Warriors Open Season Hosting Ozarks

With the temperature dropping & the leaves falling, that means basketball season is right around the corner and there is a buzz in the air around Thad McCracken's squad.

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There is a lot of excitement around the Warrior basketball team, who return all of their starters from last season along with most of their bench

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"I am really excited for this season. We are still a pretty young team, but we have a good bit of experience back from last season." says Coach McCracken.

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"The guys all seemed to have put in a lot of effort on their games as well as their bodies over the summer and have really been working hard so far in practice."

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When asked what some of their biggest challenges of the season, Coach McCracken responded, " Obviously, staying healthy

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will be an important key for us, but I like our pieces and I like how they have been coming together. We have a good bit of depth at every position and our biggest challenge

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The Warriors return 3 players that earned All-SAA last year with 2nd Team All-SAA Senior Tyler Deithloff leading the charge, who averaged 13 points per game

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and 6.6 rebounds per game. The Warriors welcome back big man Colten Berry, who led the team in rebounds with 7 per game and averaged 9.3 points per game.

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Daniel Cobb finally got to make his debut appearance last season, playing in 17 games last season getting the start in 10 of those.

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