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Post by Loucks on Dec 7, 2009 12:49:44 GMT -5
I might be ahead of some Bethel recruiting news, which can be confirmed by those closer to the program....but I was told that 6'7 Taylor Kolbus of Goshen High School has been offered a scholarship from Bethel College to continue his basketball career. We will neither confirm or deny these reports.
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Post by goshen32 on Dec 7, 2009 13:14:50 GMT -5
I might be ahead of some Bethel recruiting news, which can be confirmed by those closer to the program....but I was told that 6'7 Taylor Kolbus of Goshen High School has been offered a scholarship from Bethel College to continue his basketball career. We will neither confirm or deny these reports. So be it.
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Post by cowboy on Dec 7, 2009 13:42:47 GMT -5
We will neither confirm or deny these reports. So be it. I have heard nothing of this
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Post by rubalamp on Dec 8, 2009 21:07:48 GMT -5
Is he being promised the starting Center position on the JV team?
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Post by cowboy on Dec 8, 2009 21:09:27 GMT -5
could be Rub, guys come to Bethel just to wear the Bethel blue
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Post by rubalamp on Dec 9, 2009 8:20:07 GMT -5
some guys don't go to bethel, because they want to play...
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Post by gopilots on Dec 9, 2009 11:19:40 GMT -5
some guys don't go to bethel, because they want to play... yes, they go to Huntington where anyone could play... or waterboy...
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Post by cowboy on Dec 9, 2009 11:36:40 GMT -5
some guys don't go to bethel, because they want to play... If you are saying that Bethel overrecruits or seems to get lots of players and you can't play them all which can cause dissension, then I sort of agree
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Post by rubalamp on Dec 9, 2009 20:51:52 GMT -5
Yes, ANYONE like a handful of MCC Conference players of the year...and the best managers in the world.
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Post by goshen32 on Dec 10, 2009 9:58:32 GMT -5
Seth Kauffman has a poor-me side to his background.
He just never uses it, according to his coach.
Bethany Christian's senior basketball star has grown up fast, maybe in part because life handed him a grown-up issue when he was 13 years old.
"The characteristic about him that is remarkable is how maturely he interacts with adults, the way he speaks, the eye contact, the firm handshake," Bethany coach Jim Buller says. "I think it's his father's influence. His father was a very important person to him."
Kauffman's father, Jamie, died suddenly of a brain aneurysm five years ago at age 43, when Kauffman was in seventh grade.
"It put a little bit of a chip on my shoulder, but it's also made me work harder," Kauffman says. "He taught me pretty much everything I know about sports."
"Instead of crying or using what happened as any kind of excuse, he's just a remarkably motivated individual toward success," Buller says of his sleek, 6-foot-4, high-jumping forward who also carries a 3.3 grade point average. "He's a hard worker, with a very humble spirit."
"There was some (anger) at first," Kauffman says of losing his father. "I have a temper, but I'm working on it. It was hard after it first happened, but I've toned it down a bit."
Kauffman says he and his father -- an avid baseball fan and an athlete at Bethany before graduating in 1980 -- were particularly close because Kauffman was his only son, sandwiched between two sisters. Liz is a college sophomore now and Catie an eighth grader.
Kauffman -- who's also a baseball and soccer standout at Bethany -- says he sometimes thinks about his dad before games, but rarely during games.
Opponents, meanwhile, have been thinking about ways to stop Kauffman during games, not that those work.
"The amazing thing is he's been a consistent scorer for us even while seeing double and triple teams," Buller says. "He's drawing a lot of attention, but he's finding ways to counter it and he's finding ways to get others involved. He's a senior who's still working very hard at improving."
Kauffman, who calls basketball his favorite sport and recently signed to continue playing it at Goshen College, is averaging 23.0 points and 9.0 rebounds through three games for the Bruins.
The problem is Bethany is 0-3 anyway, all three losses coming by narrow margins. The Bruins were nipped in their opener 51-48 by Westview, which is now 3-0; lost to West Noble in overtime after Kauffman's go-ahead basket with 1.4 seconds in regulation was nullified by a charging call that Buller says he still doesn't understand; and most recently fell 51-47 at Prairie Heights.
"We're about three plays from being 3-and-0," Kauffman says, "but I think our team chemistry is still pretty good and we're going to get better. We're just hoping to pick up the next one (tonight at Howe Military)."
Next for Kauffman, after his senior year at Bethany and his college career at GC, he's already "pretty much" decided, is a career in law enforcement.
"I want to honor my (Mennonite) religion, which is against joining the military, but I also really respect those who are in the military and put their life on the line for the greater good," Kauffman says, "so I see being a law officer as another way to do that."
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Post by labordbd on Dec 10, 2009 10:20:13 GMT -5
Here is a write-up on Grace signee Adrian Makolli.
The Grace College men's basketball team landed its second player in its 2009-10 signing class in 6'11" Adrian Makolli.
Adrian, a senior at Lakeland Christian Academy, plans on graduating in the spring of 2010. He is originally from Germany and came to the United States in 2008.
"I want to be a good basketball player and to become a good rebounder and defender," Adrian said. "I really enjoyed the environment of Grace College, including the academics as well as the basketball team and Coach Kessler."
Adrian came to America through a program called Education First. He ended up in South Bend, Ind., and attended Riley High School for a year before switching to Lakeland for his final year.
"In the time that I've worked with Adrian, I have been very pleased with his work ethic," said Lakeland basketball coach Shannon Brown. "Adrian works hard to be the best player he can be. He has a willingness and openness to learn."
While at Grace, he intends to major in either business or sport management. He currently resides with Scott and Cindy Silveus in Winona Lake, Ind. with their three children.
"He’s mobile, and he’s got a competitive spirit about him that we have the opportunity to cultivate and develop," said Grace head coach Jim Kessler. "His height is definitely going to be a factor in games, and he has a huge desire to learn."
Adrian is the son of Ferhan and Rifadije Makolli.
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Post by labordbd on Dec 10, 2009 10:21:42 GMT -5
Does anyone have any information on Greg Miller, one of Grace's signees? I was looking last night and couldn't really find anything. I know he averaged around 26 points a game last year, I was just intersted in seeing how he was doing this year.
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Post by Loucks on Dec 10, 2009 15:22:30 GMT -5
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Post by cowboy on Dec 10, 2009 17:22:29 GMT -5
nice article--he's really developed and if he continues, will be a great pick-up
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Post by Kyle Feller on Dec 11, 2009 11:48:41 GMT -5
Always good to hear a kid that is so focused on his weaknesses and addressing them.
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