AAU Preview: Lone Wolf Athletics Varsity
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It’s grassroots time and there are few programs in VT that are as established as Lone Wolf Athletics. Year after year, a number of VT’s best players combine forces and forge on to test themselves against tough competition across New…
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Continue ReadingIt’s grassroots time and there are few programs in VT that are as established as Lone Wolf Athletics. Year after year, a number of VT’s best players combine forces and forge on to test themselves against tough competition across New England, New York, and out to the Midwest for Run 4 the Roses and the Nike Tournament of Champions. Dive in and get familiar with this Varsity group!
With primary guards such as Cassie Beste Cassie Beste 5'6" | CG Phillips Exeter Academy | 2024 State New E , Macie Stagner Macie Stagner 5'7" | CG Springfield | 2025 State New E , and Charlotte Jasmin Charlotte Jasmin 5'8" | SG Hartford | 2026 State New E at the helm, LWA can throw a few different looks at you. Beste is a smooth southpaw with 3-level scoring and reliable playmaking, a product of her exemplary handle, shot-making, and reading of defensive tactics. Moreover, Cassie’s off-ball activity showcases just how easy she can hurt you without the ball in her hands. Stagner has a similar on-ball ability. She’s able to convert on all sorts of looks across the floor, feed teammates when the D is rotating, and organize the O. With Jasmin, the biggest difference is frame. Charlotte is 5’9 with a strong body, so she has some physicality to her around the rim, rebounds at a high rate, and can defend up. All that from Jasmin comes with good 3-point shooting, impressive court vision, and general savvy.
Supporting them on the perimeter is the ultra-athlete Sabine Brueck Sabine Brueck 5'8" | CG North Country Union | 2025 State New E , Windsor guards Sophia Rockwood Sophia Rockwood 5'7" | CG Windsor | 2025 State New E , Audrey Rupp Audrey Rupp 5'5" | CG Windsor | 2025 State New E , and Brianna Barton Brianna Barton 5'7" | SG Windsor | 2025 State New E , along with St. Johnsbury teammates Cassidy Kittredge Cassidy Kittredge 5'10" | SG ST Johnsbury | 2025 State New E and Anna Ebert Anna Ebert 5'8" | SF St. Johnsbury Academy | 2026 State New E . This balance here is exciting. There are three players here with impressive defensive ability; Brueck and Rupp can tango with the best opposing ballhandlers, using their agility and athleticism to bother. Sabine’s length is considerable, always disrupting, and she rebounds at a high clip. Rupp is relentless, that constant presence next to you. Then Ebert is a 2/3 who relishes rugged matchups, able to guard up. Anna’s physical, scrappy, collects 50/50s, and has no quit. Steady. Mix in the shooting that Rockwood, Brueck, and Kittredge provide and the connective playstyle of Barton, Rupp and Ebert and there’s a well-oiled machine walking onto the floor. It’s worth noting that Ebert’s versatility shows itself in various ways, primarily her ability to plug-into different offensive roles. She facilitates well from the high-post, makes plays roaming the baseline vs zones, and has tough one-dribble takes to the cup.
The perimeter depth features plenty of ballhandling, shooting, and connectivity. Players like Brueck, Rockwood, and Rupp initiate the offense too, flowing seamlessly into off-ball and on-ball action.
Now the forwards. There are only two true forwards here with 6’2 Izzy Simone Izzy Simone 5'11" | C Peoples Academy | 2026 State New E playing as a 5 and 6’0 Sierra Derby fluctuating between the 4 and the 5. Simone’s length and height is quickly noticed, able to alter shots around the rim and snatch boards. Plus, she has a decent shooting touch out to about 12-feet. Derby brings a bit more physicality, able to muscle around the interior, front, bother shots, rebound, and run. Sierra has a couple moves on the block and can knock down the catch-and-shoot jumper as well. I anticipate both will be featured in the pnr periodically and both have the court awareness + shot to make plays out of the pop or the short roll.
Lone Wolf is a premier program and consistently churns out D3, D2, and occasionally D1 talent.