Biddie Basketball puts new players in the game
It’s a Saturday morning at Kasson-Mantorville Elementary School. Once walking through the entrance, you can hear the noise of children playing in the hallway coming from the orange pod. As you get closer, the screams get louder and you start to see some of the children running into the hall.
Finally, as you approach the east gym, you see what all the fuss is about. The gym is filled from wall to wall with all sorts of kids running around. On the edges are a bunch of parents and spectators lined up around the gym.
On each side of the court, there are four little baskets on each side. Several coaches are walking with the kids trying to organize the chaos that is taking place instructing them when to pass and shoot.
While others are simply trying to get kids into the game. Throughout all of this, K-M girls basketball head coach Ryan Haraldson sits on the side with a smile on his face. “Isn’t this awesome?” Haraldson exclaims as he sifts through the bedlam. “This is Biddie Basketball!” Biddie Basketball isn’t th