Groves Names New Girls Basketball Coach.

Written Wednesday July 5th at 9:10 PM
Updated Saturday July 8th at 1:00 AM

Groves has their new Girls Basketball Coach and its someone familiar with the OAA.

Citing an accurate source the Falcons named Jessica Wiesler as their next coach replacing Amos Thompson whom stepped down in April. Thompson led Groves to a 18-2 record last season.

Wiesler has a ton of coaching experience, she coached at Hazel Park until 2015 and spent one season as an assistant at Grosse Pointe South before coming back to the OAA.

The Falcons have had a rough offseason losing not only Thompson but also Shea Carter as she transferred to North Carolina. Groves will have Kayla Nelson, Lauren Palmer, Jasmine Worthy, and Emilie Fox back this upcoming season.

Groves will play in the White this season with Royal Oak, Oxford, Seaholm, Troy, Troy Athens, Rochester, and West Bloomfield. This is a basketball team that could contend but you got to give an edge to the Ravens in this division. 

The Falcons are in a very brutal district at Farmington Hills Mercy with powerhouses Southfield Arts and Tech, North Farmington, and Farmington Hills Mercy, along with Harrison, and Farmington.

Thoughts.

This is an interesting hire, Wiesler brings a different component of the game to Groves.

For Wiesler this is a different situation then she was at Hazel Park. It’s a fresh start for her and her new program. Wiesler is a much different coach then Thompson as mentioned with the structure of the program

However, with that said there is pressure over at Groves to win. This is a program that won 18 games but they were upset by Seaholm in the pre-district last season.

It will be interesting to see what happens over in Beverly Hills, we shall see what happens.

Stay tuned to OAA Now for the latest on this developing story.