Dansville at Potterville – – CMAC Boys Basketball Co-Game of the Week – – The Bleacher Denizen – – January 27, 2026 – – by Chuck Krafft

Tonight, your Bleacher Denizen is braving the ice, snow and generally freezing weather to head to Potterville, where the Vikings will host the Dansville Aggies in the CMAC Boys Basketball Co-Game of the Week. I am covering two CMAC Boys’ games this week and your indecisive Bleacher Denizen was unable to pick one for THE Game of the Week.

Potterville enters this game with a 3-8 record in the CMAC while Dansville is at 2-8. Each team is 4-10 for all games this season.

While we wait for the game to begin, I hope you will enjoy “Blues Stay Away From Me”, which was written by the Delmore Brothers and is a blues classic covered by many artists in many genres. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TtsKUnqw7g

Potterville Coach Ky Kemp provided me with this information when I saw his team a couple weeks ago.

Elijah Pung is an athletic, dynamic scorer who can hit three point shots off the dribble or off the catch. He is tall, quick and agile, so it is difficult to keep him from getting his shot and almost impossible to block it. Isaiah Woloszyn is a four year varsity player who is very strong and clever when he drives to the basket. His strength helps him to score in many situations where other players might lose control of the ball. He also provides a steadying influence to his team.

Greg Croze is an athletic scorer who can slash to the basket or shoot from the three point line. He is a tough, competitive perimeter defender as well. Andrew Morales is a point guard with solid passing and ball handling skills. He is also a threat from the three point line. Tooker Harris plays in the post. He has a great basketball IQ. He is also a tough defender, rebounder and scorer in the post and he can hit the midrange shot as well.

Damon Boyd is a tough, gritty post player who sets excellent screens and does all the little things that good teams need, but do not show up in the box score. Omar Perez is an aggressive perimeter defender. Nick Morales can score on slashes to the basket and is a tough perimeter defender. He has a knack for coming up with loose balls.

I saw Dansville in the first week of the season and learned this from Coach Ryan Masters.

Mayson Burgett is a junior in his third year of varsity basketball. He is a fine athlete who also excels in other sports. He is able to defend anywhere on the floor and can score on slashes to the basket or shots from the three point line. Anderson Karkau’s speed makes him excellent in the Aggie fast break. Carter Castilla is a freshman point guard who has a good basketball IQ and can hit the three point shot. Kayden Keith rebounds well. Joey McMillan is a good three point shooter.

I got to the JV game just before halftime. Dansville had a 5-3 lead after one quarter and extended the lead to 15-12 at halftime. The Dansville JVs outscored Potterville 19-6 in the third quarter to break things open and won by the final score of 44-26.

Owen Plunket and Holden Roush led the Potterville JVs with 9 points each. Ethan Woloszyn scored 3 points. Alex Jackson and James Gibbs each added 2 points. Andrew Treloar tallied 1 point.

Brody Ream led the victorious Dansville JVs with 19 points. Fletcher Kuznicki supported him with 9 points. Tucker Jolin totaled 7 points. James St. Ament added 4 points. Jackson Pratt had 2 points. Aiden Shutes, Colton Rhines and Broady Scott each tallied 1 point.

It is now time to review the events of this game through the somewhat observant eyes of an Aging Bleacher Denizen who was never able to escape church league in the days of yore when at least some folks considered him to be “young.”

Alas, he did not learn that playing “matador defense” was not helpful until it was too late. One day, an opposing point guard drove right past him as he waved his arm and finally motivated his coach to cut his playing time. Of course, your Bleacher Denizen did not help his cause when he shouted “OLE” as his man drove right by him.

Dansville wins the opening tap. The Aggies misfire on a triple try from the wing. Andrew Morales passes to Elijah Pung, who throws in a threeball from the wing for the Vikings. Dansville misses a three point shot from the wing. Potterville misses a fast break layup; the rebound goes out of bounds and the Vikings get another opportunity. Potterville misses a six foot shot from the side of the lane. Carter Castilla is fouled on a driving layup and hits two free throws to trim the Potterville lead to 3-2 with 6:52 remaining in the opening quarter.

Owen Foreman steals the ball for the Aggies. Dansville misses a three point shot from the top of the key. Evan Sykes gets the offensive rebound for the Aggies. Tooker Harris blocks a Dansville putback. The loose ball goes out of bounds and the Aggies get another possession. Dansville misses a threeball from the corner. Potterville loses a pass out of bounds.

