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FANS SHOULD HAVE A SMILE ON
THEIR FACE... TODAY TEAMS HIT
THE COURT FOR THEIR FIRST
OFFICIAL PRACTICE OF THE
2012-2013 SEASON, SPORTS 10
CAUGHT UP WITH THE BIG
FOUR IN THE WABASH VALLEY ...
THE LAST TIME WE SAW TERRE HAUTE
NORTH THEY WERE MAKING THEIR
DEEPEST POSTSEASON RUN SINCE
1999... THE PATRIOTS UPSET
SECOND RANKED PENDLETON HEIGHTS
IN THE REGIONAL
SEMIFINALS BEFORE LOSING IN THE
REGIONAL TITLE LAST
MARCH TO PIKE IN THE ELITE
EIGHT.... GONE FROM THAT ELITE
IN MATT O'LEARY AND
ROSS SPONSLER... BUT NORTH DOES
RETURN THREE STARTERS LEAD
BY SIX-SIX BIG MAN CALVIN BLANK
AND SEVEN OF THEIR TOP
NINE PLAYERS ... FEW IN THE
STATE LAST YEAR PLAYED DEFENSE
WILL ONCE AGAIN BE THE KEY
TO THIS SEASON... "ONE OF THE
THINGS WE TALK ABOUT. IF WE ARE
GOING TO BE GOOD AND COMPETE
WITH TEAMS ON OUR
SCHEDULE WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
GUARD FOR 32 MINUTES. IF WE
BALLGAMES AND GIVES US A
CHANCE TO WIN." YEAR NUMBER TWO
OF THE SCOTT RIDGE ERA
GOT UNDERWAY MONDAY AT TERRE
HAUTE SOUTH... THE
COMMON THEME AT PRACTICE WAS
DEFENSE ...
THE BRAVES WILL BE LEAD BY
SENIOR JEFFREY TURNER, HE
AVERAGED 18.9 POITS AND 9.9
REBOUNDS ONE SEASON AGO....
THE BRAVES HAD JUST EIGHT WINS
LAST YEAR, THEIR WORSE TOTAL IN
GETTING SOME WINS, WANT TO
WIN A LOT OF GAMES. VERY
COMPETITIVE AT TIMES LAST YEAR,
WANTED. SHOULD BE
PRETTY GOOD." FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE JOE BOEHLER TOOK
WILL NOT HAVE JORDAN HOUSER
STILL HAVE THREE
PRETTY GOOD PLAYERS BACK WHO
LOGGED A LOT MINUTES
FROM LAST YEAR'S 11-12 VIKINGS
TEAM IN KYLE STEWART,
CADE LINDSEY AND ADRIEN
CORNFLOS.... WEST VIGO WILL
THE SEASON TIPS, BUT
COACH BOEHLER BELIEVES HE HAS A
LOT OF KIDS THAT CAN
CONTRIBUTE THIS YEAR ... "DEEP
GROUP OF KIDS. GIVEN THEY ARE
ALL KIND OF ROOKIES, KIND OF
FEELING THERE WAY THROUGH
THINGS. THINK WE CAN PLAY A LOT
OF KIDS THIS YEAR, WHICH CAN
HELP US THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF
THE SEASON." CLINT
WEDDLE HELD HIS FIRST PRACTICE
MONDAY AS THE NORTHVIEW BOYS
BASKETBALL HEAD COACH ...
ENTHUSIAM IS HIGH IN THE
KNIGHTS PROGRAM, YOU CAN SEE
THAT BY THE TURNOUT, 48
KIDS WERE TRYING OUT THIS
YEAR.... NORTHVIEW HAS
STRUGGLED LATELY WITH THREE
LOSING SEASONS IN THE
LAST FOUR YEARS BUT COACH WEDDLE
BELIVES THE PIECES
TO MAKE A RUN AT THE WIC
TITLE THIS SEASON... "BASED ON
WHAT I HAVE SEEN FROM THESE
YOUNG MEN, COME OUT EVERYDAY AND
GIVE THERE BEST
EFFORT IN THE WEIGHTROOM AND ON
THE TRACK. THINK WE WILL BE
ABLE TO BUILD ON THE PROGRAM IN
GENERAL AND HOPEFULLY MAKE
A RUN AT THAT."
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL BE
AROUND TONIGHT WITH CHILLY EAST