PINE CITY BOYS BASKETBALL: January 2014

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

1/28/14 @Isle (Make Up)

The game that was scheduled to be played on 1/28/14 @Isle will be rescheduled to be played on 2/7/14 @Isle. The times will stay the same.

The Dragons defeated the visiting Eagles of East Central Friday night with a final score of 47-31.

Noah Adams lead Pine City with 20 points followed by fellow sophomore Kole Jusczak with 14. Junior Mitchell Hansmann chipped in with 8 points. Jusczak was able to pull down a game high 8 rebounds while junior Easton Foss had 4 steals.

Feb. 15 Schedule

Boys V will go @ 1 Girls JV @ 1

Girls V will go @ 3 Boys JV @ 3

Both games are held in Willow River.

Friday, January 24, 2014

FREE Youth Basketball Camp

Attention: K-6 Boys Basketball Players

Who: K-6 Boys interested in basketball

What: A FREE basketball camp held by the Pine City Boys Basketball Program

When: Three Saturdays from January 25th-February 8th (Jan: 25 Feb: 1, 8)

K-2 (9-10 AM)

3-6 (10-11 AM)

Where: Elementary School Gym

Why: A great way to work on fundamental basketball skills and have fun!

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

1/23/14 JV/V Meal

Reminder: there is a JV/V meal on Thursday this week. Please sign up with Kathy Skog to help bring in food! Can't wait to see you there.

1/22/14 Aitkin

Pine City fell in a heartbreaker to Aitkin at home 67-68 on Tuesday night. Kole Jusczak lead the Dragons with 22, followed by Noah Adams with 17, and Mitchell Hansmann with 13. Pine City shot 50% from the outside in the contest.

Gabe Gonyea and Jusczak each had 6 boards while Hansmann paced the Dragons with 4 assists. Pine City only committed 6 turnovers in the game.

Monday, January 20, 2014

1/20/14 Rush City

In a makeup game against conference rival Rush City, Pine City was able to take advantage of the home court advantage and pull away with a 62-39 win.

Defense in the second half played a big role as the Dragons were able to hold the Tigers to 14 second half points, extending from a 30-25 halftime lead.

Five players scored 7 or more points for the Dragons: Kole Jusczak (17), Mitchy Hansmann (14), Noah Adams (12), Gabe Gonyea (8), and Austin Pavelka (7).

Gonyea, Jusczak, and Hansmann all had 5 boards. Hansmann also lead the team in assists with 4.

There is little rest for Pine City as they must turn around and play Aitkin on Tuesday night at home, which is will be the second of their three home games this week.

1/18/14 Ellsworth (WI)

Pine City fell to Ellsworth (WI) 90-31 on Saturday afternoon. Lack of scoring did not help Pine City in their defeat as no players were able to reach double digit scoring.

The Dragons look to bounce back when conference rival Rush City comes to town. The Dragons are 0-4 against Rush in Coach Allen's tenure.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Practice on 1/16/14

C Squad: Early at the Elementary
JV/V: Early at HS with "1/2 way interviews after practice". Wrestling will start between 445-5.

7/8 Tryouts

Any 7th or 8th grade boys basketball player looking to continue to play this year may come to the tryout after school today at the high school.

The tryouts will consist of the exact same tryout the 9-12 grade athletes went through earlier in the year.

Contact Coach Allen with any questions.

1/14/14 @Siren (WI)

The Dragons were unable to overcome the immense adversity in a 45-31 loss at Siren on Tuesday night. The game had the feel of a "typical Wisconsin basketball game" with low scoring, patient offense, and stalling going on throughout the game.

Siren lead 20-17 at the half that saw foul trouble challenge Pine City. This continued throughout the second half.

Kole Jusczak lead Pine City with 16 points and 7 rebounds.

Monday, January 13, 2014

1/14/14 (@Siren) Information

There will now be a "C-squad" game at Siren that was not previously scheduled due to an increase in numbers for Siren Boys Basketball.

Due to this, the bus will now leave after school on Tuesday for the game. The C-squad and JV will be dropped off at the school while the Varsity will go and grab a bite to eat. There is only one gym so the games have to be played one at a time.

Saturday, January 11, 2014

1/10/14 @Ogilvie

Pine City left Ogilvie High School on Friday night 77-45 with their 8th win of the season raising their overall record to 8-3 and 5-1 in conference play.

