MHS Girls Basketball

03/27/2026

Let’s go! Congrats! Woodsy and Mariyah are gonna be dunking next season!

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03/26/2026

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AP starting off the season with some power! Can anyone confirm the wind conditions in Ottawa today? 😬

03/15/2026

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We’re missing a bunch of campers and helpers in our picture, but today was the final day of year 3 of our Fundamental Camp! Another successful year of trying our absolute bests to help as many girls as possible fall in love with getting better, learning, being coachable, pushing themselves, the process, teamwork, and the game of basketball. Been a blast helping them do these things earlier in their lives and no matter what stage/level their skill is at currently. Nobody is ever “too good” to get better or “too smart” to learn. We had kids from at least 6 different towns and schools participate this year! Love what we’re building. Looking forward to seeing it pay off in their lives and continue to grow.

And a HUGE shoutout to all of the volunteers donating their time, patience, passion, expertise, and efforts to help make this possible. Especially these current Lady Trojans that are still working on this process themselves but still wanting to help make it enjoyable for the girls that look up to them! The former players that loved their time as Lady Trojans and want to help pass that on. And obviously the coaches donating that extra time on top of their busy schedules/jobs/lives. That kind of culture will move mountains.

And a final shoutout to our local businesses that donated to help make this possible.

Jj & L Carpentry

UAW LOCAL 904 union workers out of Hcc Inc

4M Graphix

And our Major Sponsor Nightengales who quietly do an insane amount of things for our community youth! They even donated pizzas for our coaches/volunteers today!

Thanks everyone!! Can’t wait for next season!

03/10/2026

End of year banquet officially puts a wrap on a fun season! Thanks to everybody that came out to support(and feed) the girls, and listen to me ramble! Great group of girls and parents!

03/08/2026

NEW CHALLENGE!!!

Don’t tease me too much, it was my video debut. And i definitely have more of a radio face!

100 shots and dribbles for 100 days this offseason! Great players aren’t made at their mandatory team practices! They’re made by the work they do on their own when nobody’s watching. Basketball is 1000% what you put into it, you get out of it. And it’s as “simple” as working on and having confidence in your fundamentals. Confidence is HUGE and you get that by knowing you’ve put in the work. On the flip side, basketball is very hard to “fake”… if you’re not good at the fundamentals, you can’t hide that, and you won’t be good. We can’t keep expecting girls to pick up a basketball in 6th grade (between the months of Nov-Feb) and be even average at basketball. And we can’t keep expecting these same 7/8 grade teams to win 7-8 games a year and then win 20 at MHS. Let’s start putting in that extra work as early as possible. Don’t ever be satisfied with where you’re at as a player. Keep working! On your own! That’s what makes someone great! I will get packets to whoever wants one. Log your work, turn it in, and get a shirt. But it’s not about the shirt… i GUARANTEE YOU that if you take 10,000 game speed and correct form shots/dribbles this offseason that you will get significantly better. And i guarantee you that if you don’t, at best you’ll stay the same. We know and love that you guys have other sports, hobbies, jobs, etc… set 30min aside here and there from now until October to get your shots/drinbling in. Some info will be in the comments and we will be posting videos throughout the summer with some moves/shots that you can add to your routine! Have fun!

03/06/2026

I had to call Coach Gehm quick to make sure I spelled Society correctly before making this one

Look at these Smarty Pantses! Solid season on the court and still found time to be awesome at reading and stuff to be inducted into the National Honor Society! Congrats on your hard earned honor, ladies!! Love that I always have a crew full of the BEST role models this young lady could ask for!

I don’t think she believes me when I say they didn’t have this when I was in school anymore!

03/02/2026

Congrats to Mariyah (2nd Team) and Karson (Honorable mention) on their All Conference Selections! Huge accomplishment in a pretty loaded conference for someone who started playing basketball for the 1st time last season, and a sophomore! Congratulations Girls!

First time we’ve had 2 players selected to All Conference since we joined The 3 Rivers!

02/25/2026

Good luck to the Mendota Trojans Boys Basketball as they start their postseason run tonight!

02/17/2026

Well our run at the first state title in MHS history came to an end tonight. Fell 57-22 to a Byron team that’s definitely gonna make a solid run at a state championship this year. We definitely played a bit too rushed offensively early. Especially on our shots. Props to them on their ball movement and transition offense. Before the game we talked about just approaching this game as a “we want to go out and just focus on playing our absolute best, leaving it all out there for each other, and just seeing what happened if we did that” I’m proud to say that I 100% did that. Most of our mistakes were just us trying maybe a little hard to make something happen. Down 43pts at half, we could’ve easily pouted and lost by 80… instead we came back out playing hard, and actually “won” both qtrs in the 2nd half. Obviously not trying to put a sprinkle and a poopy cupcake here… just an example of how this team never gives up. Even when the end of their season (and Lay/Gehm careers) were pretty obvious at that point. Went down swinging playing our hardest basketball. Extremely proud of our continued fight til the end.

Davidson had 6pts, 14 reb, 2stl. Beetz 4pts, 3reb, 2stl. Elam 3pts, 13reb, 1stl, 2blks. Diaz hit a 3 and grabbed 3reb. Doyle had a bucket, 5stl, 6reb. Perryman had a bucket and 2reb. Sondy 1pt, 4reb, 2stls. Freeman 1pt(bunch of great strong takes late that just did not go for her), 1ast, 1stl. Lay had 1ast and 1 stl. Baxa, Denk, and Re each grabbed a reb.

Can’t express enough how proud I am to be a part of this team and program…. So coachable most days, 11 wins, 1st postseason win in 5 seasons, slid Hansen into the 2nd most career wins in MHS Lady Trojan history 😬, played so hard, practiced hard, pushed each other, worked so hard to get better EVERYDAY, so many other great things, and just a pleasure to be around and coach. It has been quite a stinking journey… so grea to see it paying off. I want to thank the girls, Coach Gehm, Coach Hughes, and Coach Maddie so much for all of their efforts to make this year such a fun one full of accomplishments. Special thanks to Lay for her 4 years of hard work and leadership. We will definitely miss her. And thanks to all of the parents, family, and fans for all of the amazing support this year! And a HUGE shoutout to my AMAZING wife and kids for all of their support not only at home but in the stands darn near every stinking night! I am confident that this program is NOT SATISFIED… and while will thoroughly enjoy my extra family time, I am excited for the future!

02/14/2026

Here’s Mariyah’s bucket following her steal that ended up being the game winner for our FIRST POSTSEASON WIN SINCE 2020!!!

Huge shoutout to her… suffered an ankle injury on Monday night and toughed it out to get cleared to play this morning before the game. As a back to back state track finalist, She could’ve worried about her upcoming track season and rested today. Showed some great dedication to her teammates today!