2/13/17: @Isle

Varsity: W (85-41)

JV: W (76-42)

C-Squad @Foley: W (46-35)

Pine City Pioneer, Jesse Logan

Pine City’s boys basketball team had to fight through some adversity this past week, dealing with players missing due to injury and illness, but did so effectively and picked up two more wins. The Dragons are now 16-6 overall, 12-3 in the Great River Conference, and 4-2 against section opponents. 

Pine City 85, Isle 41

Played on Monday, Dec. 13, this game was a make-up after an earlier, weather related cancellation. The Dragons wasted no time in establishing themselves as the better team and cruised to an easy win. Pine City had five players in double digits as Jake Rademacher and Seth Logan had 13 apiece, Jake Adams had 12, Nick Hansmann 11, and Clay Logan finished with 10.

“We played a really nice game overall,” said Dragons Head Coach Kyle Allen. “A lot of guys contributed. We had our highest graded-out game of the season. Jake Rademacher had a great game with 13 points and 10 rebounds, three assists. Nick Hansmann also had four rebounds, six steals, and four assists with that 11 points. Across the board it was really well done. Riley Palmer also really stepped up with seven points and five rebounds. When our boys are going out and they play within the concepts, these things can happen. We ended the game with 23 steals, 21 assists and 41 rebounds. Those are great numbers for us.”

On Thursday, Feb. 16, Pine City would be without three players, including leading scorer Clay Logan, when they faced a Foley Falcons team that was hot on their tails in QRF. As a result, this home game had huge playoff implications. Fortunately for Pine City, Foley was also missing some key players and the Dragons were able to earn a vital win with postseason approaching.