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Special thanks to Coach Ryan Saunders for stopping by tonight and sharing a few words of wisdom.
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Minutes before tipoff the team experienced heartbreak, sitting together in silence at a loss for words as the legendary season with dreams of state came to a halt due to COVID-19. Nothing can take away what this group accomplished together. Thank you seniors for leaving a legacy.
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ᴀʟʟ-ᴛɪᴍᴇ ʟᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ꜱᴄᴏʀᴇʀ.
Congratulations,
@gokoronkwo24
for breaking the Blake boys school scoring record that was set 17 years ago in 2007 by Blake Williams‼️
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A historic run and season gets cut short today. This group’s list of accomplishments put Blake Basketball back on the map.
✅ 22 wins (2nd most in program history)
✅ Reached section finals for 1st time since 2013 and only 2nd time in program history
✅ Finished 2nd in
@IMACMN
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Congrats to Coach
@tylerbiwan
on being recognized as Section 5AA Coach of the Year. Thank you once again to
@RyanJamesMN
for the coverage.
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.
@gokoronkwo24
is POTY‼️
As just announced and voted on by
@IMACMN
coaches, Grayson becomes Blake’s first ever conference POTY.
This season, Okoronkwo averaged 25/8/5 while shooting 56/39/85 on his way to becoming Blake’s all time leading scorer with 2,245 career points.
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The Bears execute the game plan to perfection and are now 36 minutes away from a trip to state‼️
📊
@gabe_ganz
15pts, J. Liu 18pts,
@RobertHoops3
15pts, T. Liu 12pts
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50
This morning at Blake we celebrated student athletes playing at the next level including three of our very own in
@Elishort03
(St Olaf 🏈),
@will_fazio
(St John’s ⚾️), and
@robertgracee
(Macalester 🏀). Looking forward to seeing continued success from these three! 👏
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🚨BUZZER BEATER🚨Blake gets the W 56-54 over SPA behind Gabe Ganz game-winner and 21 points. Kilpatrick adds 17. Bears move to 7-3.
#ALLIN
@tchoopsczar
@NorthstarAlex
@RyanJamesMN
@NorthstarHoops
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Best of luck to
@robertgracee
as he officially starts his next chapter today with
@MacalesterMBB
. 🏀📚
We will be rooting for him every step of the way.
Special thanks to
@AbeWoldeslassie
and
@Coach_Nord
for always showing so much love and support.
Go Scots!
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𝐻𝐼𝒮𝒯𝒪𝑅𝒴.
@gokoronkwo24
becomes the first Bear to hit 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ career points‼️
📸
@NorthstarAlex
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1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ for
@theoliu_
‼️
The senior captain became just the 10th in program history to hit 1,000 and the 4th to do so in the past three years.
📸
@NorthstarAlex
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Today we honor our Class of 2021 Seniors. While still striving for more yet to accomplish in their decorated careers, this group will undoubtedly leave a legacy.
#thankyouseniors
#leavealegacy
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1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ for
@gnokoronkwo
‼️
With 19 points tonight, Grayson becomes the 11th Bear to hit the mark and the 5th to do so in the last 4 years. That’s a whole lotta buckets‼️
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Stopped by
@MacalesterMBB
practice last night to steal a drill or two from
@AbeWoldeslassie
and to check in on our guy
@robertgracee
. Future looks bright for the Scots!
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The Bears survive and advance after a back and forth battle with Watertown-Mayer.
📊
@gabe_ganz
16pts, T. Liu 15pts,
@RobertHoops3
15pts.
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Only fitting that
@tylerbiwan
’s 100th career coaching win comes against rival Breck. Congrats, coach. 👏
@gnokoronkwo
poured in 28 points,
@theoliu_
18, Baker was huge with 16,
@dane_borene
6,
@Max_Hubler
6, and Mehra 1.
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Posting 19 points last night,
@gnokoronkwo
has officially landed a spot in the top three of all-time Blake scorers with many, many more buckets still to come for the junior star‼️🥉⭐️🪣
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ICYMI from last night: “What a great block by Robert Grace IV! That is a great block, anywhere, at any level. That is highlight stuff right there. That was unbelievable.” Shoutout to ParkTV
@stlouispark
for the call and coverage.
@RobertHoops3
@RyanJamesMN
@tchoopsczar
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🚨Coaching staff changes heading into 2022-23 season🚨
Please join us in welcoming Coach Brew (
@DMBrewer24
) while we say thank you to Coach Henn (
@AADHennessyBB
) and Coach Harvey (
@DrJharvey
).
