INDIANAPOLIS – The news from Iowa has the state of Indiana atwitter. Yes, Caitlin Clark is entering the WNBA draft, and yes, the Indiana Fever own the No. 1 pick and they’ll make their choice as fast as they can fill out the card. The smiles stretch from the coaching offices to the ticket department. But let’s check in on a different constituency, to get an idea of the seismic wave that is Caitlin Clark.
Don’t ask the adults. Ask the kids.
Welcome to the Indiana girls high school state basketball finals; a collection of teenage girls who can tell you all about Clark, even if her home Iowa Hawkeye games are far off in another time zone.
Meet Jiselle Chabes, a junior guard for Class A runner-up Marquette Catholic. She keeps a pamphlet about Clark next to her bed. Iowa might be two states over, but her impact has easily stretched here. “It affected the way I look at basketball because she has a great saltiness to her, she’s pretty salty when she’s out there, she has like this chip on her shoulder, and she’s a great shooter,” Chabes is saying, “So when I work in the gym I want to be like her with my shot.
“I think…