Noah Adams set the standard early with 25 total points in the game, 17 in the first half. Mitchell Hansmann begin to find his shooting stroke with two 3 pointers in the second half and finishing with 12 points. James Pixley added 12 points while sophomore Kole Jusczak added 10.

Better full court and half court defense in the second half allowed the Dragons to begin the second half with a 24-4 run extending their lead to 57-27 to start the second half.

Pine City is also currently ranked 20th for Minnesota Class 2A in points allowed averaging 52.6 points given up a game.

Friday, January 10, 2014

1/9/14 @HF

The Dragons were able to gut out a big win at H-F High School last night 57-54. Balanced scoring helped lead Pine City to the victory with five players having 9 or more points (Adams-14, Jusczak-10, Gonyea, Hansmann, Pixley-9).

After squandering a first half lead, The Dragons found themselves only up one at half. Down 11 at the nine minute mark, a "big" lineup helped spark a comeback lead by Gabe Gonyea and James Pixley coming off the bench.

Pixley had 10 boards just missing his first career varsity double-double. Gonyea added 6 boards to go with 2 timely steals. Hansmann again added more then just scoring to the game with 5 steals, 4 boards, and 2 assists. Adams lead the team in assists with 5 and also was able to pull down 5 rebounds.

The Dragons next will travel to conference foe Ogilvie on Friday.

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

1/4/14 Duluth Marshall

Pine City was able to overcome the uncharacteristically bad loss to Braham with a win over visiting Duluth Marshall on Saturday 61-46. 14 players were able to get into the game for the Dragons with 9 players scoring. Noah Adams lead the way with 18 points, 5 steals, and 5 assists followed by fellow sophomore Kole Jusczak with 11 points and 7 boards. Gabe Gonyea came up with 4 big first half steals leading to transition points while Mitchell Hansmann pulled down 4 boards and came up with 5 steals on the day.

1/3/14 @Braham

The Dragons fell to the Braham High School Bombers Friday night 73-29. Flat play coming out of the break plagued Pine City throughout the night at Braham. On a positive note, the Pine City crowd was amazing and loud throughout the game. It was the loudest traveling crowd in recent memory.

1/6/14 @H-F

The H-F game was cancelled today due to the weather.

There will be an OPTIONAL JV/V practice on 1/6/14 from 330-6 at the high school.

The H-F game will now be on 1/9/14 at the same time as previously scheduled.

The meal that was scheduled for 1/9/14 is officially cancelled.

Jan 18th

11:30a.m. J.V. BOYS at the High School J.V. GIRLS at the Elementary Gym

1:00p.m. Varsity BOYS at the H.S. Gym C-Squad GIRLS at the Elem. Gym

2:30p.m. Varsity GIRLS at the H.S. Gym C-Squad BOYS at the Elem. Gym

Friday, January 3, 2014

1/3/14 @Braham

Braham fans will be utilizing ear plugs at tonights game due to the concern over the Pine City Boys Basketball players, bench, lower levels, and fan/family noise at games. Please help the Dragon's tonight by packing the stands and supporting the team!

Pacesetters

Interested in playing in some Pacesetters this Spring? Sign up forms below:

http://www.psmbbn.com/tournaments/youth/mn/2014_MNregional_flyer.pdf

Schedule for Saturday

2:30 J.V. at the Elementary

4:00 Varsity at the High School

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Program Information

Program Purpose:

Educational

Program Goal:

Win Games

Program Information:

Our coaching philosophy for Boys Basketball at Pine City encompasses the betterment and success of our student athletes. Our program’s and school’s purpose is educational; that all of our student-athletes will be successful in the classroom to better prepare them for life outside of the classroom. Our goal as both a program and a school for athletics is to win. Life lessons, attitude, discipline, effort, commitment, hard-work, skill, time management, communication, collective and individual responsibility, accountability, evaluation, collaboration, and love are some of the concepts that are implemented and taught by our program. Just like the classroom setting, not everyone will have the same results, but it is our hope that all student-athletes will “get out of it what they put into it”. In both the classroom and on the court, student-athletes have different levels of motivation, effort, prior knowledge, work habits, skills, natural abilities, growth, and interest which lead to different “grades” or “results”. Everyone will be given the same FAIR opportunities but it may not be an EQUAL result; that is up to each individual athlete. We have high purposes and goals and therefore need equally high expectations that are equivalent to our purpose and goals.

