12/6/24: Aitkin

Varsity: W (74-56)

JV: W

C-Squad: W

Highlights: https://www.hudl.com/video/2/421951/6754940d1c6c21aab9801991

Dragon Boys Basketball starts season off with big wins!

• By Heidi Burger Pine City Pioneer
 
• Dec 11, 2024

The Dragon Boys Varsity team traveled to Ogilvie on Tuesday, December 3 for their first game of the season. It was a great game to start the season with all the eligible varsity players able to see equal court time. 

Coach Kyle Allen has been talking the last year or so about rebuilding,  about going back to the foundation of the program. Last season was a reset season, a chance for the boys players to take a step back and focus on the foundation, to make mistakes not often seen in a varsity game, and to correct those mistakes for the future of the program. Those steps backwards, as Coach Allen said, were made so this season’s Dragons could develop players to play at the varsity level. 

Pine City 74, Aitkin 58

The boys then hosted the Aitkin Gobblers on Friday, December 6. Allen was proud of the team for sticking to the system and what the system calls for. “The boys continued to really focus on that and I think they were rewarded for it as the game progressed,” reported Allen. 

Going into half-time, it was a one point game. The first half was a grind, with the Gobblers being bigger in size than the Dragons. So the Dragons knew they would have to work extremely hard against those bigger players. Coming out the second half, the Dragons took a step ahead and went on a 10-0 run. From there, they were able to capitalize and take it away.  They ended the game with a final score of 74-58. 

The Dragon Boys Varsity Basketball team will also have a busy week this week. They hosted Mora on Tuesday, December 10 (no score available as of press time). Then on Thursday, they will travel to Rush City to play the Tigers. The boys will finish out their week with a game on Saturday at home against Duluth Marshall at 1:30 p.m.