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10.24.20

Bryson Janousek

            Kelly Vyhnalek (19), is the oldest of three, and is from Seward, Nebraska. Kelly is a current sophomore at Concordia University Nebraska (CUNE), and a member of the basketball team. When asked about his choice to stay in Seward for college, he replied: “It just felt comfortable in Seward. I enjoy the town and enjoy the fact that I can see my family whenever I want to, they can come to all of my games which is also a huge plus.”

Basketball played a huge factor in where Kelly wanted to go to college, and one person who was right in the middle of that process was his high school coach, Mark Cidlik. “Recruiting really started to take off for him during the summer before his senior year,” says Cidlik. “He got offers from every GPAC school in about a two-week time period, and really blew up after that.” When Cidlik was asked about whether or not Kelly made the right choice of school, he replied: “I think Concordia was the right fit for him basketball-wise. He is a 6’7” guard who is able to shoot it from the outside, any player like that will be able to thrive in the NAIA, especially in an offensive system like Concordia.”

Family was another huge impact on where Kelly chose to go to college, and one family member in particular was especially excited about it. Jack Vyhnalek, the brother of Kelly, is 12 years old and goes to school at Seward Middle School. When he was asked about what his thoughts on Kelly staying home for college, he was elated: “I was super excited when I found out Kelly was going to Concordia. I like going to all of his games, and they are all close to home which is nice.” If you attend a Concordia basketball game in Seward, you most likely will be able to spot the Vyhnalek family in the crowd somewhere.

Entering his sophomore season, Kelly is expected to make a leap for the Bulldogs this season. It will be exciting to see how both he, and Concordia fair in the GPAC this season.

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In the 2nd round of the 2020 NBA Draft, the first overall pick belonged to the Dallas Mavericks. With this pick, the Mavs selected Minneapolis, Minnesota native Tyrell Terry. At 6’2″, the point guard averaged 14 points per game in his freshmen season at Stanford. Compared to CJ McCollum of the Portland Trailblazers, Terry was labeled as a shooter with limitless range, showing that his potential is through the roof.

I like this article because it is very informative. As a fan of the Mavs, many people probably did not know a ton of info on this player, and this article does a very good job on background and info of Tyrell Terry. I chose this article and this draft pick because of my fandom of the Dallas Mavs, and having played Tyrell Terry in high school made me quite excited to read about him. It will be interesting to see how his career pans out in Dallas.

This article speaks about how regardless of who wins the election, the real loser here will be the American people due to numbers going up in COVID-19 cases. The writer compares approaches to the election, where Trump was going out campaigning during a global pandemic, when Biden was staying away from campaigns and not putting people at as much of risk. The main current worry however, is when college students go home for breaks. This will then put their families at risk, and especially college campuses at risk when they come back from breaks.

I think this is just an overall decent article. I think it could be written better in some places, but it gets a message across. I think saying that the real winner of the election is COVID-19 is a pretty fair statement, which is a sad reality. I think during everything going on in the election currently, people are forgetting that we are still in a global pandemic and we will continue to be for a while.