When he first looked at this year's schedule, Northern Lehigh girls' basketball coach Dave Oertner expected the unexpected.
The fourth-year Bulldogs' mentor truly believed that his team had a fair shot of accomplishing something rarely done in high school basketball an undefeated regular season.
That's a bit unusual to hear from any coach even before his team has taken the court.
One can't possibly overstate the importance of vision when playing sports.
Although it is sometimes taken for granted, athletes need to have good eyesight and a fast reaction time in order to process the information in front of them quickly and efficiently.
Unfortunately for Pleasant Valley's Tarik Williams, a member of the varsity basketball team and the school's band, his vision is slowly being taken away from him.
During the next several weeks, the term "on the bubble" will be heard over and over again in college basketball circles.
With 'March Madness' just around the corner, lots of opinions will be offered about which teams will make the NCAA tournament field and which teams will be left out.
While projections of which college teams will reach the postseason are largely subjective, that isn't the case on the high school level in District 11.
Not a lot of basketball teams are able to keep large classes of players all the way through their senior year.
With only five available starting spots there isn't a lot of playing time to go around. If players today don't get what they (or their parents) feel is a fair share of playing time, they usually don't stick around.
