RAPID RIVER — With the 2025-26 basketball seson underway Daily Press sports writer Adam Hinch got the opportunity to sit down with Rockets junior guard Jae Poma to discuss a various number of topics.

Adam Hinch: So Jae, when did you start playing basketball?

Jae Poma: I started playing my third grade year. I wasn’t sure if I was going to but my dad talked me into it and it has been my favorite sport ever since.

AH: Do you play any other sports?

JP: I run cross country and track?

AH: What is tour favorite college basketball team?

JP: The Michigan Wolverines.

AH: What is your favorite NFL team?

JP: I really liked J.J. McCarthy at Michigan so I have to say the Vikings after he was drafted there.

AH: What is your favorite subject in school?

JP: I’m really liking our anatomy class rig

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