Coaches can submit team previews throughout the fall.

Team Preview: Cary Grove

Seven seniors are back for a team that has one of the better inside-out duos in the area in three-year starters Adam Bauer (14.7 ppg, 5.8 Rpg, 1.6 spg) and AJ Berndt (11.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 3.5 apg, 2 spg). Both were all-conference and all-area players with tools that have attracted a range of Division 3 coaches. Bauer is a powerful, athletic forward at 6-foot-7 who is comfortable putting the ball on the ground, defending in space, and hitting open jumpers. Berndt is a skilled, intelligent floor general who understands how to create space and control pace. He is also a high-level three-point shooter who can fill it up from distance.

Fellow senior Dylan Dumele returns as one of the better catch-and-shoot threats in the Fox Valley and returns as part of a dangerous three-headed force for the Trojans with Berndt and Bauer. Also a college-level baseball recruit, he should have options to play either sport at the next level. Seniors Brady Bauer and Brady Elbert are also multi-sport athletes who will bring some size, strength, and toughness to the frontcourt. Coach McCloud believes this will be their deepest team since the 31-3 team in 2020 that featured two scholarship-level players.

Prospects To Watch:

2026 Adam Bauer (6’7 F)

2026 AJ Berndt (6’1 G)

2026 Dylan Dumele (6’2 G)