The Wolves are ready to play with the big dogs in 2023.South Burlington boys basketball fell in the quarterfinal round a year ago in the division one Vermont playoffs, finishing the season 11-9, with more to be desired. Moving on from five graduating players, head coach Sol Bayer-Pacht reloaded his roster with sophomores from the junior varsity squad and will run back a nearly identical starting lineup, led by senior Tyler Bergmans, who suffered a season-ending ankle injury in the final weeks of the 2022-23 season.Bayer-Pacht called on his guys to do lots of offseason conditioning. If they want to keep up with the top teams in the Metro, the work they put in during the offseason will pay off during the three-month competitive season.”We think we had the best junior varsity team in the state last year,” said Bayer-Pacht. “The big thing now is when you become younger, can you maintain that same level of urgency every day? Can you understand what it takes to be consistent in the metro? It’s one thing to get up for the first game, for the first opponent. Can you do that for 20 games for three months and kind of handle the grind?”Junior captain Deng Aguek is confident his team can do what no other SBHS basketball team has ever done.”We have the chance to do something that South Burlington team has never done, which is ultimately bring home the state chip,” Aguek said. “And it’s super exciting knowing I can be a part of history, and that starts tomorrow.”The Wolves host Division II reigning state champions Montpellier Friday night at South Burlington High School.
The Wolves are ready to play with the big dogs in 2023.
South Burlington boys basketball fell in the quarterfinal round a year ago in the division one Vermont playoffs, finishing the season 11-9, with more to be desired.
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Moving on from five graduating players, head coach Sol Bayer-Pacht reloaded his roster with sophomores from the junior varsity squad and will run back a nearly identical starting lineup, led by senior Tyler Bergmans, who suffered a season-ending ankle injury in the final weeks of the 2022-23 season.
Bayer-Pacht called on his guys to do lots of offseason conditioning. If they want to keep up with the top teams in the Metro, the work they put in during the offseason will pay off during the three-month competitive season.
“We think we had the best junior varsity team in the state last year,” said Bayer-Pacht. “The big thing now is when you become younger, can you maintain that same level of urgency every day? Can you understand what it takes to be consistent in the metro? It’s one thing to get up for the first game, for the first opponent. Can you do that for 20 games for three months and kind of handle the grind?”
Junior captain Deng Aguek is confident his team can do what no other SBHS basketball team has ever done.
“We have the chance to do something that South Burlington team has never done, which is ultimately bring home the state chip,” Aguek said. “And it’s super exciting knowing I can be a part of history, and that starts tomorrow.”
The Wolves host Division II reigning state champions Montpellier Friday night at South Burlington High School.
