Host Sky Stickney travels to Prineville, Oregon to sit down with 6’10” senior Bryce Lowenbach and Crook County head coach Jason Mumm.

After moving up from 4A to 5A, the Cowboys are ranked number one in the state of Oregon — but inside the program, the language is different. Coach Mumm doesn’t talk about “program changers.” He talks about “program continuers.”

Bryce, a skilled and analytical big man, brings the ball up the floor and works through his progressions with quiet precision. No wasted movement. No unnecessary words. Just structure.

In this episode, Sky explores what it means to build something that lasts — and the responsibility of being part of the framework that holds it all together.

Snow stacked along the sidewalks.
Four-degree air.
The kind of cold that settles into a city and stays there.

In this special bonus episode, Sky travels to Syracuse, New York to sit down with two of the top high school basketball players in the state — Eli Prince of Westhill and Jahzar Greene of Bishop Ludden-Grimes.

Same city. Same winter. Different rhythms.

Eli moves with steadiness — shaped by structure, patience, and a long view of the game.
Jahzar plays with urgency — forged through setbacks, ownership, and work.

Through two individual conversations — no coaches, no panels — this episode explores how environment shapes athletes differently, how honesty reveals depth, and how two players can share a map without sharing the same road.

Winter doesn’t form everyone the same way.

What does it look like to love the game without hesitation?

In this episode, Sky sits down with Kaylor Buse of West Linn High School — a player whose joy is as undeniable as her talent.
From the playground to packed gyms, her game carries something deeper than skill.

Along the way, Coach Brooke Cates and legendary Oregon coach Eric Viuhkola weigh in on what makes her rare — and what it takes to protect joy in an environment that often asks athletes to shrink.

This isn’t just a conversation about basketball.

It’s about playing — and living — in the full measure.