Team: Emerson-Hubbard
Mascot: Pirates
Colors: Purple, Gold, and White
Class: D-2
Conference: Lewis and Clark
Head Coach: Alan Gottula (2nd season)
2016-2017 record: 2-21 (lost to Clarkson/Leigh in Sub-Districts)
Returning Starters: 3
Overview:
The Emerson-Hubbard Boys Basketball Team returns 3 starters from last year. They are Joshua Sebade Sr. Letter Winner, Jacob Kneifl Jr. Letter Winner, and Nolan Belt So. Letter Winner.
Chandler Emmons Sr. Letter Winner started part-time for the Pirates last season.
Contributors this year include Blake Eriksen Sr. Letter Winner, Luke Stolze Sr., Keaton Wriedt Sr, Spencer Burcham Jr. Letter Winner.
I think the Pirates will be much improved this year.
Emerson-Hubbard won't be very big, but what they lack and size they should make up for with speed and athleticism.
I think it will be a good season for the Pirates. Emerson-Hubbard certainly brings some talent back, and that should be to their benefit.
Season Outlook:
The Emerson-Hubbard Boys Basketball Team looks to be improved from a year ago. Head Coach Alan Gottula. "This team made significant improvement last season against very tough competition including BRLD, LCC, LHNE, Ponca, Randolph, Wakefield, Walthill, Winnebago, Wisner-Pilger, and Wynot. Joshua Sebade, Jacob Kniefl, and Nolan Belt will provide outstanding leadership as this team continues to develop throughout the coming season. The Pirates will no doubt compete and play hard this season; but, must do a better job of taking care of and shooting the basketball to play well. Our schedule will be excellent preparation for the Sub-District Tournament featuring Emerson-Hubbard, Humphrey St. Francis, St. Edward, and Winside."
Tough games for the Pirates this year include Ponca, BRLD, Walthill, Winnebago, Wynot, and Randolph.
There doesn't appear to be a ton of easy or gimme games on the schedule this year for Emerson-Hubbard so it looks like the Pirates are going to need to fight that much harder this year.
I think Emerson-Hubbard has a shot to be good this season, but the Pirates have to play at a high level on both ends of the floor.
Emerson-Hubbard's players have to be two-way players, not just one or the other if at all possible.
The Pirates have to work hard boxing out and rebounding to the best of their ability.
There's no doubt Emerson-Hubbard can be good this year, they just have to fix what went wrong last year.
The Pirates open up the season at Wisner-Pilger Friday night in the Northeast Nebraska Tip-Off Classic.
2017-2018 Emerson-Hubbard Pirates Boys Basketball Schedule:
12/01-12/02 (To Be Determined) Northeast Nebraska Tip-Off Classic Emerson-Hubbard/Wisner-Pilger, Lutheran High NE
12/05/17 BRLD
12/08/17 Laurel-Concord-Coleridge
12/12/17 @ Walthill
12/15/17 Ponca
12/21/17 Winside
12/28-12/29 (To Be Determined) Madison Holiday Tournament Madison
01/04-01/06 (To Be Determined) Bob Clough Post Holiday Wakefield
01/09/18 @ Winnebago
01/13/18 @ Wynot
01/16/18 Homer
01/19/18 @ Wakefield
01/23/18 Pender
01/25/18 Allen
01/26-02/05 (To Be Determined) Lewis and Clark Conference Tournament TBA
02/06/18 Randolph
02/09/18 @ Omaha Nation
02/16/18 @ Stanton
Team: Emerson-Hubbard
Mascot: Pirates
Colors: Purple, Gold, and White
Class: D-2
Conference: Lewis and Clark
Head Coach: Mitchell DeMers (1st season)
2016-2017 record: 8-14 (lost to Guardian Angels Central Catholic in Sub-Districts)
Returning Starters: 3
Overview:
The Emerson-Hubbard Girls Basketball Team looks to get back to their winning ways this year. Head Coach Mitchell DeMers says the Pirates are low on numbers."We got kind of a small team this year, not many girls coming out this year which kind of stinks a little bit. But I really feel like we have a really good group. I feel like we're really committed to the team and we're working hard."