JV/C Attending Varsity Games:

JV and C-Squad players in attendance at varsity games are expected to sit behind the varsity bench for the varsity games after their games. It creates a better atmosphere for our team, more support for the team playing, and is a bonding experience. Other 7th and 8th grade players, along with any youth basketball players, are welcome to join in this as well in this.

Missing School:

By school rule if an athlete is absent from school, tardy to school, or are removed from class they are ineligible to participate after school in a practice or an event. Athletes are still expected to come to the practice or event but cannot participate.

Equipment/Inventory

Your son will be issued out equipment, uniforms, and other items that belong to the school and/or the basketball program. A detailed list will be kept of which players have what equipment. This equipment is expected to be returned in the same fashion and condition it is given out in. If equipment is lost or damaged, it will be your responsibility to replace it.

Technology in the Locker Room

Electronic devices that have picture-taking capabilities will not be permitted in locker rooms for any MSHSL-sponsored competition. The use of any type of picture-taking devices in a locker room is a violation of the student code of conduct and will be dealt with.

Game Day Attire

We ask that all athletes “dress up” on game days. This includes but is not limited to: shirt and tie and/or collared shirt, dress shoes, and khakis or slacks. If there is any issues, please see your coach or Coach Allen.

Basketball Shoes

We ask that shoes worn by our players at games be predominantly green, and white. Varsity players who do not get the team shoes must have their shoes approved by Coach Allen. Please see your coach with any questions or problems.

Missing Practice:

If an athlete misses a practice before a contest, they are still eligible to play in the next event but is up to the discretion of each coach. An athlete may miss out on some or all playing time and/or have to make up the time for missing practice even if it is excused. If a player is going to be gone for an extended period of time, please set up a meeting with the coach to determine eligibility when they return. This decision is done on a case by case basis as many factors go into these decisions.

Non-School Day Practices:

At different levels, we will have practice on Saturdays, over holidays, before school, etc. These are treated like any other practice and attendance is mandatory. If there is a reason why an athlete cannot come, they should inform their coach. Family and academics always come before sports.

Morning/Saturday Workouts (Unified Athletic Program)

There will be mandatory workouts happening throughout the year that are held before school and/or Saturdays for all C-Squad, JV, and Varsity players. Players are expected to attend an assigned number of workouts per week. The workouts will be M-Th from 615-715AM (Doors open at 6AM) and Saturdays (Times/Location Vary). It is highly suggested to not attend the workouts on game days and schedule it so you can go on non-game days. We suggest to attend two of the following three days: Monday mornings, Wednesday mornings, or Saturday mornings. If these days do not work, you can go other days instead.

Although it is not required. this is also highly suggested to be utilized by Junior High athletes as well. These workouts are supported by Pine City Athletics, Pine City High School, Pine City Boys Basketball and are run year round.

Wednesday Practices:

For Wednesday practices we will follow the District's Policy for all athletes in regards to Church Activities. Grades 7-8 will be done by 5 PM and grades 9-12 will be done by 630 PM.

Coming Out To Play After The Season Has Started:

If an athlete were to come out for basketball after the beginning of the season, they would need to make up all work that has already been done by the other athletes before being allowed to participate. This would be up to the discretion of the coaching staff.

Move-Ups:

Move-ups will be completed when there is a need for numbers and/or the skill of the player involved matches the level of move-up. All move-ups will require the agreement of the player, parent, current coach, new coach, AD, and Principal.

7th and 8th playing C-Squad

Before the start of the junior high season, all 7th and 8th grade players are invited to participate with the C-Squad until the start of their season. Junior High starts Jan. 2 and ends Feb. 22. All 7th and 8th graders wanting to play with the C-Squad before their season must participate in the tryouts starting the week of Nov. 19. This is a completely optional opportunity for all 7th and 8th graders. There is no guarantee of any playing time in games or practice, however, those players choosing to participate must attend all practices and games.

Lettering Policy:

All players that make the Varsity roster and volunteer 10 minimum hours will letter as well as managers. There is a Varsity roster limit from the MSHSL, because of this, not everyone on the Varsity roster is guaranteed a jersey, but could still letter.

Captains:

To be a captain, a player must fill out the captaincy sheet. The players will then vote on who will be a captain. This is a privilege, not a right, and can be revoked or denied based on actions detrimental to the team by the coaching staff.

Communication:

Pine City Boys Basketball is adopting John. E. Tufte’s “Academic First” Guidelines.

