Coach’s comments: “Next year becomes this year for some of our younger players. We have a lot of pieces but our points could come from anyone on any given night. We have all kinds of combinations, different pieces. It will be interesting. We will have to be patient. We will be battle tested in every game. The players who are gone have left their mark on our program. The foundation has been built.”
SOUTHPORT (22-7) – Echoes are alive in Southport Fieldhouse … reached semistate before falling to New Albany and superstar Romeo Lankford … 6-10 Joey Brunk and six more Cards graduated … also gone are Paul Scruggs (moved to California), Sergiey Slaughter (moved out of state) and Blake Evans (focus on football) … fifth year under coach Kyle Simpson … soph Harold Bennett (7.4 ppg) and Brunk backup, 6-6 senior Dut Mabok, only Cards with varsity minutes … newcomers up from 12-8 JV and 18-3 freshman teams … 6-5 Hunter Hightower, 6-6 Dylan Davidson, 6-2 Jason Dockery, 6-1 Brian Miller, 5-9 Rashawn Haskins, 5-11 Derrick Haskins and freshman Brevin Jefferson new to varsity … on road tonight at Jeffersonville and Saturday at Merrillville … Forum Tipoff Classic at the fieldhouse Dec. 10 will be a jewel.
Coach’s comments: “Next year becomes this year for some of our younger players. We have a lot of pieces but our points could come from anyone on any given night. We have all kinds of combinations, different pieces. It will be interesting. We will have to be patient. We will be battle tested in every game. The players who are gone have left their mark on our program. The foundation has been built.”
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