Last year the Exeter boys' basketball team got a taste of the State Basketball Tournament. When you look at all that the Friend Bulldogs have returning for the upcoming hoops season, you can't blame them for setting their sights high. Wrestling the big boys now will pay dividends later. At Hampton, boys basketball coach Jerry Eickhoff has always managed to put a very competitive team on the court year after year. With 11 returning lettermen back for the upcoming hoops season, the Heartland Huskies will not lack depth.
Some wrestling programs wait for incoming freshmen to help their numbers increase.
Others go out and recruit potential talent from kids who are trying to choose between wrestling and basketball. There is both good news and bad news from the pre-season camp at Nebraska Lutheran. One of the things that the Stromsburg Vikings will have to do during the course of the upcoming roundball season is adjust to their opponents each night out. All rights reserved.