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Written by Sher Jasperse
Are we having fun yet? You couldn’t blame Cedar Valley Christian basketball player Shelby Hembera for asking.
The current Metro girls scoring leader, she’s an uncommonly good athlete playing her heart out for an undermanned team from a tiny high school – far from the bright lights of the Metro’s marquee teams and games.
After leading her team to four wins as a freshman last year during the Huskies’ first season in the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, she grew an inch, added a bit of heft to her slender frame and returned for her sophomore season as an even more dominating presence on the court. Her average hovers around 20 points per game.
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