Growing up in Rockwell City, basketball wasn’t just a sport for Haley (Birks) Kollasch — it was part of everyday life. Her father, Dave Birks, coached the Rockwell City-Lytton girls basketball team, a powerhouse program that finished as the Class 1A state runner-up in 2003 and captured the state title the following year. For Kollasch, those years planted the earliest seeds of her love for the game.
