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Published November 23, 2009 12:41 am - Ryan Odaffer believes the Carl Junction High School boys basketball team can show improvement this season. Improvement expected in Bulldog basketball By Anvil Welch
Globe Sports Writer Ryan Odaffer believes the Carl Junction High School boys basketball team can show improvement this season. “We’re more experienced this season ... especially at the guard position,” Odaffer said on Friday. Odaffer, who’s assisted by Derek Lahm and Mark Robertson, has three returning starters among four lettermen from a 7-19 edition that finished 2-5 in the Big 8 Conference. But Odaffer, the former Kansas all-stater at Labette County, is concerned about a lack of overall height for the Bulldogs. “Rebounding and inside defense will determine our success this season,” Odaffer said. “How we rebound and how we defend the bigger guys will let us know how we’ll do. It will be a challenge. We’ll have to fight and scrap for every rebound. “The three seniors we lost — Austin Osborn, Joey Braeckel and Andrew Clark — combined for more than 500 rebounds that we have to replace,” Odaffer said. “It is going to be very hard to do that.” The returning starters are seniors — 6-foot-2 Jansen Adams, 5-6 Jake Bennett and 6-1 Jake Stevenson. Odaffer looks for 6-0 junior Garrett Easson, the other letterman, to join the veterans in the starting lineup. “We’re unsure of the fifth starter,” Odaffer said. “Right now, though, Josh Davis (a 5-9 senior) and Payton Walker (a 5-9 sophomore) are leading the competition for the spot.” Stevenson, who earned all-Big 8 honors (second team) in 2008-09, averaged 15.2 points and sank 74 of 207 treys. Adams, who had 31 treys, averaged 12.2 points and 3.7 assists. He also had a total of 24 blocked shots. Bennett averaged more than five points. “We expect to see improved defense and continued scoring out of Jake (Stevenson) this season,” Odaffer said. “He led in scoring and 3s last season. “We look for Bennett, who led us in steals with 54, to have a solid season controlling the team from the point,” Odaffer said. 
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