Thursday, December 7, 2023

Fast Break with the Cardinals

CADEN KRYZ, freshman guard

Q: What are your goals this season?
A: The goal is to get to state. That's really it.

Q: What does it mean to play “Mentor basketball”?
A: Tough. Work hard. Get on the floor. Shoot your open shots.

Q: What is your most memorable moment as a Cardinal?
A: The two games I hit two 3s in for varsity against Medina and Strongsville was really nice.

Q: What Cardinal did you enjoy watching play or base your game after?
A: Justin Fritts. He worked hard, shot the ball. He was great.

Q: What is something that people don’t know about you?
A: Basketball is pretty much it for me. It's all basketball.

TADAS TATARUNAS, freshman forward

Q: What are your goals this season?
A: The team goal is to get to state and work hard in the playoffs, and for myself, I look forward to getting a starting position and helping the team as much as I can.

Q: What does it mean to play “Mentor basketball”?
A: We play hard every possession, we don't give up and we take pride in everything we do.

Q: What is your most memorable moment as a Cardinal?
A: When I scored my first points on the varsity level (vs. Riverside) it really made me feel like I belonged.

Q: What Cardinal did you enjoy watching play or base your game after?
A: Brandon Fritts. He is a big guy who works hard every possession and goes after every loose ball. That is what I strive to be like.

Q: What is something that people don’t know about you?
A: I work hard on the court in basketball, but I also work hard in the classroom. I currently maintain a 4.0 GPA. I also am working hard in football to try to be the starting QB at Mentor.
 

Steve Hare
Steve Harehttp://www.ohiovarsity.com
Steve Hare is the Chagrin Valley Conference's Sports Information Director. He also created and publishes OhioVarsity.com, an online publication dedicated to providing hyperlocal coverage to area high school athletic programs. Hare began covering high school sports for the Lake County News Herald in 1997. Hare attended Willoughby South High School through the middle of his senior year, then graduated from Berkshire High School in Burton in 1986. He played football, wrestled and was an all-Geauga county baseball player (1986). He lives in Chardon with his wife Paulette and their children.

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