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Reece Dixon at the point
guard position, several
sharpshooters from long
range and Krieger in the
paint. Krieger is an effi -
cient rebounder who can
also run the fl oor well and
play above the rim. Another
weapon in the paint is center
Ben Profi tt off the bench, an
off ensive lineman with size
and mobility.
Defensively, Powder
Valley will run a number of
diff erent schemes to throw
off opposing off enses. With
a high level of athleticism
on the roster, coach Dixon
said the team will have a
variety of full- and half-
court presses to draw from.
“We’re going to do a lot
of diff erent things defen-
sively this year to try to
mix it up,” Kyle Dixon said.
“We’ll try some zone and
try some full-court stuff .
I think I have the athletes
capable of doing that.”
With years of experience
playing together, the Bad-
gers have potential to be a
well-oiled machine as the
season progresses, aiming
to bring home a coveted
Class 1A championship this
year.
“They love to get out on
the fl oor and get after it,” the
coach said. “They’re a really
good team, and they work
together good.”
The Badgers are off to a
2-0 start to the season after
picking up wins against
Jordan Valley and Dufur.
The team will be tested this
coming week as a number
of teams travel to North
Powder for the Calvin Hiatt
Memorial Tournament,
which begins Thursday,
Dec. 9.
“We just have to keep
focused,” Kyle Dixon said.
“That’s our goal.”
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players and we are fortu-
nate to have them,” coach
Bingham said.
The team has just one
senior, Viri Rodriguez-
Medrano, so the sopho-
more class will be asked
to fi ll important roles for
a Badger team that has 15
players. Five or six soph-
omores will potentially
see signifi cant time on the
court, coach Bingham said.
“Several of the sopho-
mores will likely be major
contributors, and I think
we will be a pretty deep
team,” he said. “We are
not normally as deep as
this team will be so that is
an advantage. Each of the
sophomores kind of brings
their own thing and they
are all athletic.”
Coach Bingham is
impressed with the overall
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lacks in size it fi gures to
make up with the ability
to cut and move to create
open shots.
“We are just developing
skills,” he said. “We do a
lot of dibbling, shooting
and passing.”
More than their athletic
skill, coach Bingham likes
the team’s makeup off the
court as well. He described
his team as one that is
“fun” and “plays for the
group.”
athleticism of his team
that will serve it well as it
looks to execute its tena-
cious defensive plan. The
Badgers like to press their
opponents and use a sti-
fl ing man-to-man defense.
Powder Valley spent
the early days of practice
working on fundamentals
as coach Bingham looks to
put the new pieces together
to see how his team will
best operate on the basket-
ball fl oor. What the team
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