St. Michael’s Triumph! Durable Defense and Rebounding Keep Them at the Top

Those games blew by for the first-time head coach, a full 32 minutes of basketball gone in an instant. “I mean, 32 minutes, you blinked and they were done,” said the former assistant at Clayton High School. “I think it was just a process of ...

For Dakota Montoya, there was a difference between last season and this season. Last year, his first leading St. Michael’s storied boys basketball program?

Those games blew by for the first-time head coach, a full 32 minutes of basketball gone in an instant. “I mean, 32 minutes, you blinked and they were done,” said the former assistant at Clayton High School. “I think it was just a process of getting sped up (in) the moment and learning (from it).

” This year? Not the case. Montoya — and his team — was comfortable and confident.