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we’ve been fourth or fifth and
out the post season. It’s defi-
nitely easier on you if you take
care of business in the league
season. Then you have a little
more breathing room.”
That’s not to say the Sailors
are making room reservations
for the state game. As always,
Wolgamott said they’re taking
it one game at a time.
“The classic coach speech,”
he said. “But we’re enjoying
this moment. We’ve won five
or our last six games. They’re
playing good. There’s still
some things we have to clean
up a little bit, but I always say
it’s better to do that in a win
than a loss.”
The Sailors have been
working hard on a number of
trouble spots the past couple
of weeks, and that honing
showed during Thursday
night’s
game
against
McKenzie. One of their big-
gest issues as of late — fouls
— were nowhere to be seen.
“No one fouled out, and I
don’t think we had any foul
trouble,” he said. “I don’t even
think they were in the bonus
the second half. That’s show-
ing that they’re getting it,
they’re getting more disci-
plined. They’re playing smart-
er, so that’s good.”
There was one technical
during the game, called
against Justyce Wierichs, but
the call was debatable.
“I’m going to have to watch
the film,” Wolgamott said.
“From my angle, I’m not sure
how much it was. I just saw
two guys being aggressive
going for the ball, making a
play. I’m going to watch that,
and if I feel like there’s some-
thing there, they’ll be some
consequences for it. But if not,
from my angle, I thought it
was just two guys going hard
for the ball.”
Some of the biggest strides
came from the offense, mak-
ing extra passes, leading to
three or four wide open
layups, getting the ball inside
and looking down to the short
corner on the low block.
The team is taking pride in
their assists
“Usually, high school boys,
it’s all about the points,” said
Wolgamott. “But now they’re
starting to take pride in the
assists, take pride in the
rebounds, making that extra
pass to get someone else open.
They’re really working well
together. The most encourag-
ing sign is they get even more
excited when someone else
scores.”
As league play is coming to
a close, the Sailors are master-
ing the art of teamwork.
“In order to be a successful
team, you have to play for
each other —not against each
other,” said Wolgamott.
“They’re definitely doing that.
The rhythms, the timing is on.
We just have to continue that.”
Against McKenzie, the
Sailors kept the Eagles at 24
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points the whole night, with
only 11 points in the second
half.
Mapleton itself also dipped
in the fourth, scoring only
four points, but that was on
purpose.
“We were trying to work on
some things there, trying to
get some guys in different
positions that they usually
don’t play. Trying to build
some depth behind that point
guard position,” Wolgamott
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scoring with 13, followed by
10 points from JJ Neece, who
Wolgamott called a full-court
threat.
JJ was tied with his brother,
Nate, with 10 points, followed
by AJ Moso with eight.
“They’re playing smarter
basketball, and I can tell
they’re having fun out there,”
Wolgamott said. “That’s the
most encouraging sign, that
they’re having fun and they
want to do well for the fans.
We’re getting a better turnout
each game, it seems like. It
really fires them up. It’s a good
atmosphere right now.”
Looking ahead, Wolgamott
is sticking to the classic coach
speech.
“We have to keep going,” he
said. “I told them to enjoy the
win, but then on Monday, it’s
all about Alsea on Tuesday.
We’ll see what we can do
about them.”
Alsea plays at Mapleton on
Tuesday, with the Sailors host-
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