West Bend East's Manhardt to play at Marian University

By: Mark Miller, Wissports.net

Marian University coach Mark Boyle recently picked up a verbal commitment from one of the state's top class of 2014 forwards as Alex Manhardt of West Bend East informed Boyle he would play basketball for the NCAA Division III Sabres.

Manhardt (6-6) is an athletic, mobile forward who runs the floor and uses his athleticism to attack the glass. He averaged 11.9 points per game as a senior for a West Bend East squad that went 16-7 and finished second to WIAA Division 2 state champion Wisconsin Lutheran in the Wisconsin Little Ten Conference standings.

Manhardt earned second-team all-league recognition as a senior and started for coach Ryan Tomczyk in each of the past two seasons.