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Adams City squad on serious rebound
BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
It was quite the prep basketball season for the Jones twins.
Tim Jones and the Riverdale Ridge girls basketball team made it to the elite 8 this season, a first in program history.
Billy Jones and the Adams City Eagles boys basketball team made it to the state 5A playoffs, a first for the Eagles in 20 years.
“It starts with the offseason details,” Billy Jones said. “I knew we weren’t going to be very big as a team. So, we had to figure out what fit the style of play to the players we had.”
Adams City finished with a mark of 13-11. Jalen McKinnies, a junior, led the squad in scoring at a bit more than 14 points per game. Moe Shongolo came off the bench and tossed in 11 points per outing. Deangelo Lee, who started most of the season for the Eagles, and Kevin Collins averaged about