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Chaska's Mallory Heyer, scorer, rebounder and Gophers recruit, is the Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year in girls' basketball

She and three others from the 2021-22 All-Metro teams form a recruiting class that has sparked optimism at the U.

By Jim Paulsen

March 15, 2022 at 1:02PM
Portrait of Mallory Heyer, Chaska Metro Player of the Year in Minnetonka, Minn., on Sunday, March 6, 2022.
Mallory Heyer led Chaska in scoring and rebounding for five years and will join four other All-Metro players as freshmen with the Gophers next season. (Jerry Holt, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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