The Montgomery County boys basketball team had a very productive summer that could help the Wildcats get back on the winning track for the 2026-27 season.
The Wildcats competed in several …
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The Montgomery County boys basketball team had a very productive summer that could help the Wildcats get back on the winning track for the 2026-27 season.
The Wildcats competed in several shootouts, including three of their own at Montgomery County High School. They played 20 games.
“We’re getting some court time for these kids who haven’t had the opportunity to play varsity just yet,” said Dustin Figg, who will enter his second season as MCHS head coach this winter. “Hopefully, that will lead into a good season this year.”
The Wildcats were 14-15 this winter, which snapped a streak of six straight winning seasons. They lost nine of their last 14 games to finish with a losing record in Figg’s first season as head coach.
Figg said even though his team lost nine players to graduation, it is determined to finish over the .500 mark next winter.
“Our ultimate goals are to learn how to compete, just be able to put ourselves into situations and be successful in games, play hard and play good defense,” Figg said. “I think we’ll have a chance to be very successful throughout the year.”
MCHS returns players such as Jackson Benney, Lucas Bender, Marshall Bishop, Brendan Crider and Brody Rieke, all juniors. As of now, there are no seniors on the team.
“They learned to compete pretty well,” Figg said. “It’s a good group of kids who have been playing together forever. We started the summer without Jackson. Then, about a week and a half in, he got cleared to play.”
The Wildcats competed in the Phoenix Shootout in Chillicothe, located northeast of Kansas City. They played teams such as Chillicothe, Winnetonka, Princeton and Trenton.
“We played some bigger schools in Chillicothe,” Figg said. “I was impressed with how well they competed and played hard the whole time. So hopefully, that will be our mentality this year. Don’t worry about how good or bad a team is. We have to go out and play hard and compete every night.”
MCHS played against Wright City, Van-Far, New Franklin in its first home shootout on June 8. A week later, the Wildcats played Elsberry, Community R-6 and Wright City in their second home shootout. They played their third home shootout on June 22.
MCHS also played in shootouts at Higbee and Moberly.
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