Dansville misfires on a triple try near the top of the key. Evan Sykes grabs the offensive rebound for the Aggies. Carter Castilla passes to Joey McMillan, who hits a threeball from the side to give Dansville the lead. Joey McMillan steals the ball for the Aggies. Evan Sykes is fouled on a layup and hits one of his two free throws to give Dansville a 6-3 lead with 5:33 remaining in the opening quarter.

Potterville misfires on a triple try from the wing. The rebound goes out of bounds and the Vikings get the ball back. Potterville misfires on a threeball from the wing. Greg Croze grabs the offensive rebound for the Vikings. Evan Sykes blocks a Viking layup. Dansville misses a three point shot from the corner. The rebound goes out of bounds and the Aggies get another opportunity. Dansville misses a jump shot from the free throw elbow. Mayson Burgett hits a putback to give Dansville an 8-3 lead.

Andrew Morales passes to Tooker Harris, who throws in a threeball from the wing for Potterville. Dansville misses a three point shot from the corner. Greg Groze hits a three point shot from the corner to give Potterville a 9-8 lead.

Dansville misses a three point shot from the side. Carter Castilla hits a putback to give the lead back to the Aggies. Potterville loses a pass out of bounds. Mayson Burgett passes to Evan Sykes, who hits a three point shot from the wing for Dansville. Hunter Greenman steals the ball for Dansville and passes to Mayson Burgett, who hits a layup to give the Aggies a 15-9 lead.

Hunter Greenman leaps to knock a Viking pass out of bounds; Potterville retains possession. Elijah Pung passes to Greg Croze, who is fouled on a threeball from the corner. Greg Croze hits two of his three free throws to trim the Dansville lead to 15-11 with 2:30 remaining in the opening quarter.

Tooker Harris gets his hand on the ball, but Dansville recovers. Evan Sykes is fouled on a six foot shot in the lane and hits one of his two free throws for the Aggies. Mayson Burgett hits a putback of the missed free throw to give Dansville an 18-11 lead.

Hunter Greenman steals the ball for the Aggies. Dansville throws the ball out of bounds on a too fast break. Potterville misses a three point shot from the side. Dansville misses a jump shot, but gets the offensive rebound. Potterville blocks an Aggie putback. Potterville misses a jump shot. This all happened too fast for your Aging Bleacher Denizen to get the players’ names into the notes. Your Bleacher Denizen apologizes to the players who made uncredited good plays.

Hunter Greenman ignores the Bleacher Denizen’s angst, gets the defensive rebound and is fouled. He hits one of his two free throws to boost Dansville to a 19-11 lead with 1:29 to play in the opening quarter.

Anderson Karkau knocks a Viking pass out of bounds; Potterville retains possession. Potterville misfires on a threeball from the side. Mayson Burgett drives and hits a layup for Potterville. Potterville is whistled for a traveling violation. Dansville reciprocates and is whistled for a traveling violation. Anderson karkau steals the ball for the Aggies. Dansville misses a fast break layup. Hunter Greenman aggressively ties up the rebound for Dansville. The Possession Arrow was waking up from a nap and missed the play; the ball is given to Potterville.

Hunter Greenman gets his hand on the ball. Potterville briefly recovers, but commits a traveling violation in the confusion. Mayson Burgett passes to Joey McMillan, who hits a three point shot from the side for Dansville. Potterville misses a three point shot from the wing. Mayson Burgett catches and inbound past and goes coast to coast for an Aggie layup that beats the buzzer.

After one quarter, Dansville has a 26-11 lead.

Dansville inbounds the ball to open the second quarter. The Aggies miss a reverse layup. Mayson Burgett pulls down the offensive rebound for the Aggies. Joey McMillan hits a layup for the Aggies. Damon Boyd hits a layup for the Vikings. Dansville misses a three point shot from the side. Mayson Burgett steals the ball and hits a layup to give Dansville a 30-13 lead.

Potterville misses a driving layup. Dansville misses a three point shot from the corner. Potterville misses a threeball from the corner and fouls on the rebound. Dansville commits a traveling violation. Mayson Burgett steals a Viking pass. Dansville misses a threeball from the side. Joey McMillan gets the long offensive rebound for the Aggies. Andrew Morales draws a foul from Dansville as he steals the ball.

Potterville misses a six foot shot off the dribble from the side. Dansville misfires on a triple try from the wing. Dansville misses a threeball from the wing. The rebound goes out of bounds and Dansville gets the ball back. The Aggies fumble a pass out of bounds. Potterville misses a three pointer from the corner. Blake Hollern gets the offensive rebound for the Vikings. Greg Croze hits a threeball from the side for the Vikings to trim the Aggie lead to 30-16.

