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GL Grads play in March Madness

Former Glen Lake graduates Xander Okerlund and Reece Hazelton represented their respective Lake Superior State University (LSSU) and Ferris State University well during the NCAA Men’s Basketball Division II tournament over the past week and a half during March Madness.
Ferris State redshirt junior Reece Hazelton cuts down the net after winning a regional championship in the NCAA DII men’s basketball championships. Courtesy photo

Former Glen Lake graduates Xander Okerlund and Reece Hazelton represented their respective Lake Superior State University (LSSU) and Ferris State University well during the NCAA Men’s Basketball Division II tournament over the past week and a half during March Madness.

The former high school teammates didn’t know it when the tournament began, but they were on a collision course.

Okerlund remembers feeling nervous on selection day earlier in March to hear the Lakers name called.

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