Aidan Dauble-Exeter

Aidan Dauble entered the 1,000-point club with a 3-pointer from the top of the key early in the second quarter against Daniel Boone. His teammates rushed off the bench to celebrate the milestone. “It was so surreal…probably one of the best moments of my high school career. It was so much fun to celebrate with them. I wouldn’t be here without them,” said Dauble. The 6’3 senior guard is the eighth boys basketball player in Exeter history to reach 1,000 points. “It feels great. When I was younger, I always dreamed about becoming a 1,000-point scorer. It was good to accomplish that,” replied Dauble. He poured in a season-high 24 points as the Eagles soared over the Blazers 63-36 on Tuesday in Reiffton. Exeter is in firm control of first place in Division 2. The (11-6, 5-3) Eagles have won three of their last four games. They host Wilson on Thursday night.

Dauble is one of nine seniors on Exeter’s roster. “We’re really close. We’ve been hanging out a lot over the weekends. The seniors and everybody are always getting team bonding in. I feel like that helps our chemistry on the court,” he noted. Dauble has been a model of consistency for head coach Jeff VanGorder. As a junior, he averaged 17 points and nine rebounds while shooting 45% from the field. Dauble is providing 15 ppg. and nearly ten boards while shooting 44% this year. He has always been known as a shooter. Dauble knocked down 42 treys a season ago when he was voted to the All-Division team. VanGorder emphasized what a great job he does on the glass. In the last three years, Dauble has pulled down 522 rebounds. He mentioned that his mom, who was a standout player at Lafayette, tells him before every game to get fifteen rebounds.

Dauble remarked that playing football has helped him with the physical aspects of basketball like rebounding. The 215-pound LB/TE helped the Eagles win ten games and reach the District 3-5A semifinals this past fall. He piled up a team-high 94 tackles to go along with 7.5 TFL, two sacks, and an interception. Those numbers earned him first team honors at linebacker in Section 2 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League. Dauble also caught fifteen passes for 298 yards and five touchdowns. Dauble hasn’t decided yet where he wants to attend college, but he knows which sport he would prefer to play. “I’m definitely leaning towards football right now,” he acknowledged.

Dauble was a freshman on the 2022-23 Exeter basketball team that made history. The Eagles beat Manheim Central 67-53 for the program’s first District 3 championship. They advanced all the way to the PIAA-5A Final before falling to Justin Edwards and Imhotep Charter 78-40. Exeter lost to Reading that season in the BCIAA Championship. The Eagles haven’t captured a BCIAA title since 1974. “We don’t really talk about it, but we know in the back of our minds it’s a goal to get back there and try to win it. Hopefully this year is the year,” said Dauble.