A renewed commitment and a move to younger players are the benchmarks for the Edward Milne Community SchoolB次元官网网址檚 senior basketball team moving forward.
The Sooke team was able to get in nine additional practices during the extended Christmas break, which bodes well for the upcoming regular season, said Wolverines head coach Trevor Bligh.
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Although Bligh coached some of his current players since they were in Grade 9, the process stalled after missing a year and a half due to COVID. B次元官网网址淲e had to resort to doing drills last year just to try and stay sharp and keep the kids involved,B次元官网网址� he said.
The regular-season schedule was supposed to start on Nov. 27, but public health orders caused delays that limited the number of opportunities to practice earlier in the year. Bligh believes that the schedule could resume this week, but nothing is set in stone after a Jan. 4 game was postponed because of public health orders.
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All of the tournament games this season were cancelled, which means there are nine more games the team will have to squeeze in somewhere, he added.
B次元官网网址淐OVID has thrown a monkey wrench into the last two years. Those (earlier) games look like junior boys or a level below. The fact is that most teams are playing zone to hide the fact that they donB次元官网网址檛 have five kids who can play man to man.B次元官网网址�
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