2/18/21: @Cloquet

Highlights: http://www.hudl.com/v/2F5s9v

C: L

JV: L
V: L (77-68)

Boys basketball celebrates seniors in up-and-down week

Staff report Mar 1, 2021  

The Dragon boys varsity squad continues to play tough basketball against challenging competition, and this past week they walked away with a dominant win and a frustrating loss.

Cloquet 77, Pine City 68

Two nights later, on Feb. 18, the Dragons celebrated their seniors - even as they faced a disappointing loss to Cloquet. 

Allen described their two seniors, Caleb Fromm and Carter Arhart, as exceptional students and stand-up people.

“When I first had Carter in class, I was so impressed with him as a student,” Allen said. “When he agreed to be a manager for us, I knew our program would be much improved. We ask a lot of our managers, and Carter has continued to answer that call.

“Caleb earned the beloved nickname ‘corn’ a few years back for his ever trendy style in clothing,” Allen added. “His ability to step in and lead this group through the turmoil of the last year will go down in the record books. He has set a new standard for what hard work looks like in practice daily and in games for our program. I appreciate his belief in me and our program, his willingness to buy into the craziness and for helping to pass that down to future Dragons.”

Allen said it was a hard fought battle from the tip, and that the aggressiveness and physicality of the game was ever present as both teams fought for the lead in the first half. 

“We want big schools on our schedule and we are grateful that Cloquet was willing to host us for not only the game but also for our senior night,” Allen said. “It is a great test for our program to get to play these bigger schools.”

He said the team had a few bad stretches that extended the lead for Cloquet and it was just a little too much to come back from. 

He said Kameron Juscak continued to fight on the boards and came down with a team high 11 rebounds. Dylan Petersen had quite the game earning 13 points, seven rebounds, and nine assists. Juszak took two charges while Jason Thiemand and Cole Waxberg each took one.

“We are not far away from where we want to be, but we can’t have those stretches against good teams,” Allen said. “We can’t allow 8-0+ runs. We need to shore up a few things on the defensive end and on the boards. Scoring 68 points in a game should be enough to win”