Go Bears! 🐻🏀
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.
@gnokoronkwo
had himself a night, setting his new career-high on 14-17 shooting (4-6 from 3PT). 🤯📈🏹
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Last night was special in more ways than one. Jasper Liu hit 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣‼️
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Today we celebrated Blake student-athletes who will compete at the next level including two of our own in
@theoliu_
(
@TuftsMBB
) and
@Max_Hubler
(
@HCrossMLAX
). Congrats fellas, looking forward to seeing continued growth and success! 📚🏀🥍
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What building a program is all about. 💚💙🐻
#leavealegacy
@MaxWCCO
@WCCO
@robertgracee
@gabe_ganz
@jfzliu
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Bears make it 6 straight over Breck as
@theoliu_
tied his career-high with 37‼️
Baker added 16,
@Max_Hubler
10,
@dane_borene
9,
@gnokoronkwo
2, Mehra 2.
JV also got the win, making it a clean sweep 🧹
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The 2023-24 season is complete. With 19 wins on the year, Blake continued its program standard of 15+ wins, a mark that has been hit now 5 straight seasons.
This was a special group with two very special seniors. Thank you Matthew and Grayson. 💚💙
Go Bears! 🐻
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Blake takes down
#11
preseason ranked AAA Holy Angels 78-63 behind a balanced attack with 5 in double figures. 1-0.
@tchoopsczar
@RyanJamesMN
@NorthstarHoops
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Blake earns its highest ranking, coming in at No. 7 in
@RyanJamesMN
@NorthstarHoops
preseason Class AA Top 10.
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A strong season for the Bears came to a close today in the section quarterfinals. Blake ends the year with 13 victories, the most for the program in six years including its first section win in six years‼️
The program is on the right path with a very bright future ahead. 📈🐻🏀
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Tonight at home we celebrate our 7 seniors. Because of their dedication, leadership, and hard work, they will leave the program better than what it was when they entered it. Ceremony starts before varsity game around 6:50PM.
#thankyouseniors
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#6
Blake makes a statement and takes down
#7
St. Croix Prep!
@gabe_ganz
led a balanced attack with 17 while holding Metcalf (26ppg) to low single digits.
@theoliu_
had 14,
@jfzliu
returned and added 12,
@gnokoronkwo
11,
@robertgracee
9,
@Max_Hubler
5,
@willfazio3
3.
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The Bears escape with the win behind a career-high 29 points from
@gnokoronkwo
.
@theoliu_
added 13,
@Max_Hubler
10, Baker 8,
@dane_borene
7,
@Jack_Griff5
2, and Kunga 2.
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The Bears eclipse the 20 win mark on Senior Night!
All seniors led the way as
@DeignanSam
had a triple double with 12pts/11reb/11ast, Nowak 16pts,
@dhbix20
12pts, Patch 10pts,
@zachslavitt6
10pts, Brass 8pts/10rebs, and Rohan gave the crowd what they wanted with 9pts!
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Blake improves to 9-0 for the best start in program history. 6 Bears were in double-figures tonight with
@gnokoronkwo
scoring 18,
@jfzliu
15,
@gabe_ganz
14,
@theoliu_
14,
@Max_Hubler
14,
@robertgracee
11,
@willfazio3
7,
@dane_borene
4, and Kunga 2.
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Bears win their 10th straight and move into the quarterfinals at Providence on Saturday 5PM.
@theoliu_
led with 25 and 2 monster dunks,
@gnokoronkwo
added 21,
@Max_Hubler
8, Schnabel 7,
@dane_borene
4, Kunga 2, and
@Jack_Griff5
2.
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The dynamic duo of
@gnokoronkwo
and
@theoliu_
will lead the
#8
ranked Bears in tonight’s season opener at home.
⏰7PM
🆚SW Christian
📸
@BreakdownUSA
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Big section 5AA win tonight over Southwest Christian 74-66. Liu led the Bears in a team effort with 18, Ganz 13, Grace 13, Slavitt 12, Kilpatrick 8, Morrison 6.
#ALLIN
🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻
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Bears earn the big win and improve to 3-1 behind 27 points from
@theoliu_
and 21 from
@gnokoronkwo
.
@dane_borene
and
@Max_Hubler
added 9 each and Baker scored 5. Mehra huge defensively off the bench.