Pine City Boys Basketball is serious about creating and maintaining healthy academic and extracurricular environments for its students. While extracurricular activities play an important, sometimes essential role in the education of our children, we believe our passion for these activities must coincide harmoniously with the academic opportunities and obligations within our school district. Pine City Boys Basketball is striving for healthy relationships and communication practices with students and families, and we are committed to our priority of “academic first”. With these ideals in mind, the following guidelines will be followed concerning conflicts with extracurricular activities:

Regarding extracurricular conflicts, parents and guardians must have knowledge of the involved student’s academic schedule, the teachers of these classes, and the current grade for each of the involved student’s courses.
For an extracurricular conflict to be discussed, the involved student must have no current grade lower than a C.
If the involved student in an extracurricular conflict has a current grade lower than a C, a plan of action will be offered to improve the academic performance of the student.Extracurricular concerns will not become a priority until academic performance is satisfactory.

Pine City Boys Basketball is striving for healthy relationships and communication practices between and among school officials, students, and families with the goal of both keeping academics a priority in our school district and ensuring that everyone is treated fairly with their concerns. With these ideals in mind, the following guidelines will be followed concerning extracurricular related conflict resolution:

Communication regarding extracurricular conflicts will initiate with the student and the activity supervisor/coach.
If conflicts continue, the student, the activity supervisor/coach, and the parent/guardian can meet to discuss the issue.
If conflicts continue, the student, the activity supervisor/coach, the parent/guardian, and the school district activities direction can meet to discuss the issue.
All meetings regarding extracurricular conflict will include both the involved student and the activity supervisor/coach. This includes conflicts discussed over email or the telephone.
Extracurricular conflicts involving parents or guardians will not be discussed until and unless our “academic first” guidelines have been met.
Playing time issues can only involve the student and his activity supervisory/coach
Vulgarity, rude behavior, and/or threats will terminate all meetings
School officials will not guarantee a resolution for all extracurricular concerns, nor will every issue be given a meeting for discussion.

Playing Time:

One of the most common communication misunderstandings in basketball is playing time. Unlike other sports, basketball can only have five athletes in play at a time and they are limited based on position and situation. All athletes at sub-varsity levels will play in competitions, although not evenly and up to the discretion of their coach (with the exception of allowing our 7th and 8th graders to play up at C-Squad for one half of the season). Once an athlete reaches the varsity level, their playing time is up to the discretion of the coaching staff and are not guaranteed playing time. We will decide on our lineups and rotations based on eligibility, ability, consistency, effort, attitude, and how well we feel that player gives us a chance to win based on position and situation. We have also adopted a “try-out” philosophy that is already implemented by many sports at Pine City High School. Players will no longer be put on a specific team based on their age/grade alone. All 9-12 grade student-athletes will be invited to try-out for specific teams. They are eligible to play on either the C, B, or A teams. Try-outs will be held during the first week of practice. The entire coaching staff will be involved in evaluating players. All players will make a team; there will be no cuts, everyone will be invited to be apart of the program. Sometimes the best long term opportunity for an athlete who is not ready for JV/V is to have another year of skill development at a lower level in preparation to play varsity later in their career. We do not want to stifle the improvement growth of an athlete by having them play at a level they are not ready for. Move-ups will be completed when there is a need for numbers and/or the skill of the player involved matches the level of move-up. All move-ups will require the agreement of the player, parent, current coach, new coach, AD, and Principal per district policy.

Returning To Play After Being Removed:

If a player is removed from the program, they are allowed to return in a future year(s) under an individual contract between player and Coach Allen. Because the player was unable to adhere to the rules/goals, the consequence is an individual contract for a future year(s). If a player is removed from the program twice, they will not be allowed back into the program.

Supervision

Please respect the time of the coaching staff ensuring that you are picking up your son promptly after a practice or a game. If this becomes an issue, Coach Allen and/or the AD will contact you to ensure this does not continue. On days that our activity does not start immediately, players may stay in Coach Allen’s classroom as long as Coach Allen is present. If he is not, you must leave school grounds and return later.

