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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Girls basketball preview: Bellbrook
This is another in a series of capsules previewing area high school basketball for the 2009-10 season:
BELLBROOK
Coach: Jason Tincher, sixth season (73-37)
2008-09 record: 13-10 (9-3 Southwestern Buckeye League Southwestern Division)
Returning starters
Stacy Ulrich, Sr., G
Leisha Crawford, So., G
Shelby Sigman, So., G
Notables
Division II Bellbrook again plays one of the toughest schedules in the area with D-I teams Butler, Fairborn, Fairmont and Xenia. That prepared the Golden Eagles for a strong finish last season. They won six of their final eight games and knocked off two higher seeds in the tournament. The Eagles fell a game shy of winning the SWBL Southwestern Division championship, snapping a streak of eight straight titles. Team strengths in speed and quickness will need to be utilized to offset a lack of height. Two seniors return, including Ulrich, to provide leadership to a roster otherwise filled with sophomores and freshmen. Bellbrook, which shoots for its 21st straight winning season, averaged 49 points during the regular season. The Eagles will have to clamp down on defense, though, after giving up 48.
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Girls basketball preview: Preble Shawnee
This is another in a series of capsules previewing area high school basketball for the 2009-10 season:
PREBLE SHAWNEE
Coach: Joe Webster, second season
2008-09 record: 0-20 (0-12 Southwestern Buckeye League Buckeye Division)
Returning starters
Anna Schroeder, Sr., G, 5-8
Taylor Withrow, Sr., F, 5-10
Notables
The Arrows are young but the talent is there to snap two consecutive winless seasons. Schroeder and Withrow will lead the way. Preble Shawnee averaged 32 points through the regular season, so boosting scoring is a must. The Arrows also gave up 60 per game. Six juniors are on the roster so a good season could be a nice building block.
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Girls basketball preview: Oakwood
This is another in a series of capsules previewing area high school basketball for the 2009-10 season:
OAKWOOD
Coach: Aaron Oakes
2008-09 record: 17-6 (8-4 Southwestern Buckeye League Southwestern Division)
Returning starters
Alex Miller, Sr., G, 5-7
Brooke Trauthwein, Jr., C, 6-0
Claire Davis, So., G, 5-6
Notable
Things are looking up in Oakwood: Coach Aaron Oakes has four players 6-foot or taller, a situation he’s never experienced before. That — in addition to three returning starters in Miller, Trauthwein and Davis — has the Jills thinking about a return trip to the Division II district finals. Last year the Jills reached the district final for the first time in 17 seasons. “It was one of those building blocks for our program,” Oakes said. “I don’t want the kids to feel like it was a one year, one shot deal. I think our kids feel like our expectations are high every year.”
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