Blake Hollern knocks the ball away from Dansville; Andrew Morales picks up the loose ball and hits a layup for Potterville. Hunter Greenman passes to Kayden Keith, who hits a fast break layup for Dansville. Kaleb Frost forces a Potterville traveling violation. Dansville misses a three point attempt from the side. Potterville is called for a traveling violation. Dansville misses a driving layup. Kayden Keith is fouled on a putback and hits one of his two free throws to give Dansville a 33-18 lead with 3:44 to go in the first half.

Potterville misses a threeball from the side. Dansville misses a driving layup and fouls on the rebound. Kayden Keith knocks the ball away from Potterville and Kaleb Frost picks it up for Dansville. Carter Castilla passes to Kaleb Frost, who hits a three pointer from the wing for the Aggies. Hunter Greenman blocks a Viking layup. Dansville misses a threeball from the baseline. Omar Perez is fouled on the rebound and hits one of his two free throws for Potterville. With 2:22 to play in the second quarter, Dansville’s lead is at 36-19.

Dansville misses a three point shot from the corner. Isaiah Woloszyn passes to Elijah Pung, who hits a three point shot from the corner for Potterville. Isaiah Woloszyn steals the ball for Potterville. The Vikings miss a fast break layup. Mayson Burgett passes to Kaleb Frost, who hits a three point shot from the wing to give Dansville a 39-22 lead.

Potterville misses a three point shot from the corner. Omar Perez steals the ball for the Vikings. Andrew Morales passes to Tooker Harris, who hits a three point shot from the wing for Potterville. Dansville misses a three point shot from the corner. Anderson Karkau is fouled on a put ack and hits one of his two free throws to boost the Aggies to a 40-25 lead with 20.3 seconds to play in the half.

Dansville pulls down the offensive rebound. The Aggies miss a ten foot shot in the lane and foul on the rebound. Potterville misses two free throws. Dansville misses an off-balance threeball from the wing as the buzzer announces that it is time to end the first half.

Dansville has a 40-25 lead at halftime.

Greg Croze leads the Potterville scoring with 8 points. Elijah Pung and Tooker Harris each have 6 points.

Mayson Burgett has 12 points to lead Dansville at halftime. Joey McMillan has 8 points and Kaleb Frost has 6 points.

As there is no halftime activity, I hope you will enjoy these two videos from my YouTube Channel.

“Down South in New Orleans” is nominally a country song, but its calypso beat was way ahead of its time in 1955! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QUZ5FrpeFA

“Can’t You See That She’s Mine” was a big hit for the Dave Clark Five in the mid 1960s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEc_2hjvblA

Potterville inbounds the ball to get quarter number three underway. Elijah Pung passes to Tooker Harris, who hits a layup for the Vikings. Dansville misses a three point shot from the side. Potterville misses a layup. Dansville is called for traveling. Potterville misses a three pointer from the side. Dansville misses a three pointer from the corner. Andrew Morales passes to Isaiah Woloszyn, who hits a layup to trim the Dansville lead to 40-29.

Dansville misses a driving six foot shot in the lane. Potterville loses the ball out of bounds. Evan Sykes drives and hits a reverse layup for the Aggies. Dansville’s press forces Potterville to throw the ball out of bounds. Carter Castilla zips a pass through the Potterville defense; Mayson Burgett catches the bullet and hits a layup for the Aggies. Isaiah Woloszyn hits an up and under layup for Potterville to shave the Dansville lead to 44-31.

Carter Castilla drives the baseline and hits a layup for Dansville. Potterville misses an eight foot shot in the lane. Isaiah Woloszyn is fouled on a putback and hits one of his two free throws for Potterville. With 4:54 remaining in quarter number three, Dansville has a 46-32 lead.

Mayson Burgett drives and hits a layup for Dansville. Mayson Burgett steals the ball for the Aggies. Dansville misses a three point shot from the side. Hunter Greenman ties up a Potterville pass in the lane. His hustle excites the Possession Arrow and the ball is awarded to Dansville. Carter Castilla passes to Evan Sykes, who makes a fine post move and hits a layup to push the Dansville lead to 50-32.

Elijah Pung passes to Damon Boyd, who hits a layup for the Vikings. Kaleb Frost drives and hits a layup for the Aggies. Dansville steals the ball. Carter Castilla inbounds the ball to Kaleb Frost, who hits a threeball from the corner for the Aggies. Potterville throws a pass out of bounds. Dansville reciprocates and throws a pass out of bounds. Andrew Morales passes to Nick Morales, who hits a layup for the Vikings. Carter Castilla passes to Kaleb Frost, who hits another three point shot from the corner to give Dansville a 58-36 lead.

