By Dean Backes
MaxPreps.com
After making an unofficial visit to Kansas last week, Hesston offensive lineman Riley Spencer was drawn to the Jayhawks.
He took a couple of nights to sleep on the decision, and then made his intentions known. After consulting with Swather head coach Nate Wollenberg and Spencer’s family, the offensive tackle’s decision was easy.
“After my visit to Kansas, I just decided that I wanted to make my decision,” Spencer told Jayhawk Slant Sunday. “I slept on it for a couple of nights and called Coach Mangino today and told him. I’m just happy to be done with the process.”
Now that his college choice has been made, Spencer can concentrate on moving the Swathers deeper into the playoffs than a year ago after losing in the second round to eventual 3A state champion Garden Plain 42-0.
The 6-foot-6, 254-pound offensive tackle was a big reason Hesston, the defending Mid-Central East conference champion, ran the ball for more than 2,700 yards (250.3 ypg) as a team last season.
Before committing to Kansas Sunday, Spencer was also being wooed by Colorado State, Iowa State, Kansas State, Miami (Fla.) and Texas Christian.
Sooners Land Musil
Marshall Musil has decided to play his college football at Big XII power Oklahoma beginning in the 2009 season.
The La Crosse senior heads into his final high school season after rushing for 745 yards on 87 carries and catching 13 passes for 283 yards as a junior. He scored 17 touchdowns throughout the 2007 season.
The 6-3, 221-pound Musil is known to have good hands and will catch the ball coming out of the backfield. He is projected to be a fullback or tight end at the next level.
Other schools interested in Musil’s talents were Kansas, Missouri, Kansas State, Louisville, Colorado State, Texas Christian and Tulsa.
Girls Basketball: Hackerott Accepts Wellington Girls Basketball Post
Following an up-and-down collegiate coaching career, Kevin Hackerott is rejoining the high school coaching ranks at Wellington.
After spending the last two seasons coaching the Cameron University (Lawton, Okla.) women’s basketball team, Hackerott will take over the reigns of the girls program at Wellington.
“Obviously, I’ve seen great success and not so great success,” Hackerott told the Wellington Daily News. “With basketball, sometimes it’s a lot about luck and the circumstances you are in. Sometimes there are things out of your control. Your top player gets injured, or someone else just suddenly quits.”
Hackerott was granted his first head coaching opportunity in 2002 at Highland Community College. From there he took over women’s head basketball coaching responsibilities at Pratt Community College from May 2003 through March 2006. Hackerott then took over at Cameron in April 2006 until March 2008.
A year ago, Hackerott and the suffered through a 4-22 season. Earlier in his college coaching career, Hackerott enjoyed a 20-12 mark at Pratt. The Beavers averaged 17 wins a season with Hackerott guiding Pratt.
The Cimarron graduate played basketball at St. Mary’s of the Plains in Dodge City.