The Messmer Junior Varsity basketball team’s season is over. The team is had a great season ending up with the the best record
in the conference, 20-1.
Mr. Jajuan Zolicoffer is the new Junior Varsity Basketball
coach here at Messmer. He is an alumni, of the class of 2005. The
JV team's best game this season was an away victory over Lake County Lutheran. Our team lost one of their best players for the night due to uniform complications,
three of their guards fouled out, and one player could not stop cramping late
in the game. In spite of all the trials and tribulations the JV still won the
game in double overtime.
Mr. Zolicoffer said, “I enjoy the opportunity to teach
my players the correct way to do things on the court and how to take the
principles of the game and use them in life to be successful.” Mr. Zolicoffer
expects nothing but 100% effort from his players. He also expects his players to
do all of their schoolwork so they can excel in school. Sophomore Avery Smith
said, “Coach Zolicoffer is a great coach, he pushes us to work hard at
everything we do. He wants us to become something in life.”
Mr. Zolicoffer said, “My biggest
challenge this year has been making the players understand that to be great
they have to work hard.” He doesn’t show favoritism to his players; he appreciates every single
one of them. He said, “They all bring a different dynamic to the
team.” Mr. Zolicoffer works in the Messmer bookstore, when you see him
say "Hi" and tell him you appreciate what he does as the coach of the Messmer
JV basketball team.
--Contributed by sophomore Savannah Farmer-Short
