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On December 14, Wadena-Deer Creek's boys' basketball team edged Staples-Motley 62-61 with two VanErp brothers leading the way with 25 and 15 points apiece.
http://www.sportscow.com/newsarticle.php?yid=1213&tid=98&sid=1230434&nid=58983
Mysteriously, they disappeared from scorecards of W-DC's games over the Christmas break.
Lo and behold! They magically appear on Battle Lake's boys' basketball roster (senior Evan VanErp and his freshmen brother Andrew VanErp).
http://mshsl.org/mshsl/schoolactpage.asp?school=35&actnum=402
To make the mystery even more intriguing, W-DC has a new head coach...their former head coach, Tom VanErp, is no longer listed as a basketball coach at W-DC on their official MSHSL website.
Check out this web article and see VanErp's quotes on their loss to Pequot Lakes:
http://www.sportscow.com/newsarticle.php?yid=1213&tid=98&sid=1230434&nid=58783
Here's another web article that shows W-DC's new head coach listed and quoted:
http://www.sportscow.com/newsarticle.php?yid=1213&tid=98&sid=1230434&nid=59259
Things that make you go Hmmm...!
**Update: from someone who knows more firsthand information, the VanErp boys who are new to the Battle Lake team did move to the Battle Lake area. I was never really thinking that was not legitimate, but I still want to learn more about why their father (Tom VanErp) left W-DC. The phrase "witch hunt" was thrown around in the conversation I had; apparently there was bad blood in town and he didn't want to put up with it any longer.