Jamestown Jackals Everything You Need to Know About Jamestown’S Pro Basketball Team Article Contributed by Cortney Linnecke
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www.JamestownGazette.com /JamestownGazette @JtownGazette Your Community • Your Credit Union FREE Weekly Chautauqua Marketing Solutions, Inc. Vol. 7 • No. 3 | Week of January 16, 2017 Jamestown Area Community The People’s Paper. Federal Credit Union 915 E. Second St., Jamestown 483-1650 • jacfcu.org Federally insured by NCUA Jamestown Jackals Everything You Need to Know About Jamestown’s Pro Basketball Team Article Contributed by Cortney Linnecke Jackals may not be the kings of the African savanna, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t YOUR OWN PRIVATE serious predators. A distant cousin of GYM the American coyote, jackals are small, MINUTES FROM YOUR DOORSTEP! cunning, and notoriously scrappy. They • NO long waiting lines adapt easily to new environments and • NO crowded parking lots are highly territorial of their home turf. • NO expensive monthly dues And while jackals often live individual • NO contracts lifestyles, they converge in close-knit • NO enrollment fee family groups to protect one another and • Only the BEST equipment to take down bigger, stronger threats. $ • Starting at just over 1 a day With this in mind, the jackal is a more than fitting mascot for Jamestown’s Pictured is the 2017 Jamestown Jackals team alongside head coach Brandon Siskavich and general manager Kayla Crosby. newest professional sports team: the EXPERIENCE Jamestown Jackals of the Premier coach Brandon Siskavich, who is Kayla Crosby was working as a resident Basketball League. Much like their leading the Jackals as they charge into director at Jamestown Community 716-661-3690 namesake, the men on the team are their 2017 season. College. It wasn’t until six years later that 764 Foote Ave. • Jamestown individual athletes coming together The Backstory she was introduced to the league, began [email protected] as a team to defend their home turf, www.snapfitness.com/jamestownny volunteering with the since-relocated the basketball court at Jamestown The Premier Basketball LeagueErie Hurricane team, and started 716-338-9882 (PBL), the number two men’s minor 707 Fairmount Ave • Jamestown Community College. At the head of wondering what it would take to general [email protected] the pack is owner Kayla Crosby, who basketball league in the United States, www.snapfitness.com/jamestownny2 formed the team in 2016, and head was established in 2008. At that time, Continued on Page 10... 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Cortney Linnecke Graphic Designer / Account Executive ...Lori Byers Graphic Designer / Layout ......................Tesla Grobaski Web Management...................................Nick Trussalo Circulation ............................................ Travis Johnson Circulation ............................................David Peterson CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Cortney Linnecke........Sports & Communitity Writer Janet Wahlberg ..............................Finding Your Family Guinness Book of Average Records? Jeffrey Barkstrom ....................................Natural Health Pastor Scott Hannon ................................Faith Matters Pastor Shawn Hannon ..............................Faith Matters Not a best seller. World Records are a lot This week the Jamestown Gazette’s Cortney Steve Sorensen...............................The Everyday Hunter Vicki McGraw ...........................Join Me in the Kitchen more fun, right? Linnecke takes over our front page to So, what if the Super Bowl pitted the most introduce you to the city’s newest rising stars, LOCATION average teams against each other? They the Premier Basketball League’s (PBL’s) new 215 Spring St. Jamestown, NY 14701 wouldn’t sell a lot of pretzels and beer at the Jamestown Jackels and to the team’s new owner and seasoned head coach. stadium for that. Or how about if the World MAILING ADDRESS Series fielded the two teams whose season “It’s more than just basketball,” team owner PO Box 92 records came closest to .500 without going Kayla Crosby said. “The whole goal of the Jamestown, NY 14702 over? Skip the peanuts and Crackerjacks, I’m team is to bring positive role models to the going home to watch the paint dry on my Jamestown community… and… to give OFFICE: 716-484-7930 FAX: 716-338-1599 front steps. youth a sense of hope and something to be And how about if the menu at your favorite a part of.” Contact US... restaurant suddenly offered you something Head Coach Brandon Siskavich echoes the News - [email protected] Information - new called So-So Steak, Middling Good thought. “I’m trying to pass all my knowledge [email protected] Events - [email protected] Meatballs and Run-of-the-Mill Raspberry and experiences on to these guys, so they can Classifieds [email protected] Pie? Want fries with that? live the lives they want to live.” Advertising - [email protected] I’ve also never seen that smiley faced Cortney and the Jackels are here to offer you ONLINE: emoticon, you know the one on way too a simple message of inspiration this week. www.jamestowngazette.com many bumper stickers and emails from Sports and life itself are really made of the AD DEADLINES: Friday at 12:00 pm Cousin Jane - - saying, “Please Have a same stuff. Only the best is good enough, [email protected] Mediocre Day.” excellence is a way of life and average should DISTRIBUTION: Most of us just don’t like average… unless only be a way station on the way to your best. The Jamestown Gazette is a locally owned Free weekly, you started out way below and you’re rising But since there is only one step at the top of community newspaper that highlights the notable fast. But average it’s not the place to stop. the podium for first place in sports, there’s events and remarkable people who make the Greater Everybody knows that. We always want one big difference between basketball and Jamestown region a unique and vibrant place to live. something Good, Better and ultimately Best. the rest of everyday life: Championship The Jamestown Gazette is published every Monday and distributed to dealer locations in Chautauqua Aiden Wilson Tozer, though born into quality always happens when you do your best, whether