Kee boys basketball team returns trio of young letterwinners to lead 2022-2023 squad featuring just three upperclassmen


2022-2023 Kee boys basketball team ... Left to right - Front row: Parker Leppert, Dalton Mudderman, Andrew Kolsrud, Jarod Reams; Back row: Jacob Rolfs, Brayden Darling, Jordan Cota, Karsen Strong, Kaleb Drape. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook.

The 2022-2023 Kee boys basketball season will see a number of new faces taking to the court, as the bucket Hawks will look to replace a large group of seven graduated seniors who accounted for a vast majority of the production in last winter’s 12-12 season effort. Three players do return from that squad with varsity letterwinning experience, all of those coming from this season’s largest class of six sophomores that make up a majority of this season’s nine varsity team members.

Those returning letterwinners include the sophomore trio of Jordan Cota, Dalton Mudderman and Karsen Strong. Those three equal the same number of total upperclassmen for this winter’s campaign, as Jacob Rolfs is this season’s lone senior and there are only two juniors, Kaleb Drape and Andrew Kolsrud. Another three sophomores, Brayden Darling, Parker Leppert and Jarod Reams, round out this season’s varsity squad.

“I look for them to play hard, and lead by example,” second-year Kee head coach Jeff Cota said of his returning veterans. “The three letterwinners are sophomores, and we have three upperclassmen that also have some varsity experience. We hope to get some leadership from our upperclassmen.”

The Hawks were slated to open their 2022-2023 campaign at Central Elkader Tuesday, November 29 before hosting MFL/MarMac Friday, December 2. The Kee boys will then play at Clayton Ridge Tuesday, December 6 before hosting North Fayette Valley Friday, December 9 and then playing in the Border Battle at Decorah High School Saturday, December 10.

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