Sioux City West's Grom, Western Christian's Van Regenmorter earn SportsZone Basketball Player of the Week honors
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – Sioux City West forward Vera Grom and Western Christian forward Kaden Van Regenmorter earned our SportsZone Basketball Player of the Week honors after helping their respective teams pick up wins to cap off the regular season.
The Wolverines' senior scored her 1,000th point on Tuesday, part of a 31-point performance in the team's win at Sergeant Bluff-Luton on Tuesday.
Grom added 13 points in the team's win over Spencer on Friday, a cultivation of her hard work and improvement as she takes part in her senior year.
'That was pretty exciting, and it's just a lot of good for years. I think it really shows how hard I've worked and my parents and I really excited about it and my teammates as well,' Grom said.
'Being able to coach her and just seeing her success as the season has continued has been amazing,' Sioux City West head coach Tanya Meyer added.
The Wolfpack senior followed up a double-double in Western Christian's win against Spirit Lake with a 30-point night in the team's 89-86 2OT win over Sioux Falls Christian.
As Western Chrsitian enters the playoffs, Van Regenmorter and company are focused on the journey ahead.
'For us it's just win as many games as we can, that's the ultimate goal. Whether that means scoring a lot of points, or making a lot of assists, or playing hard defense, whatever it is, our ultimate goal is to win the game,' Van Regenmorter mentioned.
''We know he's going to have to bring our best. For as long as we keep playing, as long as that is, we know that he's going to have to play well and we know he's going to be a key factor that other teams are factoring in on, too. But he's ready for that. He has had a lot of game experience,' Western Chrsitian head coach Derek Keizer added. He's very mature for who he is and what he has to handle, all that pressure. We expect big things out of him because he expects it out of himself.'
Sioux City West girls basketball hosts Council Bluffs Jefferson on Wednesday night in the IGHSAU 5A-Region 3 quarterfinals.
Western Christian boys basketball hosts Rock Valley in the IHSAA 2A-District 16 bracket on Thursday night.
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