Mike Dreier, in his 45th season as the New London-Spicer girls basketball coach, became the winningest high school basketball coach in state history after the Wildcats defeated Delano, 52-50, on Friday in New London.
Next stop for New London-Spicer's Mike Dreier: Minnesota's record for coaching victories
Dreier could win his 1,013th game Friday and surpass Bob McDonald's mark.
December 10, 2022 at 2:35AM
Dreier, who now has 1,013 career victories, surpassed Bob McDonald, who had 1,012 victories in 59 seasons as a boys basketball coach before retiring in 2014.
The Wildcats, ranked No. 10 in Class 2A, improved to 4-0 on the season.
Dreier, who has been the leader in career victories by a girls coach in Minnesota since the 1994-95 season, earned his 1,000th career victory on Jan. 28 against Watertown-Mayer.
Two grand
Jessye Lewis Jr., a senior at Hiawatha Collegiate, scored his 2,000th career point Tuesday vs. Christ's Household of Faith. Lewis was third on the career scoring list among active players going into this season. That list:
2,847 — Asher Zubich, senior, Mountain Iron-Buhl
2,060 — Isaac Asuma, junior, Cherry
1,968 — Jessye Lewis, senior, Hiawatha Collegiate
1,892 — Owen Leach, senior, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
We meet again
Five days after Maple Grove and Rosemount played for the Class 6A football title, they kicked off the boys basketball season against each other Wednesday at Maple Grove. After winning the football game 27-10, Maple Grove won the basketball game 60-57 in overtime.
Six players plus head coach Garrett Raboin and assistant coach Ben Gordon are from Minnesota. The tournament’s games will be televised starting Monday.
