Rapid River junior Jae Poma poses for a photo on Dec. 4, 2025 at Rapid River School. (Adam Hinch/Daily Press)

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 right now.

AH: What is your favorite kind of music?

JP: I like country music.

AH: Do you have a favorite artist?

JP: I like Lainey Wilson and Chris Stapleton.

AH: What do you like to do in your spare time?

JP: I like to go fishing, camping and hanging out with friends and family.

AH: What is your favorite food?

JP: Homemade popcorn.

AH: If you could go anywhere on vacation where would you go?

JP: I would go back to Yellowstone.

AH: What is your favorite soft drink?

JP: I’m a big sprite guy.

AH: What is your favorite basketball moment so far?

JP: My eighth grade season when we went undefeated.