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Elected by their teammates, first year captains
@gnokoronkwo
,
@Jack_Griff5
, &
@SchnabelIan
will lead the new wave of Blake basketball this upcoming season.
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Bears close out the regular season on a 9-game win streak improving to 19-6 for 4th best regular season record in school history‼️
@theoliu_
dominated with 25,
@Max_Hubler
15,
@dane_borene
14,
@gnokoronkwo
12, Schnabel 3, Kunga 2,
@Jack_Griff5
2.
THANK YOU SENIORS👏
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Bears get a bounce back victory over Kasson-Mantorville and hit another program goal in getting to 18+ wins.
📊
@zachslavitt6
14pts,
@RobertHoops3
13pts/4stl, J. Liu 10pts,
@DeignanSam
9pts, T. Liu 9pts/7reb
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For the first time in program history, FIVE Bears earn First Team
@IMACMN
All-Conference‼️
@robertgracee
4x 1st Team
@gabe_ganz
4x 1st Team
@jfzliu
3x 1st Team, 1x Honorable Mention
@theoliu_
2x 1st Team
@gnokoronkwo
1x 1st Team
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𝓣𝓱𝓮 2021-22 𝓼𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓸𝓷 𝓲𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓮.
✅20 wins (4th most in program history)
✅10-game win streak (most consecutive in program history)
✅Climbed from 9 seed in Section 5AA to 5 seed in last two weeks of season
✅Plenty of memories and social bonds made
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The Bears had a great time participating in Unified Basketball Day with
@SOMinnesota
and
@WMWarriorsSO
! 🏀💚🐻
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Drew Dillon, Max Ramsey, and Ian Schnabel all with their first varsity points in a big W for the Bears‼️
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Theo Liu recognized as a top sophomore prospect by
@RyanJamesMN
. Theo made a huge leap this year on his way to earning all
@IMACMN
. Big things are coming...
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Bears move to 4-1 behind a career-high 37 points from
@theoliu_
‼️
@gnokoronkwo
scored 22,
@dane_borene
10,
@Max_Hubler
5, Kunga 2,
@Jack_Griff5
1.
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30
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#bearswin
#pawsupclawsout
📊
@zachslavitt6
20pts (6 threes),
@gabe_ganz
8pts/7reb/5ast, J. Liu 17pts, T. Liu 15pts/5reb/4ast,
@DeignanSam
10pts/5reb
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Bears jumped out to a 13-0 lead and never looked back, improving to 9-4.
@theoliu_
led with 25,
@gnokoronkwo
added 20, Baker 11,
@Max_Hubler
9, and
@dane_borene
6.
The W completes a 6-0 week for the program, with Varsity and JV both going 3-0‼️
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Max Hubler, Theo Liu, and Grayson Okoronkwo are
@IMACMN
All-Conference! 👏
@Max_Hubler
earned Honorable Mention, while
@theoliu_
earned his third 1st Team recognition and
@gnokoronkwo
earned his second.
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Blake dominates in a true team win and moves to 7-0 with
@gnokoronkwo
dropping 18,
@Max_Hubler
16,
@jfzliu
15,
@robertgracee
12,
@willfazio3
11,
@theoliu_
6,
@Elishort03
6, and
@gabe_ganz
5.
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ᴛʜᴇ 2022-23 ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ ɪꜱ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ.
In a growing year, the young Bears were able to uphold recent program standards, with 15+ wins for 4th straight year. Blake joins Minnehaha, North, and Rockford as only sect./conf. teams to do it.
ᴏɴᴡᴀʀᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴜᴘᴡᴀʀᴅ!
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Blake moves to 11-2 by starting the game on a 34-3 run, ending with a convincing 72-49 win over conference rival Breck.
JV and C also win for a program sweep! 🧹🧹🧹
#bearswin
#pawsupclawsout
@RyanJamesMN
@tchoopsczar
@NorthstarHoops
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Bears start strong and never look back, improving to 4-1 behind 22 from
@gnokoronkwo
. Baker added 11, Dillon 10. Next up,
@BreakdownUSA
Granite City Classic in St. Cloud.
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Blake escapes with the win and improves to 13-6.
@gnokoronkwo
took over in the 2nd half, scoring 22 of his team-high 27.
@theoliu_
added 20,
@dane_borene
was big with 10, Baker 7, Dillon 6, and
@Max_Hubler
3.
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26
Bears get a huge statement win over section opponent Watertown-Mayer.
