Another great game and incredible 18 point second half for Wieskamp. Muscatine will take on top ranked Iowa City West at the US Cellular Center on Tuesday. Connor McCaffery had 24 pts on 9-12 shooting to lead IC West in its 71-44 win vs PV.
Joe Wieskamp goes for 31 and 13 to beat Linn-Mar
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Linn-Mar is down this year. Wish the Muskies weren't paired against West IC. Would be fun to see Joe W. at the state tourney. It'll take an incredible upset to get him to state, because IC West is a tremendous defensive team, and can double-team Weiskamp with great defensive stars like Devontae Lane and still have both McCafferys available to do their thing.
How good of a ball-handler is Wieskamp? To excel in the Big Ten, he is going to need the ability to handle the ball to create his own shot in the half court. Any opinions on his handles?
Cant answer about handles but i believe he is at least 6'7? Better shooter and athlete than Uthoff but a bit shorter. IIRC
Handles are pretty good. I've watched video from last summer. Hard to believe he is only a junior.
Joe took the game over in the 4th scoring 16 of his 31 points. It was a awesome thing to see.
Yeah Muscatine won't make it to state. They will always have to go through the IC schools.
Meanwhile NS & Bett play in another game to state.
I saw somewhere Joe is almost to 2,000 its already. Said if he doesn't injured, he will shatter all scoring records in 4A. That's pretty insane to think about. I think this kid is going to move up in the rankings next year. I wouldn't be shocked to see the "blue bloods" come a calling.
Meanwhile NS & Bett play in another game to state.
I saw somewhere Joe is almost to 2,000 its already. Said if he doesn't injured, he will shatter all scoring records in 4A. That's pretty insane to think about. I think this kid is going to move up in the rankings next year. I wouldn't be shocked to see the "blue bloods" come a calling.
From what I have seen "limited" in 4 games he reminds me of Decker. He was very "team oriented" early in the season. He would pass the ball and try to set up his teammates and it worked at times. But after Xmas break he decided to become more aggressive and WOW! HE had a couple of 30+ games and he was able to drive to the hoop and also catch and shoot. He is a damn nice player and he still even tried setting up his teammates as well. The kid is an overall good player. I think he will be a good one for Iowa (might take 1-2 years to adjust to the college game).
I wouldn't expect too much from the Iowa City schools in the future with Liberty High opening up next year. Talent will spread out between the schools too much similar to Ankeny a few years ago and guessing what will happen to Waukee here in the few years.
I think the blue bloods can save their quarter. I'd say Joe is as solid a commitment as possible. He'll be Hawk.
Totals from Quikstats:
Fr = 409
So = 496
Ju = 640 (609 + 31 vs LM)
Total = 1,645
FYI - Here are some of the top Iowa all-time leading scorers (those above 2,000). Some familiar names in here:
http://www.iahsaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ind.-AT-BBB-Scrng.pdf
ALL-TIME CAREER SCORING LEADERS (1,500 pts or more) Note: 3-pt. Field Goals started with 1982-83 season Career years start with the year at end of the first season of varsity play and ends with the year of graduation. Updated at the end of each season.
Player School Career Points
Brooks McKowen Wapsie Valley 2000-03 2,831
Cary Cochran Tri-Center (Neola) 1994-97 2,650
Todd Berkenpas Maple Valley 1978-81 2,536
Terry Anderson Diagonal 1988-91 2,506
Troy Skinner Palmer 1985-88 2,497
Austin Halls Murray 2010-13 2,360
Brett Watson Elk Horn-Kimballton 1997-2000 2,355
Lincoln Sharar Dows 1989-92 2,320
Kerwin Dunham Bondurant-Farrar 2003-06 2,285
Casey Harriman Battle Creek-Ida Grove 2003-06 2,243
Jim Goodrich United Community (Boone) 1968-71 2,213
Adam Haluska Carroll 1999-2002 2,209
Brandon Myers PCM, Monroe 2001-04 2,198
Jeff Horner Mason City 1999-2002 2,194
Jake Wenig Danville 2000-03 2,179
Casey Dudek Lamoni 1991-94 2,176
Mike Putnam Walsh, Ottumwa 1960-63 2,175
Jess Settles Winfield-Mt. Union 1990-93 2,167
Jason Huff Don Bosco, Gilbertville 1986-89 2,155
Raef LaFrentz MFL, MarMac 1991-94 2,148
Branden Stubbs Des Moines Christian 2007-10 2,145
Mike Mercer Nishna Valley 1981-84 2,142
Bill Prochaska Rudolphinum, Protivin 1952-55 2,124
Adam Viet AGWSR, Ackley 2000-03 2,100
Norm Wiemers Palmer 1974-77 2,092
Jeremy Deemer Lamoni 2011-14 2,091
Merlin Sawyer Livermore 1951-54 2,084
Josh Nelsen Walnut, Elk Horn-Kimballton 1987-90 2,076
Gary Thompson Roland (1,999 last 3 seasons) 1950-53 2,043
Jim Calkins Newell-Fonda 1988-91 2,034
Steve Soukup Danville 2010-13 2,018
Daniel Tillo Sioux City, North 2012-15 2,016
Tim Olejniczak Ankeny Christian Academy 2008-11 2,015
Dave Mahar St. Marys, Iowa City 1955-58 2,015
Very impressive, no matter how you slice it to be on that list. What kind of athlete was B Myers, to be on that list, and end up playing TE in the NFL!
I'd have to say though that Joe W. is accomplishing this feat agaisnt a higher level of competition than quite a few of these players at 1A and 2A schools.No disrespect meant, There still crazy numbers, just think Joe will be plenty ready to contribute as a D1 player early on.
