By Samm Sharp Posted December 7, 2017
The freshman boys opened their season with a win over the Reno Huskies, and new coach Jacob Evans believes there’s a lot of potential in his team.
“I like what I’ve seen from the kids so far,” said Evans. “They’ve been coached right for the last few years, so I definitely have to give a shout-out to their middle school coaches; they’ve done a good job.”
Sam Roth was happy to make the team.
“I feel very excited to be a part of the Lowry basketball program. I hope that my team and I will get better and better as the season goes on,” said Roth.
Shooting guard Jacob Solis also stated that he had some hopes for this year’s team.
“I hope we don’t lose any games this year, and that we grow as a team and become better than we were when we started the season,” said Solis.
Coach Evans told us he has some plans for this year’s team.
“I want to put an emphasis on defense and conditioning. I can guarantee we will be working those hard,” said Evans.
Evans would like to see growth from the players, as well as characteristic traits.
“I look forward to seeing growth from the players,” said Evans. “I believe sports can have an immense impact on kids. Especially getting them to work on ambition and stuff like that because it can transfer to real life.”
The first game of the season was against Reno High on November 25, in which the Bucks won 44-35.
Sam Roth was pleased with the outcome of the first game.
“There are definitely things to work on. Our team played well, and I can tell it is going to be a good season.”
The Bucks are off to a good start this season, and the players have good potential this year.
The team: Joseph Backus, Rian Delong, Daniel Fernandez, Anthony Gildone, Anthony Hemp, Sean Herrera, Alberto Medina, Robert Rangel, Samuel Roth, Alexander Ruiz, and Jacob Solis.
