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Eastview's family affair prevails

By Shane Koob, Sport Ngin, 02/18/14, 12:30PM CST

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The mom coaches, the daughter plays and together the Gueberts have Eastview in title hunt


Eastview's Madison Guebert, left, and Hana Metoxen (31) battle for the ball against Lakeville South's Katie Quandt, right. Photo by Jon Laqua


Eastview's Madison Guebert drives to the basket. Photo by Jon Laqua

Madison Guebert gets to experience plenty of special moments on the basketball court that most high school players do not.

From a third-place finish at last year's state tournament to averaging 20 points per game on this year's top-ranked Lightning (22-1) squad, the Eastview junior has seen loads of success.

She's also her coach's daughter.

"I've been playing for my mom ever since fifth grade, so it's a lot of fun," Guebert said. "I think some people think that it's a lot more pressure, but I don't look at it that way."

Her mom, Melissa Guebert, feels that same way, saying that Madison is treated like any other player on the roster.

"She really treats me as her coach when I'm coaching -- I'm not her mom," Melissa said. "People might not believe that, but it's true."

The mother-daughter duo have Eastview on top of the Minnesota girls' hoops world at the moment, and despite a setback last Friday against Bloomington Kennedy, the Lightning are back on track after a 62-52 win over No. 15 Lakeville South (15-8) on Tuesday night at Eastview High School.

Basketball takes up a big chunk of the Guebert's lives, but they both understand that when they leave the gym, it's no longer a player-coach relationship. They understand when it's time to coach and play and when it's time to be family.

Plus, Melissa wants those recruiting her daughter to see that she's not just benefitting from being the "coach's kid." Madison spends time with other coaches, too.

"In the summer she has an AAU coach, which is intentional because I don't want to be her coach all the time," Melissa said. "I want people to see that she can play for other people."

But while Madison keeps up her torrid pace -- she's scored 20-plus points in six straight games, including 21 against the Cougars -- the sometimes negative stereotype of the parent coaching the child continues to fade away.

The situation is special to both mom and daughter, as they get to experience the highs and lows of high school hoops together.

"If we have big wins, to be able to share that with my mom is something that's just so unbelievable to me and so amazing," Madison said. "There aren't very many kids out there that get to share that with a parent."

With the Gueberts leading the way for Eastview both on the court and on the bench, the mother-daughter duo look primed to compete for a few more big wins and special moments in the month ahead.

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