Shortly before 2:30 p.m. law enforcement personnel were called to White Bear Lake after a 40-year-old woman was reported missing after jumping off a boat, according to a news release from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

He recently proved them wrong by walking across the stage to get his diploma as a student-athlete in White Bear Lake. "It's a day that last year we didn't honestly know if we were gonna be at," Kessel's dad told KARE 11.

Before Taelynn Gittins took over as head coach, the varsity team only had one win in 2023. In 2024, her first season as head coach, they improved to seven wins.