ItB次元官网网址檚 almost here. The first real, complete basketball season in two years tips off in two weeks.

There will be conference showdowns and weekend tournaments. The crowds will be back. Masks are still required, but thatB次元官网网址檚 a small price to pay to get high school senior boys basketball back.

For the Edward Milne Community School Wolverines, the return of competitive ball games is a welcome relief.

B次元官网网址淭he players are tired of practice and theyB次元官网网址檙e so ready for competition,B次元官网网址� said coach Trevor Bligh.

Unlike many high school programs, the Wolverines continued to practice through the pandemic B次元官网网址� even when there were no scheduled games. Those practices were like no other: players donned masks, were forced to keep a safe distance from each other and took part in new drills aimed at keeping in line with provincial health regulations.

B次元官网网址淎nything we could to keep it competitive we did,B次元官网网址� Bligh said.

The Wolverines are looking to improve on a 2-4 record from its 2020 season. And, like all teams in their division, theyB次元官网网址檒l start the re-build from scratch.

EMCS has only one returning player in Jordan Quinney, who was in Grade 10 in 2020 and called up for the playoffs from the junior team. HeB次元官网网址檒l have a lot of firepower behind him with the addition of guards Austin Warren and Keirran Demelo and six-foot-six centre Jesse Satucime.

The Wolverines open their season on Dec. 7 against Parkland Panthers and play only one contest in their six-game season before the Christmas break.

Bligh said his club will play about 27 games split between the regular season, playoffs and tournaments.

The biggest competition this year for the Wolverines is the Esquimalt High Dockers that won the division in 2020.

B次元官网网址淚 think weB次元官网网址檝e got a really good chance to win our division. WeB次元官网网址檇 like to get back to Island playoffs,B次元官网网址� Bligh said

If the Wolverines see success this year, they can credit a basketball system created by Bligh and assistant coach Alex Wright that begins at the elementary school level and follows student-athletes to the senior boysB次元官网网址� ranks. The program started five years ago and the first of those players are now playing for the Wolverines.

BASELINES B次元官网网址� EMCS will have a junior boys and girls team this year B次元官网网址� the last game of the season for the senior boysB次元官网网址� Wolverines is Feb. 8 versus St. Michaels University School.

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