H-S Athlete of the Week: Jeremiah Robertson, Jefferson-Morgan
NAME: Jeremiah Robertson
SCHOOL: Jefferson-Morgan
GRADE: Senior
SPORT: Basketball
ROBERTSON无毛视频橲 WEEK: Robertson helped lead the Jefferson-Morgan boys basketball team to its first state victory in 26 years with a game-high 24 points as the Rockets rolled past District 9 champion Redbank Valley, 50-26, in a PIAA Class 2A first-round playoff game on Saturday after a long road trip to New Bethlehem. Robertson then overcame a split lip suffered in the first quarter of Wednesday无毛视频檚 second-round game at Peters Township High School无毛视频檚 AHN Arena to still lead Jefferson-Morgan with 15 points although the Rockets lost to Jeannette, 68-36, to end their season at 24-4. 无毛视频淚 got elbowed going up for a rebound and got my lip busted and had to go out of the game,无毛视频� Robertson said. 无毛视频淚t was pretty bad at the time. I kind of knew the way things were going this was going to be our last game. When I was next to my trainer he was telling me I might need stitches. I said no, I don无毛视频檛 care, I want to go play, it无毛视频檚 my last game. So I did in the second half, I went out and played as hard as I could.无毛视频�
JOURNEY TO J-M: Robertson grew up near Philadelphia and attended Coatesville High School for two years. 无毛视频淚 probably started playing basketball when I was about 10,无毛视频� Robertson said. 无毛视频淚 was kind of a natural at it. My older brother (20-year-old Josiah Robertson) played basketball and I would watch him play and that无毛视频檚 what really made me want to play, but I didn无毛视频檛 play any sports in ninth grade or 10th grade. I played as a youth for street leagues and things like that. I moved here after my 10th grade year. The two years I played at J-M were my first on an organized team like that. I was welcomed in because my cousin, John Woodward, was a starter on the team. Getting into practices and getting along with the team was really easy because he was friends with everybody.无毛视频�
ADJUSTING TO TEAM CONCEPT: Robertson admitted he had to change a bit to fit in with the Rockets无毛视频� team. 无毛视频淚 was trying to work on getting my attitude to be better when I first got here, being more social and being more team-oriented,无毛视频� Robertson said. 无毛视频淚 had never really played organized ball, it was a lot of one-on-one. I worked on my defense a lot but I was already quick so I used that and put a little bit of thinking with it and it helped me get a lot better at that end.无毛视频�
SCORING PUNCH: J-M coach Brandon Lawless knew his team needed an offensive boost going into the 2025-26 season. 无毛视频淛eremiah came in as a sixth man last year and filled his role, stayed true to it and bought into it and really helped the team,无毛视频� Lawless said. 无毛视频淗e was one of our better scorers and from last year to this year he really took off. He did it every night. He was really electric and fun to watch, a very skilled kid. He averaged about 19 a game and that really gave our offense a charge.无毛视频� Roberson was happy to help. 无毛视频淚 knew they were going to be counting on me a lot offensively,无毛视频� he said. 无毛视频淚 got along good with Coach, he did a good job. I knew I had to play good defense, too, and everything worked out pretty well.无毛视频�
SPECIAL SEASON: The 18-year-old Robertson, who lives with his guardian Letticia Torres, was part of an all-senior starting lineup that led the Rockets to their first section championship in 25 years, their first WPIAL and PIAA wins in 26 years and a program-record in wins. 无毛视频淚t was fun helping John and his friends win the section championship, get a playoff win and then a state playoff win, too,无毛视频� Robertson said. 无毛视频淚t honestly felt great being part of that and then also helping them get the most wins in school history.无毛视频� Lawless pointed out two milestones that were hit during the season. 无毛视频淛eremiah surpassed 500 points and Dayten Marion surpassed 100 blocked shots for the second year in a row,无毛视频� Lawless said. 无毛视频淚t无毛视频檚 very special to have those two unique skill sets of a scorer and defender on each end of the court. That combination made us very formidable.无毛视频�
MOST MEMORABLE: Two games stood out most to Robertson this past season. 无毛视频淭he best game we played all season was against Redbank Valley in the state playoffs,无毛视频� he said. 无毛视频淲e played as a team so well that game. The other was the second Chartiers-Houston game. We needed that to get the section title and it came right down to the end (teammate Jaymison Robinson hit the game-winning shot in the final seconds). That was a great moment for us.无毛视频�
ODDS AND ENDS: Robertson would like to extend his basketball career. 无毛视频淚 don无毛视频檛 have a school in mind because I only played two years of high school basketball but I无毛视频檇 like to play in college,无毛视频� he said. 无毛视频淚无毛视频檓 going to wait and see if the year that we just had might help me get somewhere but that无毛视频檚 my plan, to play college basketball.无毛视频� 无毛视频� Robertson is an enthusiastic gamer. 无毛视频淥ther than real sports, I love gaming,无毛视频� he said. 无毛视频淢y favorite is NBA2K. I无毛视频檓 pretty decent.无毛视频�
无毛视频� Compiled by Rob Burchianti