Mayson Burgett knocks the ball away from Potterville and Kaleb Frost picks it up for Dansville. The Aggies misfire on a triple try from the corner. Kayden Keith gets his hand on the ball and knocks it out of bounds; Potterville retains possession. The Vikings miss a threeball from the corner. Nick Morales pulls down the offensive rebound for the Vikings. Kayden Keith steals the ball for the Aggies. Dansville misses a driving layup.

Hunter Greenman takes a charging foul from the Vikings. Dansville misses a three point shot from the side. Hunter Greenman steals the ball for the Aggies. Anderson Kirkau hits a layup for Dansville. Nick Morales is fouled as he shoots a threeball at the buzzer. (OK, he actually aimed the ball at the basket and shot as the buzzer sounded. Basketball cliches can be interesting sometimes.

Nick Morales hits two of his three free throws as the teams get a bit of extra time to prepare for the fourth quarter.

With three quarters in the books, Dansville has a 60-38 lead.

Potterville inbounds the ball to open the final quarter. The Vikings miss a ten foot shot off the dribble in the lane. Blake Hollern grabs the offensive rebound for the Vikings. Potterville misses a three pointer from the wing. Andrew Morales gets the offensive rebound for Potterville. The Vikings miss a driving layup. Dansville drives from the side and is fouled on a layup, but misses both free throws. With 7:14 to play in the fourth quarter, the Aggie lead remains at 60-38.

Carter Castilla steals the ball for Dansville. Mayson Burgett passes to Carter Castilla, who hits a three point shot from the wing for the Aggies. Potterville misses a driving layup. Dansville loses the ball out of bounds. Andrew Morales passes to Elijah Pung, who hits a threeball from the side for Potterville. Dansville misses a driving layup. Carter Castilla pulls down the offensive rebound for the Aggies. Dansville misses a layup. Owen Foreman grabs the offensive rebound for the Aggies; he then drives and hits a layup to give Dansville a 65-41 lead.

Potterville misses a three point shot from the side. Joey McMillan hits a twelve foot shot off the dribble from the side of the lane for Dansville. Potterville misses a three point shot from the side. Isaiah Woloszyn pulls down the offensive rebound, drives from the side, hits a layup and is fouled on the play. He misses his free throw. With 4:31 left on the clock, the Dansville lead is at 67-43.

Hunter Greenman drives and hits a reverse layup for Dansville. Hunter Greenman knocks the ball out of bounds; Potterville retains possession. Kaleb Frost knocks the ball away from Potterville and Mayson Burgett picks it up for Dansville. Andrew Treloar steals the ball for Potterville. Andrew Morales drives and hits a layup for Potterville. He is fouled on the play, but misses his free throw. With 3:25 remaining in the game, Dansville’s lead is at 69-45.

Elijah Pung gets his hand on the ball, but Dansville recovers. The Aggies miss a six foot shot from the side of the lane. Kaleb Frost passes to Mayson Burgett, who hits a layup for the Aggies. Elijah Pung hits a three point shot from the corner for Potterville. Hunter Greenman passes to Kaleb Frost, who hits a three point shot to give Dansville a 74-48 lead.

Caden Warren passes to Andrew Morales, who hits a three point shot from the corner for Potterville. Dansville throws a pass out of bounds. Potterville misses a driving eight foot shot in the lane. Dansville misses a threeball from the corner. Potterville misses a threeball from the corner. Blake Hollern gets the offensive rebound for the Vikings. Potterville misses a ten foot shot. Dansville runs out the clock.

Dansville wins this game by the final score of 74-51.

Elijah Pung led the Potterville scoring with 12 points. Greg Croze and Tooker Harris each scored 8 points. Isaiah Wolszyn and Andrew Morales each pitched in with 7 points. Damon Boyd and Nick Morales each had 4 points. Omar Perez added 1 point.

Mayson Burgett had 18 points to lead the Dansville scoring. Kaleb Frost supported his teammate with 17 points which included five three point baskets. Joey McMillan joined his teammates in double figures with 10 points. Carter Castilla and Evan Sykes each contributed 9 points. Kayden Keith, Hunter Greenman and Anderson Karkau each put in 3 points. (Hunter Greenman also had a huge number of great defensive plays.) Owen Foreman scored 2 points.