Dragon boys win conference championship
Pine City 102, Hinckley/Finlayson 71
What a fun game and what a great atmosphere. Pine City traveled to Hinckley/Finlayson, playing in front of a packed house on Friday, March 1. The last game of the regular season for both teams and a championship on the line, Pine City showed up to play and defeated Hinckley/Finlayson 102-71.
During the first half, Pine City’s defense was having a hard time protecting the perimeter and caused them to give up a lot of rebounds and second chance points to Hinckley/Finlayson.
“That is a recipe for disaster,” said coach Allen. “We saw some foul trouble in the first half with some of our ‘bigs’ which led us to going to the bench early and going with smaller lineups.”
Due to Christian Fromm and Seth Logan facing some foul trouble, Kameron Jusczak, Chris Trudeau and Duke Waxberg all gave big minutes in the first half. Konnor Jusczak played great underneath the boards, doing everything he could to create room for rebounds. Jusczak also hit some big three-point shots in the final minutes of the first half to give Pine City a four point lead at half time.
“Coming out of halftime, I really liked how we focused in on our identity and philosophy,” said Allen. “We played much better on the defensive end, which led to better rebounding and more scoring opportunities.”
The Dragons had four players scoring in double figures with Nick Hansmann leading Pine City with 22 points. Seth Logan had 19 points with an impressive eight total rebounds. Konnor Jusczak scored 18 points and Jake Adams had 16 points to go along with his three steals. Koleman Lind had a game high nine assists, followed by Adams and Nick Hansmann with four apiece.
“Winning the outright conference championship felt great, and now going back-to-back feels even better. There was a lot of work in the early years that led to this. This is not something that ‘just happened.’ The boys that came before these groups that laid the foundation for what we can accomplish now are never forgotten. We wouldn’t be where we are without them,” said coach Allen.
JV: L (34-51)
C-Squad: L (23-51)
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