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year, and that ultimately finished second in
the state. There also were so many individual
player accomplishments from that team
that the recognition list in the record book
from that year was pages long.
“As a player who watched them at a
young age and later played in the program
told me, this team set the bar for what
Lafayette basketball should strive to be
each year. They defined what success is at
Lafayette and we strive to get there every
year.”
Pro hockey
Iowa Wild forward Luke Kunin enjoyed
playing in the recent American Hockey
League All-Star game.
Kunin, a Chesterfield native, was the
Wild’s lone participant in the 2018 AHL
All-Star Challenge, earning the All-Star
bid in his first full professional season.
“I was very humbled and honored to be
selected for it and represent Iowa and the
organization,” Kunin said after the game.
Kunin’s All-Star festivities kicked off
with the Skills Competition, where he
competed in three events: AHL Live Rapid
Fire, Turning Stone Resort Casino Pass
and Score and Dunkin’ Donuts Breakaway
Relay.
In the Rapid Fire event,
Kunin went 1-for-5, scoring
the only goal against Providence’s
Jordan Binnington.
Teamed up with Manitoba’s
Mason Appleton and Rockford’s
Tyler Highmore, the
three scored on all three
chances in the Pass and
Score Competition.
The Skills Competition
closed with every player
competing in the Breakaway
Relay, getting one
chance to net a goal. Kunin capped off his
night by rifling a wrist shot past Bridgeport
Sound Tigers goaltender Christopher
Gibson. Ultimately, the Eastern All-Stars
won the Skills Competition 18-12.
“The skills competition, that was a lot
of fun,” Kunin said. “Doing those kinds of
events, the way it’s set up was great. It was
a fun first night.”
In the All-Star Challenge, the Central
Division headed into the tournament as
back-to-back champions. However, the
team dropped all three games and failed to
make the championship. Despite the earlier
than expected departure from the tournament,
Kunin enjoyed his time in Utica at
his first All-Star appearance.
“Whenever you get to go to an All-Star
game, you want to take advantage of it
and just enjoy it and I definitely did that,”
Kunin said.
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The All-Star nomination was a recognition
of the work Kunin has put in at both
levels of professional hockey. With Iowa,
he’s registered 16 points [8 goals, 8 assists]
in 28 games, while also chipping in four
points [2 goals, 2 assists] in 17 games with
Minnesota.
“It has a lot to do not just with the team
success but the guys I’ve been playing
with,” Kunin said. “A lot of guys could
have gone as well and are having really
good years on our team. It’s not just me.
“I was just happy to represent the organization.”
In an extremely tight playoff race in the
Central Division, Kunin said he is ready
to focus on clinching the Wild’s first-ever
playoff berth and reaching the 2018 Calder
Cup playoffs.
Pro golf
Scott Langley, a Manchester native and
former PGA Tour member, picked up his
first professional win at the Panama Championship
on the Web.com Tour.
The 28-year-old Parkway South and Illinois
graduate carded a final-round 5-under
65 at Club de Golf de Panamá to come
from six strokes back and pick up a trophy
for the first time since winning the 2010
NCAA Individual Championship.
Langley’s come-frombehind
victory is the largest
in tournament history,
surpassing Miguel Angel
Carballo’s five-stroke
record from 2007.
He also became the first
player in tournament history
to record an over-par
score in the opening round
and go on to win the tournament.
Additionally, Langley’s
victory was the first
on the tour by a First Tee
program graduate.
With his record-breaking victory came
$112,500, enough to move Langley to No.
3 on the money list.
“To do this, this early in the year is nice,”
Langley said in a news conference after the
tournament. “To be in this position going
forward, to hopefully get back to where,
when I’m feeling well, I can compete on
the PGA Tour, to be in that position now is
very gratifying. I worked my butt off this
winter and put a lot of time and thought
into my game, and it’s so nice to see it pay
off this early in the season.”
Langley’s last full season on the PGA
Tour came in 2015-16. He made 10 cuts in
22 events, carding four top-25 finishes in
the process, including a T11 at the Puerto
Rico Open at Coco Beach. Then, spent
the entirety of 2017 on the Web.com Tour,
where he recorded four top-25 finishes in
24 starts.
Luke Kunin in his first AHL All-
Star experience.