BY: MIKE GLESINGER
Panhandle Post
The end of a season is always a little sad...you miss the games, bus rides, practices, teammates and for some it's the last time you might play High School sports. But you will always have the friendships and memories. That was the main theme for the Alliance High School Boys Basketball Team Banquet Monday night.
AHS went 6-18 this season, but Coach Michael Baker praised his team for always working hard. Coach mentioned the team Unity Goals of... Composure, Energy, Focus and Togetherness and how the players lived up to those goals, when sometimes things were not going well. Coach Baker also gave special thanks to Seniors Kellen Muhr, Jayden McCracken and Isaac Weems for their dedication and leadership.
Coach Baker will be leaving AHS at the end of this school year. He has accepted position at the new, Lincoln Northwest High School and will teach Social Studies and be the Boys Head Basketball Coach. Under his direction at AHS, The Bulldogs made three State Tournament appearances. We will have a season wrap up interview with Coach Baker, on a Panhandle Post Podcast later this week.
Following his remarks Coach Baker presented the following awards which were voted on by team members.
JV MOST IMPROVED: Landen Crowe and Seth Meyring
JV BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER: Tyzen Brown
JV MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Tristen Timbers
VARSITY MOST IMPROVED: Tristin Grubham
VARSITY BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER: Jayden McCracken
VARSITY MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Kellen Muhr
UNITY GOAL AWARDS
BEST EXAMPLE OF COMPOSURE: Isaac Weems
BEST EXAMPLE OF ENERGY: Jayden McCracken
BEST EXAMPLE OF FOCUS: Taytom Timbers
BEST EXAMPLE OF TOGETHERNESS: Isaac Weems and Taytom Timbers
TEAM STATISTIC LEADERS:
LEADING REBOUNDER: Nic Waldron
ASSIST LEADER: Kellen Muhr
STEALS LEADER: Jayden McCracken
MOST CHARGES TAKEN: Isaac Weems
HIGHEST FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE: Nic Waldron
HIGHEST THREE POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE: Nic Waldron
HIGHEST FREE THROW PERCENTAGE: Kellen Muhr
