GIRLSÂ BASKETBALL STARTS THIS WEEK
The competition phase of the 2021-22 winter sports season starts this Friday night, Dec. 3 when the Freeman Public girls host Colman-Egan and the Freeman Academy/Marion girls travel to Colome.
The Menno boys and girls will follow suit by hosting Tripp-Delmont/Armour in a doubleheader on Friday, Dec. 10, and the FA/Marion boys will start their season at Centerville on Dec. 14.
More than two months of basketball action will follow as boys and girls teams from Freeman Academy/Marion, Freeman Public and Menno take to a season with varying expectations.
For three of the six local teams, the season starts with new head coaches at the helm:
The Freeman Public boys will be led by Lance Friesen and Matthew Brinkman, who replace Will Massey and Mitchell Johnson as head and assistant coaches, respectfully; both resigned last school year;
The Freeman Public girls will be led by Jenny Peters, who replaces Curtis Sage as head coach. Sage retired from teaching this past spring; Chris Maske will remain on staff as the assistant coach;
At Menno, Tim Hagedorn will take over as head girls basketball coach and is replacing Doug Hall, who has assumed that role with the Scotland boys.
The Wolves’ boys will once again be led by Kory Foss, the district’s pre-K-8 principal who also works closely with the Menno/Scotland baseball program. Returning coaches for FA/Marion are Nathan Epp for the girls and Austin Unruh for the boys. Watch for a preview of the upcoming season — including wrestling — in next week’s Courier.
