for a 3-pointer that missed. I know Washington played good defense on Kennell, but it seemed that he didn't even look to take the shot. He also didn't seem to even look for a shot in the 1st half and had just 2 pts at half.
Washington never plays anyone over 5-11, so they do a pretty good job with such a small lineup, and are active on the glass. Metamora is a much bigger team and yet got outhustled on a lot of rebounds.
Good atmosphere, place was close to packed. The Manual coaches were there, as were a couple of former Bradley guys, and saw a couple juco coaches..

Washington's guard duo of senior Lou Griffith & junior Devin Whitelow will likely both have the chance to play somewhere in college, but both are about 5-9, so I suspect their opportunities will range from DII or DII, NAIA, or maybe juco. Metamora's Michael Adams, a senior, also might get the chance somewhere.

Also, the Dunlap situation was a common topic that people seemed to be talking about.

[Toyota12]

what

Don't forget Morton.

What about Morton? If you are talking about AJ Youngman he was in Morton for like 5 games. Then his father didn't like how the team was being coached started looking for a new team and as everyone knows he ended up at Manual! So what's your point?

[Chico]

[QUOTE=Toyota12;825117643]What about Morton? If you are talking about AJ Youngman he was in Morton for like 5 games. Then his father didn't like how the team was being coached started looking for a new team and as everyone knows he ended up at Manual! So what's your point?[/QUOTE

Pretty obvious, at least to me, that BSSFan was saying don't overlook Morton.

[BSSFan#1]

What about Morton? If you are talking about AJ Youngman he was in Morton for like 5 games. Then his father didn't like how the team was being coached started looking for a new team and as everyone knows he ended up at Manual! So what's your point?

How did AJ Youngman get brought up into this discussion?

You said Dunlap, Peoria Heights. You forgot Morton. Metamora has a player who used to live and play basketball in Morton.

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..Metamora has a player who used to live and play basketball in Morton.

they also have one who played last year & was the best player at Peoria Heights, and one who played last year and was the best player at Dunlap.
By contrast, Manual has no players who transferred in this year and only one that I am aware of who transferred in last year.