New Coaching Staff Provides Juice As Wolverines Win City League

 Dunbar Wins City League As New Coaching Regime Brings Old Results; Can They Make Noise in OHSAA Tournament?

By Deon Cash 

 The Dunbar Wolverines are a proud organization, one that doesn’t take losing quite as well as other high school organizations in the Miami Valley. 

With basketball being at the center of its success, there’s a special vibe when Dunbar basketball is near or at the top of the Dayton Public Schools League and Southwest Ohio. 

After the Wolverines decided on new Head Coach Tony Dixon, things would drastically change, starting in the offseason as Dixon would put together his team of coaches to start putting the change in place.

 Dixon would bring Aaron Pogue, Dwayne Hansbro, Ron Brooks, Duane Morgan and the rest of the esteemed staff. From there he started putting together the recipe for success. Once the season got closer to reality, the Wolverines would tighten up, and it has shown as Dunbar hasn’t lost all season in the City League (8-0). 

         Justin O'Neal, Player of the Year Candidate 

With leaders such as Player of the Year Candidate and Forward Justin O'Neal, the super athletic Combo guard in Chanze Amerson, and dynamic players in F Darian Leslie and the Allen twins, the Wolverines have shown up and shown out all season. 

 Dunbar went undefeated in the city en route to amassing a 15-1 record on the season and showing they will be no joke come OHSAA Tournament time. While this has been a season unlike any other, there are 3 constants in sports we have seen so far: 

(1) Alabama continues to roll in college football 

(2) Tom Brady continues to win Super Bowl rings 

(3) Dunbar Wolverines continue to win City League Basketball Championships 

 Congratulations to Coach Dixon and his great staff and the DPS organization for making the right decision to tab Dixon as the next coach after Coach Lyle Cole had held down the fort for last couple of seasons while Dunbar looked to get back on track.  

Coles' steadiness and handling of the transition is why the Wolverines organization is unlike any other in the area.

And Dixon has showed that, despite the long wait, he is more than ready for the opportunity to lead the Wolverines into the OHSAA Tournament and beyond. 

 Dunbar will support and always reach back to their esteemed alumni to stop the bleeding, or to assist with any dire situation. And usually they oblige to. Which is exactly what Cole did. They say they "Bleed blue" and this is what they mean.

The Wolverine Nation will not let their valued program fall for long. Especially in basketball. 

 Watch out for the Wolverines in the OHSAA Boys Tournament starting this week. Follow Us On The Journey! 

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Stivers Girls Grab City League Championship; Dunbar Finishes 2nd

 The Stivers Tigers girls basketball team came into the season with high hopes, despite not being on the Dayton City League Championship short list of potential candidates. 

        Stivers Seniors Lead Squad to City League Title 

 Despite being under the radar, the Tigers are now in the spotlight as the DPS City League Champions after a 3-point win over the Thurgood Marshall Cougars last night.

                Trinity Frazier, DPS Player of the Year? 

The win sits the Tigers at 8-1 in the conference, and the Tigers will get ready for this weekend's draw as they look to make some noise in the OHSAA girls tournament. 

For the Tigers this is a huge accomplishment, as Dunbar, Ponitz and Thurgood were the ones getting the most attention.

With Head Coach Mike Powell and Assistant coach Doug Spears running the show, the Tigers have been rock solid all season, losing only to Dunbar, in which they had some of their best players not available. 

Dunbar finished the season 5-1, but was not able to get enough games in to have a chance at the Championship during this Covid-19 season.

When it comes to the leaders of the team, it has been the leadership and play of Ariana Williams (senior), Paige Turner (junior) and Trinity Frazier. 

Frazier is a legitimate Player of the Year Candidate as she has had a few monster games. 

Congratulations to the Stivers Tigers, the Dayton Public Schools varsity girls hoop champions.

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