DeMers says the Pirates bring back 3 starters."Melanie Gentrup (5'8) is one returning starter from last year, she was a sophomore now she's gonna be a junior. Courtney Bokemper's (5'6, SG) gonna be a junior, she was one of the starters last year. Addison Mackling (5'5, PG), she was a freshman last year now she's gonna be a sophomore. She started some games last year so she'll have some experience coming back. Stephanie Ferrusca (5'4, JR), she really stepped up this summer and is really working hard. I feel like she might be getting into that starting role. Taylor Lamp (5'9, C), she's been a senior, she's been out here for basketball the past four years, she's really got some experience playing in some varsity games. I think she's ready to get a starting role for that."
DeMers adds having low numbers has made it difficult to do a lot of things in practice, but that hasn't held his team back. "We've only had about eight girls or so, it's really hard to do a lot of five-on-five things, so we either work three-on-three or four-on-four. Just a lot of effort and a lot of energy goes into practice, so I love to see how the girls work. We had a fun summer really trying to learn some new things with me being the head coach and just trying to figure out the system more. We're really excited to get the season started and really see how our season looks."
Emerson-Hubbard may not have a lot of girls out or be big from a height standpoint, but you can bet the Pirates will play hard and with a lot of hustle and determination this season.
Emerson-Hubbard has some good players back, and I think they are capable of being a really good team.
It will be interesting to see how the Pirates fare this year. I think Emerson-Hubbard is definitely one of those teams that can't afford any injuries or foul trouble.
Red Cloud made state with 6 girls last year so the Pirates can definitely do it with 8.
Emerson-Hubbard should be solid at the guard positions, it's just the post positions I wonder about.
Losing Emma Haberman and others is not easy to replace, but again, the Pirates bring a lot back so Emerson-Hubbard should be very competitive this season.
Season Outlook:
The Emerson-Hubbard Girls Basketball Team hopes to get back to being a dominate program.
First up for the Pirates is a date with Guardian Angels Central Catholic on Thursday. "They just won a state title. They're a solid basketball program. They've had success for many, many years. The years I've seen them play, they're always solid. So it'll be a real tough matchup for these girls, but I tell you what, these girls are ready for these type of challenges. They're willing to attack these challenges and prove that, hey, that we belong right up there. This program has had success before and they kinda wanna get back to that success level," DeMers said.
I think Emerson-Hubbard will take a lot of steps in the right direction towards being dominant again.
The Pirates have tough games with Ponca, BRLD, Oakland-Craig, and Wynot this season.
A lot of games are very winnable for Emerson-Hubbard though.
The schedule isn't terribly difficult, and I think the Pirates have what it takes to win at least 10-15 games this season.
I think Emerson-Hubbard might even be able to get up to 16 or 17.
The Pirates are Sub-District D2-3 with Humphrey St. Francis, Winside, and St. Edward.
I think the Flyers pose the biggest threat to Emerson-Hubbard.
I think Humphrey St. Francis will be the one team that stands in the way of the Pirates getting out of that sub-district.
There's a long way to go until that time though, and if Emerson-Hubbard can win a bunch of games this year, do something like double their win total from last year, which they can definitely do, in my opinion, then they should put themselves in a good position to make a postseason run.
I really think Emerson-Hubbard can be good this year. I'm optimistic about the Pirates' chances of having success this season.
Emerson-Hubbard has to be excited to get the year going. It has been a long wait, and now the wait is finally over.
The Pirates can just go out there and play the game they love.
2017-2018 Emerson-Hubbard Pirates Girls Basketball Schedule:
11/30-12/02 (To Be Determined) Northeast Nebraska Tip-Off Classic Emerson-Hubbard/GACC, Wisner-Pilger
12/05/17 BRLD
12/08/17 Laurel-Concord-Coleridge
12/12/17 @ Walthill
12/15/17 Ponca
12/21/17 Winside
12/28-12/29 (To Be Determined) Madison Holiday Tournament Madison
01/04-01/06 (To Be Determined) Bob Clough Post Holiday Wakefield
01/09/18 @ Winnebago
01/11/18 Oakland-Craig
01/13/18 @ Wynot
01/16/18 Homer
01/19/18 @ Wakefield
01/23/18 Pender
01/25/18 Allen
01/26-02/05 (To Be Determined) Lewis and Clark Conference Tournament TBA
02/06/18 Randolph
02/09/18 @ Omaha Nation
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