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Players of the Week 2023-2024

CIML ALL CONFERENCE AWARDS Luke Winkel – 1st Team Chase Schutty – 2nd Team Nick Vaske – Honorable Mention Connor Welsch – Honorable Mention Joey Oakie – Honorable Mention   IBCA ALL SUBSTATE 8 TEAM Luke Winkel Chase Schutty Head Coach Bob Fontana   4A ALL STATE AWARDS Luke Winkel – 1st Team

DEFENSIVE DAWG OF THE WEEK (Best Defender); Nick Vaske (3) Chase Schutty/Connor Welsch/Drake Dittmar/Isaac Runchey (2) Joey Oakie (1)   GLASS CLEANER OF THE WEEK (Best Rebounder):  Chase Schutty (8) Kael Jones/Will Smith/Joey Oakie/Luke Winkel (1)   CHARITY STRIPE SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK (Best FT Shooter): Nick Vaske (6) Luke Winkel/Connor Welsch (3) Isaac Runchey (2) Chase Schutty (1)   STEVE NASH PLAYER OF THE WEEK (Great Teammate): Joey Oakie/Dalton Rost/Kael Jones/Drake Dittmar  (2) Evan Abbott/Brady Baker/Jaxon Volk/Cab Klingner/Harrison Jensen/Isaac Runchey/Devin Vessely/Connor Welsch/Rex Jensen (1)

 

A letter from Coach Bob Fontana

An incredible amount of work goes into a successful basketball program and it takes effort and sacrifice from a number of people. Those efforts and sacrifices are greatly appreciated by our basketball staff. I personally want to thank my wife, Shari, and children, Madison and Spencer, for all the sacrifices they have made over the years for me to be a Head Basketball Coach. I am forever grateful for their support.

It was a proud moment in February of 2013 when I was named the Head Varsity Boys’ Basketball Coach at Centennial High School I feel honored to lead this program and to represent Centennial High School. There are many people and groups that have helped build the solid foundation of Centennial Basketball. Our administration  is very supportive and they are great people to work with. Our athletic director, Nate Lingren and the activities office do a number of things for our student-athletes that are greatly appreciated. Our Jaguar Basketball Committee spends countless volunteer hours helping with our team meals, our fan apparel, our basketball banquet and our fundraisers. Their dedication and commitment to our program is greatly appreciated.

Our ACBC program is going strong with approximately 230 young men and 24 teams in grades 1-8. The program was started in 2013. We have future Jaguars playing on other teams as well. We appreciate the time commitment of all the future Jaguars, their coaches and their parents.

I also want to thank our Booster Club for their continued support. It would be difficult to operate our program without the support of the Booster Club. Their efforts are greatly appreciated.

Then, there is our coaching staff. I feel quite honored to lead an outstanding coaching staff. Varsity assistants Matt Delger and Tyler McDonald. Coach Delger in his 8th season at Centennial and Coach McDonald in his 4th. Both coaches have a great deal of enthusiasm and passion for the game of basketball.

Coach Luke Den Adel  and Coach Matt Klingner lead our sophomore team . Coach Den Adel is entering his 6th season on our staff. Coach Klingner is entering his 3rd season on the staff. Coach Den Adel (2014) is a  former player of mine here at Ankeny Centennial. These two coaches are continually working to make our program better by teaching the game of basketball and emphasizing the expectations we have in our program.

Coach Garret Severseike enters his first year on our freshman team. Coaches Scott Mortenson and Stephan Sanford are in their second year at the freshman level. Our freshman coaches are continually working to help our freshman understand the “Jaguar Way”. I greatly appreciate the time these men spend with our future.

As you can see, there are many different people and groups that have made Centennial basketball what it is today. As a head coach, I not only see those accomplishments, but I also see all the young men who are  dedicated to our program. whether they are a varsity, junior varsity, sophomore or freshman player. Their efforts are all appreciated.

As the head coach of the Centennial Men’s Basketball program, it is truly an honor to represent Centennial High School.

Take care and God Bless All,

Bob Fontana
Head Varsity Boys Basketball Coach