{"id":266840,"date":"2020-01-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/ljcds-boys-basketball-leadership-honed-in-state-title-drive\/"},"modified":"2020-01-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T08:00:00","slug":"ljcds-boys-basketball-leadership-honed-in-state-title-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/ljcds-boys-basketball-leadership-honed-in-state-title-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Baloncesto masculino de LJCDS: Liderazgo perfeccionado en la campa\u00f1a por el t\u00edtulo estatal"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an early-season tournament game, Country Day scored the first 10 points and built an insurmountable 36-12 halftime lead over La Jolla that showed the team’s potential for 2019-20.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Carmy Cesaire, the Torreys’ assistant coach, says of team leaders James Hapgood and Sam Coleman, “They’re guys who were a big part of our [Division 3] state championship team last year. They have played a lot of basketball and have some good experience.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With All-CIF star Ryan Langborg graduated to the greener pastures of Princeton, Cesaire and Country Day are looking to Hapgood, a talented 6-foot-2-inch guard, and Coleman, a 6-foot-4-inch returner, to help season a young squad who won their first three games out of the chute.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ryan Meier, in his 14th year as Torrey head coach, appreciates the value of Hapgood. “He does everything,” the coach says. “The deflections. The steals. He sets everyone up for a basket.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou don’t see everything he does from what you see in the media coverage. The kid is a winner. If I could find the words, I’d use them.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Coleman, who plays in the middle back of Country Day’s 2-3 zone, started part-time last year as a junior. But this year expectations are much higher. “Coincidentally, you ask about him. We looked at film today,” said Meier. “In our first possession [of our previous game] on both offense and defense, he did everything we ask players to do. He’s a coach’s player.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

Asked to elaborate, the head coach said, “We want to see a lot of off-ball action [on offense]. Defensively, we want to see the same. He does that.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

\u201cAs the defender in the middle, we want Sam to communicate. He’s in the back, so he sees everything. He does that. He’s a great communicator.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The rest of Torreys’ young rotation, with the head coach’s comments:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tate Smith, a 6-foot-1-inch sophomore: “Tate is our second-leading scorer, a perimeter shooter, a skilled offensive player. It’s his first year on varsity. He’s going to put points on the board for us.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Marc Begin, a 6-foot sophomore: “He’s going to be one of the more talented basketball athletes. He handles the ball at point guard, plays good defense. Mentally, Marc’s young. He’s a sophomore. He has played at a competitive level in the offseason. I think when he plays more this season, his confidence will grow.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jake Altman, a 5-foot-9-inch freshman: “A tough-nosed point guard. Physical at his position, strong, yet he’s going to be thrown into the lion’s den early. He’s going to make freshman mistakes. I think by the end of the year, he’s going to play a major part on our team.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Gavin Bass-Sulpizio, a 6-foot-1-inch junior: “He’s a guy with experience, his high basketball IQ, a good lefty perimeter shooter.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

Sean Reed, a 6-foot-4-inch senior: “A good perimeter shooter. His defense is improving. He has a strong work ethic.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

Anthony Aruffo, a 5-foot-11-inch freshman: “Anthony is one of our physical, tougher guards. A lock-down defender. He rebounds really well at guard.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In an early-season tournament game, Country Day scored the first 10 points and built an insurmountable 36-12 halftime lead over La Jolla that showed the team’s potential for 2019-20. Carmy Cesaire, the Torreys’ assistant coach, says of team leaders James Hapgood and Sam Coleman, “They’re guys who were a big part of our [Division 3] state […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":266841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11560","_seopress_titles_title":"LJCDS boys basketball: Leadership honed in state title drive","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11560,11551],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-jolla-village-news","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}