Dragon boys meet the moment, get shot at conference title
Staff report
Coach Kyle Allen said that going into this week, the Dragon boys basketball squad understood that it was now or never.
“We knew we would have to have as close to a perfect week as possible to be able to put ourselves in a position to achieve one of our goals: earn a conference title,” Allen said.
And that is exactly what they did, earning three victories to go on and take a shot at that title this weekend.
Pine City 71, Rush City 62
The team had to come back and face Rush City the next day.
“With the quick turnaround, we were a bit nervous as a coaching staff,” Allen said. “We play a very high paced and high intensity game where players need time to recover to be able to perform again.”
The team was up 19 points early, but after a bit of foul trouble they found themselves with a three point lead at halftime.
The second half was a back and forth battle until the end. Rush took a one-point lead off of a turnover, but Petersen came down and hit a three to put the Dragons up two again. The Pine City squad never relinquished the lead again.
Kameron Jusczak again led the team on the boards with 12, followed by Jason Thieman with eight, and Petersen and Lamont Sydney with six each. Luke Wilson paced the Dragon on offense with six assists while Cole Waxberg and Caleb Fromm led us in steals with five and four respectively.
“We really had our backs against the wall coming into this week, but I couldn’t be prouder of how we ended the week,” Allen said. “The obstacles and adversities that this team has overcome, both in this week and this year, will be long remembered.”
With these three wins, Dragons have put themselves in the running to have a piece of the conference title.
“We will need to finish the process on Friday at Isle,” Allen said. “But I am proud that we have this opportunity.
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