Last year’s Community School boys’ basketball team was built around seven juniors, three of them leading the team in scoring. They were Taylor Adler (10.7 ppg), Reed Roudabush (4.2 ppg) and Doug DuFur (3.8 ppg with 12 3-pointers).
Those three players have returned as seniors for second-year head coach Mike Payne as the Cutthroats launched their 2013-14 campaign Tuesday night with a non-conference game against the Camas County Mushers in Fairfield.
First home game is Thursday, Dec. 19 against Twin Falls Christian Academy. There are nine home games on the 16-game schedule at the Fish Tank in Sun Valley.
Payne said, “I have only three varsity boys returning—Taylor Adler, Reed Roudabush and Doug DuFur. We have one senior who is new to the game, Sam Rogers. He should provide some height and physical play to our inside game.
“It’s a young group of kids but they’re familiar with my offense. This is the second year the varsity and JV teams have been using this offense. They are starting to react naturally to the plays, instead of just going through the motions.
“This team has more athletic talent than last year’s team. I’m excited to get the season underway and watch the improvement and development of these young players.”
Last year’s squad averaged 32.3 ppg on offense and yielded 47.7 ppg on defense. They won two home games and also two league games over Bliss and Camas County within the nine-team 4th District 1A Division 2 Northside Conference.
Here is the 2013-14 Community School roster:
VARSITY
Head coach, Mike Payne (2nd year, 4-15).
Seniors (4): Taylor Adler, 6-0 guard/forward; Doug DuFur, 5-8 guard; Reed Roudabush, post/forward; and Sam Rogers, 6-2 post.
Sophomores (4): Daniel DuFur, 5-9 guard; Alex Feldman, 6-4 post/forward; Garrett Rawlings, 6-1 post/forward; and Keegan Whitelaw, 5-9 guard.
JUNIOR VARSITY
Head coach, Mike Wade.
Junior (1): Vincent Huang, guard/forward.
Sophomores (8): Swing players Daniel DuFur and Alex Feldman; Pierson Carlsen, 5-7 guard; Evan Marks, 5-10 guard; Colby Marsh, 5-8 post/forward; Cole Miller, 6-0 post; Colby Wright, 5-10 post; and Todd Yu, 5-7 guard.
2014 CommSchool boys Basketball
A total 16 varsity games and 10 junior varsity games on the regular-season slate for the 2013-14 Cutthroats; 9 varsity home and 7 varsity away. There are 8 games denoted by an asterisk that count toward the 4th District 1A Division 2 league standings. Home games at the Community School gym, Sun Valley in bold type. When JV and varsity games are played the same night, JV start time is listed first.
| DATE, DAY |
OPPONENT |
LOCATION |
| Dec. 10, Tuesday |
Camas County (V) |
Fairfield, 7:30 |
| Dec. 12, Thursday |
Bliss (V) |
Away, 7:30 |
| Dec. 16, Monday |
Murtaugh (JV/V) |
Away, 4:30/6 |
| Dec. 19, Thursday |
Twin Falls Christian (V) |
Home, 6:00 |
| Jan. 7, Tuesday |
Camas County (V)* |
Home, 6:00 |
| Jan. 9, Thursday |
Dietrich (JV/V)* |
Home, 6/7:30 |
| Jan. 13, Monday |
Carey (JV/V)* |
Home, 6/7:30 |
| Jan. 16, Thursday |
Bliss (V)* |
Home, 7:30 |
| Jan. 21, Tuesday |
Castleford (JV/V)* |
Home, 6/7:30 |
| Jan. 23, Thursday |
Lighthouse Christian (JV/V)* |
6/7:30 |
| Jan. 24, Friday |
Twin Falls Christian (V) |
Twin Falls, 6:00 |
| Jan. 28, Tuesday |
Murtaugh (JV/V)* |
Home, 6/7:30 |
| Jan. 30, Thursday |
Richfield (JV/V) |
Away, 6/7:30 |
| Feb. 4, Tuesday |
ISDB (JV) |
Gooding, 6:30 |
| Feb. 10, Monday |
Jackpot, Nev. (JV/V) |
Home, 4/7 |
| Feb. 12, Wednesday |
Richfield (JV/V)* (Sr. Night) |
Home, 6/7:30 |
| Feb. 14, Friday |
Camas County (V) |
Fairfield, 7:30 |
| Feb. 17, Monday |
4th District 8th/9th play-in game |
ISDB, Gooding, 8:00 |
| Feb. 19, Wednesday |
4th District 1A Div. 2 tourney |
4 games, high seed host |
| Feb. 24, Monday |
4th District 1A Div. 2 tourney |
4 games, high seed host |
| Feb. 25, Tuesday |
4th District 1A Div. 2 tourney |
Gooding High, 6/7:30 |
| Feb. 26, Wednesday |
4th District 1A Div. 2 tourney |
Gooding High, 6/7:30 |
| Feb. 27, Thursday |
4th District 1A Div. 2 second-place |
Gooding High, 7:00 |
| March 6, Thursday |
State 1A Division 2 tournament |
Caldwell High |
| March 8, Saturday |
State 1A Division 2 championship |
Idaho Center, Nampa |
NOTES—The Northside 4th District 1A Division 2 boys' league includes Carey, Camas County of Fairfield, Bliss, Community School of Sun Valley, Richfield, Dietrich, Castleford, Murtaugh and Lighthouse Christian of Twin Falls……The 4th District 8-team single elimination consolation bracket tournament is set for 5 nights at different sites, Feb. 19-27, with varsity finals at Gooding High School. The 4-team JV single elimination tournament will be played entirely at ISDB in Gooding Feb. 17-18.……The conference gets 2 seeds to state…..The top 2 teams automatically qualify for the state tournament in Caldwell…….At the state meet, the District 4 1A Division 2 champion plays the Boise-area (District 3) runner-up team in the first round, while the Northside runner-up goes against the Boise-area (District 3) champion in the first round.
