Alyssa Hertel
Sports Reporter at Des Moines Register
High School Sports and Recruiting for @DMRegister | Muhlenberg 🐴 Syracuse 🍊| Formerly @usatodaysports, @MassLiveHS, @syracusedotcom
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1 week ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Alyssa Hertel
Drake men’s basketball has picked up another commitment, adding Jaeshon Thomas to Eric Henderson’s growing roster. Thomas made the announcement on April 14. The 6-foot-3, 195-pound guard comes to the Bulldogs from Charlotte, where he played one season. He started 26 of 33 games played in the 2024-25 season, averaging 9.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 26.5 minutes per game. Thomas, an Illinois native, played two seasons at Florida Southwestern State before joining the 49ers.
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2 weeks ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Alyssa Hertel
Cam Crotty eases into a chair positioned at a large, circular table. The melodies of a Chappell Roan song trickle into the media room from turned-up speakers in the training room across the hall. Crotty – a 6-foot-3, 210-pound Iowa Wild defenseman built for crushing opponents against the boards – is calm as he prepares to face a series of questions.
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2 weeks ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Alyssa Hertel
Eric Henderson is the type of person who likes to be where his feet are planted. The Drake basketball head coach – officially introduced during a press conference on Monday – paid attention to the Bulldogs’ success from four-and-a-half hours away at South Dakota State. But he said he didn’t consider leaving his position at the helm of the Jackrabbits’ program, not until the ideal job opened up at the ideal time.
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2 weeks ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Alyssa Hertel
Drake men’s basketball added a pair of players to its 2025-26 roster on Saturday. Owen Larson and Griffen Goodbary announced their commitments on social media. Larson just finished his freshman year at South Dakota State, and 2025 recruit Goodbary flipped his commitment from the Jackrabbits to the Bulldogs. Larson, a 6-foot-2 guard, will return to his home state of Iowa.
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2 weeks ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Alyssa Hertel
Drake men’s basketball added a pair of players to its 2025-26 roster on Saturday. Owen Larson and Griffen Goodbary announced their commitments on social media. Larson just finished his freshman year at South Dakota State, and 2025 recruit Goodbary flipped his commitment from the Jackrabbits to the Bulldogs. AdvertisementLarson, a 6-foot-2 guard, will return to his home state of Iowa.
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Cam Crotty – a 6-foot-3, 210-pound Iowa Wild defenseman – is built for crushing opponents against the boards. But off the ice, he's everything you'd expect out of a captain - leading by example and creating a space for conversations about mental health. https://t.co/X8ePC24aw1
Eric Henderson experienced a lot of success during his time at South Dakota State. And the new head coach of the Bulldogs' basketball program is confident that his winning ways will continue in Des Moines. "The best is yet to come." https://t.co/ZNWNRROHky
Drake basketball picked up two more commitments. Iowa native Owen Larson (@owen0larson) will follow Eric Henderson from the Jackrabbits. Griffen Goodbary (@GriffenGoodbary), two-time Gatorade Player of the Year for South Dakota, flipped to the Bulldogs. https://t.co/HbfftITxYJ