JV year in review

Posted 3/21/17

“Overall, I thought the kids stayed positive; I had a great time coaching them,” said PHS JV coach Waleryan Wisniewski. “I think we were in good hands for the future, just need to continue to be aggressive and just continue to play hard, …

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JV year in review

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The Powell High School junior varsity basketball team battled through illnesses, injuries and lineup changes this year to post a 7-12 record.

“Overall, I thought the kids stayed positive; I had a great time coaching them,” said PHS JV coach Waleryan Wisniewski. “I think we were in good hands for the future, just need to continue to be aggressive and just continue to play hard, trusting the system.”

Powell 48, Cody 42

After starting the season with four wins and five losses, Powell beat their cross-county rivals, the Cody Broncs, 48-42 on Jan. 27.

“Played a lot better offensively, started believing in the system, believing in our teammates,” said Wisniewski.

With one player injured and several others out sick, “again we were playing with a mixed bag of tricks, trying to figure out people’s strength and weaknesses.”

Luke Washington and Trent Desjarlais led with nine points each. William Preator scored seven points.

In this game against Cody, a few freshmen came up to play on the JV squad — including Jesse Brown, who scored six points. Meanwhile, Jace Smith came down from the varsity team to help in the point guard position, and he also scored six points in two quarters of play.

Jacob Harrison and Carter Olsen each scored four points.

Powell 50, Worland 42

The next day, Powell hosted Worland and picked up a 50-42 win to push its record above .500.

“They are a really good team. We played really good defense against them and kept them from not so many shots,” said Wisniewski. “We played to our potential.”

Dalton Woodward led the team with 15 points in what the coach called “a breakout game.”

“I remember him just always around the basket and putting them back in,” Wisniewski said.

Washington scored 10 points. Freshman Aidan Jacobsen added nine. “He did really well, had two threes,” Wisniewski said of Jacobsen.

Eyob Robirds scored five points, while Preator, Harrison and Brown each had three and Olsen two.

Pinedale 46, Powell 31

Powell stayed at home on Feb. 3 and lost 46-31 to Pinedale.

Wisniewski said the Panthers weren’t aggressive enough and “just trying to find consistency, that was the biggest thing that we had a problem with this year.”

Washington scored nine points, Olsen and Jacobsen each had six, Desjarlais had five, Harrison scored three and Preator two.

Star Valley 60, Powell 55

After the game against Pinedale, Powell hosted Star Valley and lost 60-55.

Desjarlais led the team with 12 points while Woodward, Washington, Olsen and Robirds each scored nine.

Jacobsen added three points, Max Gallagher and Preator each scored two and Harrison had one point.

“At times people got after us on the defensive side, we just have to learn to be just as aggressive,” said Wisniewski.

Mountain View 49, Powell 37

After playing five straight games at home, Powell traveled to Mountain View and Lyman Feb 10-11.

“Long trip on the road,” said Wisniewski.

They started with a 49-37 loss to Mountain View.

Gallagher led with 10 points. Olsen put up six points, Woodward scored five, Josh Wolfe scored four, Washington three and Jacobsen, Robirds, Desjarlais and Harrison each had two. Preator scored one point.

“We just didn’t get off the bus, that was the biggest thing. So that night, we sort of had a talk, tried to figure out what was going on and what we needed to do to fix it,” said Wisniewski. “And the next night, we came out and put up 74 points against Lyman the next day.”

Powell 74, Lyman 69

In the win over Lyman the team “had an outpouring of 3-pointers,” Wisniewski said, guessing they sank eight treys amid balanced scoring.

Powell had four players score in double digits. Robirds led the team with 12 points while Preator, Desjarlais and Jacobsen each scored 11.

Woodward had eight points and both Olsen and Washington put six points on the board. Smith had five and Wolfe had one.

Lander 72, Powell 60

After the long road trip to the southwest corner of the state, Powell went on the road again to play at Lander on Feb. 11.

Coach Wisniewski said Powell played better against the Tigers.

“We missed a lot of easy ones, but the kids played hard; I can’t fault them for not playing hard. That was that one thing we did all year, was play hard,” Wisniewski said. “But we just have to find some consistency in scoring and defensive wise.”

Preator led with 18 points and Gallagher had 13. Washington and Olsen each had seven points and scoring five points each were Woodward, Robirds and Jacobsen.

Riverton 53, Powell 31

The next day, Powell lost its final home game of the year, 53-31 to Riverton.

“We played them tough,” Wisniewski said.

Earlier in the year, the Panthers allowed Riverton 79 points and lost by 58.

“Still was a 20-point loss, but the kids felt they saw some improvement,” said Wisniewski.

Robirds and Jacobsen led with six points while Gallagher and Olsen each scored four. Preator had three and Harrison, Desjarlais and Brown scored two points apiece. Also scoring a point were Washington and Woodward.

Worland 78, Powell 40.

On Feb. 23, Powell traveled to Worland and lost, 78-40.

“It’s always hard to beat a team twice, especially if you’re going to their home court,” said Wisniewski. “Just lost track of some of their shooters and their shooter had a big night that night.”

Preator had eight points, Robirds and Jacobsen each had seven and Woodward, Washington and Gallagher had four apiece. Harrison and Olsen each had three.

“Again, just not knowing who was going to be out there, just trying to find a good mix was tough to do. So the consistency might have been affected that way,” said Wisniewski. He added that the Panthers didn’t have their point guard that game and “Worland shot the best that I saw a team shoot this year.”

Cody 70, Powell 51

The Broncs avenged an earlier loss to PHS to win 70-51 in Cody on Feb 24.

Because of a freshman tournament that weekend, Powell was missing some of its JV players — and still was without its point guard — while Cody reinforced its squad with a few varsity players, Wisniewski said.

At the end of the first quarter, Powell was down 24-2; the Panthers were able to cut the lead to six at one point, but were unable to take the lead.

Preator led the team with 14 points.

“He actually did really good in taking over the point guard responsibilities because we had our point guard missing those last two games,” said Wisniewski.

Olsen and Washington also hit double digits with 11 and 10 points, respectively, while Woodward had eight, Wolfe six and Gallagher two.

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