McCorkle's Corner: The Winter Preview

Alumni Radar – Hoopers, grapplers & runners with local ties found on rosters from the NBA to the NWAC

By Rick McCorkle for Blast Zone Media / blastzonenews@gmail.com

Winter Sports / Alumni Check-In

Men’s Basketball

It’s been all smiles and plenty of points for three former Lower Columbia College men’s basketball players who have settled in as Bulldogs at the University of Montana-Western in Dillon.

Senior guard Kyle Gruhler is third in the Frontier Conference in scoring at 23.7 points per game, scoring at least 20 points in five of his six outings. Emanuel Steward, also a senior guard, is eighth in conference scoring at 18 points per game, scoring in double-digits in every game he’s played. David Young, a junior guard, is averaging 7.5 points per game, with a season-high of 21 points.

Former Lower Columbia College player Emanuel Steward, now a senior guard at the University of Montana-Western, hoists a shot over everyone in the gym. Several hoopers with local ties to the Blast Zone area are currently balling out in big sky country. / Photo courtesy of the University of Montana-Western

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