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2024-25 Boys Basketball Preview: Shenandoah Valley Blue Devils

Head Coach: Josh Dombrosky Year 2 (2-20)

Assistant Coaches:
John Gower – Varsity Assistant
Matt Creasy – JV HC
Noah Allegretta – JV Assistant and Freshman HC
Nick Mikita – Volunteer Assistant
Nick Merva – 8th Grade HC
Austin Uholik – 7th Grade HC
Nate Gulden – Volunteer Assistant

Sport: Basketball (B)

Team Name: Shenandoah Valley Blue Devils

League: Schuylkill League

2023-24 Record: 2-20

Key Players Lost:
Estuardo Salguero – C
John Silvestre – C
Gunner Taylor – PG

Key Returning Players:
Brayden Maksimik – Senior 6’1 Guard – Most experienced player on Varsity – Standout multi-sport athlete – Maksimik is one of our best overall players and will play a huge part in our success
Johnny Burke – Senior 6’0 – Center – Johnny is also an outstanding multi-sport athlete coming off a historic soccer run with the Blue Devils. Johnny is our fiercest competitor and does a lot of the dirty work for us. His competitive spirit and heartbeat will go through him.
Brandon Boris – Senior 5″8 – SG – Brandon Boris tied our 3-pt record last year for most threes in a game and will add some perimeter range to our offense
Landon Monoghan – Senior 6″0 Forward – Landon is our best overall defender and will have huge assignments on the defensive end
Izayah Lopez – Junior 5″8 – SG/SF – Izayah is a dedicated basketball player who has not missed a workout all offseason. He has shown tremendous improvement that will pay off this season.

Key Newcomers:
Alex Rivera – Sophmore 5’7″ – PG – Alex is another dedicated underclassmen that has not missed an offseason workout – his quickness and speed will generate pace on offense.
Jonnuel Reyes – Sophmore 5’7″ – PG Jonnuel is another quick guard that brings competitive spirit and great defensive effort. He will bring us a ton of energy and fire on both ends of the floor.
Dillon Teeter – Senior 6″0 Forward – Dillion is a multisport athlete coming off of a successful soccer season. He is a competitor on the defense end, and that will bring us some energy and length on defense.

2024-25 Outlook: Our strength will be our returning experience on varsity with almost everybody in the starting lineup returning while most of the teams in our division have graduated a lot of talent/starters. We have length and athleticism on defense.

Our question marks will be how open we are to accepting new roles and positions. We do not have as many bigs as last year so rebounding and adjusting to new plays and offensive schemes will play a big part in our success. Our level of buy-in on the defensive end will determine how successful we are this year.

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