By Blake Chadwick
The last two years, the young core of the Maize Eagles have taken their lumps, finishing 10-11 and 13-9 the last two years, respectively. Now as Alec Grill and Alan Hanna enter their senior year, and Brayden Myovela enters his junior year, the Eagles will be in the conversation for competing for a state championship again.
Myovela is coming off of a football season where he made the switch to playing quarterback and leading the Eagles to five wins in a row after starting the season 0-4. The junior passed for 11 touchdowns and two interceptions while rushing for four touchdowns in his limited time as the starting quarterback.
Now, in his primary sport of basketball, Myovela will be looking to lead the Eagles back to a state championship as they did in 2021.
Myovela averaged nearly 13 points a game, three assists a game, and five rebounds a game while being named a unanimous AVCTL-1 first-team player a season ago.
The junior spent the offseason playing for KC Run GMC, which was one of the top teams in the country for any summer circuit. Myovela helped lead Run GMC to an Under Armour Association 16U title.
“This offseason, I tried to put up shots on the weekend and I go an hour or too with my trainer every Sunday, working ball handling and stuff,” Myovela said. “An area I’m working on right now, is shooting off dribble more consistently.”