Coach's Goals:

1. Teach life lessons, build great relationships, and prepare athletes for life outside of basketball.

2. Prepare athletes to play at the Varsity level at Pine City High School.

3. Be competitive and win games.

4. Have fun.

Coach Allen's Profile

PLAYING CAREER:

3 year varsity letter winner at Black River Falls High School

-2X Conference Champion

-Member of a top 10 ranked team in the state of Wisconsin (2004-05)

4 year varsity member at The College of St. Scholastica

-2X UMAC Regular Season Conference Champion

-3X UMAC Conference Tournament Champion

-Most Improved Player Award (2006-07)

-Saints Award Recipient (2008-09)

-Highest Field Goal Percentage (2008-09)

-2X National Association of Basketball Coaches Honor Court

-Academic All Conference (2008-09)

-Selected as team captain for the 2008-2009 season

COACHING CAREER:

Assistant Men's Basketball Coach-The College of St. Scholastica

Head Boy's Basketball Coach, Assistant Football/Track-League City Intermediate School

Head Assistant Boy's Basketball Coach-South Houston High School

-Conference Champion 2010-2011

-Conference Coaching Staff of the Year

Head Boys Basketball Coach-Pine City High School

-36 All-Conference Players

-9 All-Section Players

-Five 1,000 Point Scorers

-3 All-Wood City Classic Players

-3 Academic All-State Players

-Coached Program's #1-4, #6 All-Time Leading Scorers

-2X Conference Coach Of The Year

-Five 20+ Win Seasons

-4 Conference Championships

-7 players went on to college basketball programs, 16 total players went on to college athletics

MSHSL State Records Leaderboard:

-Assists/Season

2017-2018: 505 (#3)

2018-2019: 539 (#2)

2019-2020: 504 (#4)

-Three-Point Field Goals Attempted/Season

2015-2016: 1113 (#2)

2016-2017: 1007 (#8)

2017-2018: 1043 (#5)

2018-2019: 1108 (#3)

2019-2020: 998 (#9)

-Three-Point Field Goals Made/Season

2015-2016: 348 (#5)

2016-2017: 324 (#10)

2017-2018: 360 (#3)

2018-2019: 368 (#2)

2019-2020: 330 (#9)

-Steals/Game

2017: 34 (#7)

-Three-Point Field Goals Attempted/Game

2016: 61 (#4)

2017: 60 (#5)

2019: 61 (#4)

2020: 63 (#3)

-Three-Point Field Goals Made/Game

2016: 21 (#5)

2017: 21 (#5)

2019: 23 (#3)

2019: 27 (#1)

2020: 24 (#2)

National Records Leaderboard:

-Three-Point Field Goals Attempted/Season

2015-2016: 1113 (#16)

2016-2017: 1007 (#28)

2017-2018: 1043 (#23)

2018-2019: 1108 (#18)

2019-2020: 998 (#29)

-Three-Point Field Goals Made/Season

2015-2016: 348 (#17)

2016-2017: 324 (#27)

2017-2018: 360 (#14)

2018-2019: 368 (#12)

2019-2020: 330 (#24)

-Three-Point Field Goals Made/Game

2019: 27 (#6)

2020: 24 (#10)

Other

-The Supreme Coach Competition (Top 4 Finish, Mentored by George Karl and Bruce Parkhill)

-Offensive philosophy featured in The Wall Street Journal

-Game-planning and statistical analysis featured on Fox 9

-Minnesota Public Radio

-Bring Me The News

-Offensive philosophy featured on Basketball Talk Pro

-Program featured on MSHSL's John's Journal

-Program philosophy featured on MNSPN

-Dr. Dish

-Presenter at The Great Lakes Analytics in Sports Conference and Featured on their Podcast

-Guest Speaker/Presenter for Radius Athletics on their monthly webinar

-Presenter at The Midwest Sports Analytics Meeting

-Minnesota Basketball Coaching Podcast

-Book: The Hot Hand

-ClutchPoints Mini-Documentary

PINE CITY BOYS BASKETBALL

Calendar

2022-23 Basketball Poster

Fan Text Updates

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

1/28/14 @Isle (Make Up)

1/24/14 East Central

Feb. 15 Schedule

Friday, January 24, 2014

FREE Youth Basketball Camp

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

1/23/14 JV/V Meal

1/22/14 Aitkin

Monday, January 20, 2014

1/20/14 Rush City

1/18/14 Ellsworth (WI)

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Practice on 1/16/14

7/8 Tryouts

1/14/14 @Siren (WI)

Monday, January 13, 2014

1/14/14 (@Siren) Information

Saturday, January 11, 2014

1/10/14 @Ogilvie

Friday, January 10, 2014

1/9/14 @HF

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

1/4/14 Duluth Marshall

1/3/14 @Braham

1/6/14 @H-F

Jan 18th

Friday, January 3, 2014

1/3/14 @Braham

Pacesetters

Schedule for Saturday