📊
@RobertHoops3
22pts/9ast/4reb,
@gabe_ganz
16pts/4reb/4ast, T. Liu 15pts/8reb, J. Liu 11pts
#bearswin
#pawsupclawsout
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First look at the photos by Sam Rode from opening night...
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Blake gets its first win over Minnehaha since 1/28/14‼️ 86-80.
Scoring
Okoronkwo 31
N. Wagoner 23
Kaba 17
McMichael 14
Wilson 3
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.
@robertgracee
had the Leonard Center rockin yesterday‼️
9 points, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 1 massive block in his NCAA debut. 👏😤💪
@MacalesterMBB
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.
@theoliu_
had himself a night vs Hill-Murray, dropping a career-high 37 points while posting his 4th straight double-double with 10 boards.
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Five Bears earn All-Conference honors for ‘23-24 👏
Okoronkwo gets the nod for the fourth straight year while Kaba and McMichael make their first appearances (both honorable mention in ‘22-23).
Schnabel and Wagoner round things out as first time honorable mentions.
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.
@RobertHoops3
and
@jfzliu
facing off this morning in the championship game!
@gainelitemn
vs
@MinnHeatDnB
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“𝙊𝙈𝘼𝙍 𝙆𝘼𝘽𝘼! 𝙊𝙃 𝙈𝙔 𝙂𝙊𝙊𝘿𝙉𝙀𝙎𝙎!”
The junior captain exploded in the 2nd half, scoring 23 of his career-high 29 pts including an incredible sequence worth watching 👀🤯😤
🗣️Alex Smith,
@blakebearsradio
@RyanJamesMN
@streethistory
@NorthstarAlex
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❇️THE TIME IS NOW❇️
The 2019-2020 season officially tips off tonight at 7:15PM as the Bears visit
#11
Holy Angels.
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.
@gokoronkwo24
now stands alone at the top of all-time Blake scorers, breaking a record that stood for 27 years and eclipsing a mark that likely will never be broken again.
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Total team effort in the win on rivalry night.
@theoliu_
was dominate with 23,
@gnokoronkwo
added 17,
@jfzliu
11,
@robertgracee
10,
@Max_Hubler
10,
@gabe_ganz
8,
@dane_borene
5, Kickhaefer 3,
@Elishort03
2, and
@willfazio3
2. Next up, Providence tomorrow at 1PM.
📸 Paul Gendler
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The wait is over...Blake basketball is officially here! Let's get it! 🐻
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Carson McMichael, Grayson Okoronkwo, and Omar Kaba are
@IMACMN
All-Conference!👏
McMichael and
@odkaba25
both earned Honorable Mention while
@gnokoronkwo
was named to the 1st Team for the 3rd straight year.
📸
@NorthstarAlex
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6
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7
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Bears run away with the W behind another career-high from
@gnokoronkwo
with 35 points.
@theoliu_
was huge defensively and added 16.
@Max_Hubler
10, Kunga 10, Darian 5, Baker 3,
@dane_borene
2, and
@ParkerGendler
1.
0
7
24
Added two C’s to the locker room 💪
2023-24 ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ᴄᴀᴘᴛᴀɪɴꜱ
@odkaba25
@SchnabelIan
@DrewDill0n
@gokoronkwo24
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“This year’s Blake team has generated some new momentum, with a deep offense that’s kept the Bears, ranked No. 6 in Class 2A by Minnesota Basketball News, undefeated through six games.”
Full story from
@mnbasketballhub
:
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March Madness is here and the road to state is set for the Bears who earned the 5 seed‼️
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Yesterday, we hosted a "Unified Basketball Event" with Blake's Special Olympics delegation partner, Western Wings.
Special shout out to junior Darian Mehra for putting this together and for continuing to give back.
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.
@robertgracee
recognized as the
#9
PG in the state.
"Prospect Rankings – The Top 25 2021 Point Guards"
In anticipation of the upcoming 2021 rankings resort, we’ve began looking at Minnesota players position by position. Starting with the lead guards.
@NorthstarHoops
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Bears edge out an OT win for their 7th straight and improve to 17-6 through tough team-defense.
@gnokoronkwo
led in scoring with 26,
@theoliu_
had 21,
@Max_Hubler
3, Schnabel 2.
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Earlier this week Omar Kaba broke the Blake Boys Hoops individual single season blocks record of 47 blocks which was set by Blaine Crawford in 2013.
Kaba will look to continue his block party tonight at Mound Westonka in the final game of the regular season.
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