The boys’ varsity basketball team has won three of their four games so far in the season according to Maxprep.com.
The starters are all returning from last year and have been playing together for a long time, Head Coach Champ Wrencher said.
“We have a few new players from JV, but most of the guys on varsity are back, and we will mostly rely on the experience of the veterans,” Coach Wrencher said.
The team has never had as many talented players, with at least seven having the potential to play at college level after high school, Coach Wrencher said.
“In the 26 years I’ve been here, there have been some teams with two or three really good players,” Coach Wrencher said. “This team has eight to ten good players.”
The team has been working hard off-season, playing 30-40 practice games, Coach Wrencher said.
“We played against a few people that we’ll see, and I’m pretty confident about our chances, against almost anybody,” Coach Wrencher said.
The team needs to work on being on the same page and working together, senior boys varsity basketball player Lamont Davis said.
“We got all four returning players but we’re still a relatively new team,” Davis said. “We have to understand who our teammates are and what to do in certain situations when they’re in the game, and how to handle adversity as a group.”
Davis believes the team has a very good chance to advance far into the CCS playoffs this year, he said.
“I’m very confident with what I’ve seen,” Davis said. “I have played with these guys for a while, and I feel like we do great things.”