Coach Potts and Plainsmen boys back on basketball court this week
The Perkins County Plainsmen are getting ready to suit up for the 2024-2025 basketball season with Corey Potts as their coach.
This will be Potts first year as high school head coach however he is not new to this group of boys. “I have coached this group of seniors since they were in the 4th Grade. The rest of the boys have gotten to know my style of coaching since I was the assistant coach during the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 seasons,” says Potts. Taking assistant coach positions will be Ryan Potts and Micheal Lee.
Leading the team will be seniors Oscar Boldt, Maddox Lee, Markel Macke, Landon Noyes, Ryder Potts, Dawson Tjaden, and Jackson Wykert.
Juniors of the team include Myles Bishop, Colton Kroeker, and Rylee Schrotberger.
Sophomore members are Logan Barry, Alex Cole, Basile Cornet, and Emmanuel Kiogora.
Cade Kroeker, Luke Minster, Jared Mirales, and Porter Tjaden are joining the team as freshmen.
Potts plans to use the boys’ grit on the defensive end of the floor to his advantage this year.
He would like to see the kids open up to their ability to score on the offensive side of the floor as well.
“We have great depth this season and return a group of kids who all have substantial varsity minutes. These kids have played lots of hours of ball together and with the amount of leadership on the team we have strong potential for another great season. I would imagine you could see a different starting lineup and nearly every kid in a varsity uniform on the floor during any game,” Potts says.
The varsity Plainsmen preseason kicked off on Tuesday night with a home game against Cambridge, which saw a Plainsmen win.
The next game is December 5 in Hershey with action beginning at 4 p.m.
The Schedule is as follows:
Nov 26 (G/B V) 5 pm vs. Cambridge
Dec 5 (G/B JV/V) 4 pm at Hershey
Dec 6 (G/B JV/V) 4 pm vs. Bridgeport
Dec 9 (G/B Res) 5 pm at Ogallala
Dec 10 (G/B JV/V) 4 pm vs. Haxtun
Dec 13 (G/B JV/V) 4 pm at Kimball
Dec 17 (G/B JV/V) 4 pm at Paxton
Dec 21 (G/B JV/V) 4 pm at DC-Strat
Dec 31 (G/B V) 3 pm PC Tournament
Jan 2 (G/B V) 2 pm PC Tournament
Jan 4 (G/B JV/V) 1 pm at Leyton
Jan 10 (G/B JV/V) 4 pm vs. NP St. Pats
Jan 11 (G/B JV/V) 4:30 pm at Sutherland
Jan 13 (G/B Res) 5:30 pm vs. Chase Co
Jan 16 (G/B JV/V) 4 pm at Chase Co
Jan 17 (G/B JV/V) 4 pm vs. Wa-Pa
Jan 20 (GV) TBA SPVA TBA
Jan 21 (BV) 6 pm SPVA TBA
Jan 23 (GV) TBD NP Comm College
Jan 24 (BV) 4 pm NP Comm College
Jan 25 (BV) TBD NP Comm College
Jan 25 (GV) 12:30 pm NP Comm College
Jan 28 (G/B JV/V) 4 pm at Holyoke
Jan 30 (G/B JV/V) 4 pm vs. Sedgwick Co
Feb 3 (G Res) 5:30 pm at Chase Co
Feb 3 (B Res) 7 pm at Chase Co
Feb 4 (G/B JV/V) 4 pm vs. Maxwell
Feb 6 (G/B JV/V) 3 pm at Southwest
Feb 10 (B Res) 5:30 pm.vs. Maywd.-HC
Feb 11 (G/B JV/V) 4 pm at Bayard
Feb 14 (G/B JV/V) 4 pm vs. Sandhills Vly
Feb 21 (B JV/V) 5 pm at Maywood-HC
Friday Dec. 6 will see a home game against Bridgeport at 4 p.m.