This season GLHS Varsity Boys Basketball has a majority of senior members. The team consists of 12 players; of the 12, only five members are either sophomores or juniors. With the future ahead, seniors are getting ready to plan for their future. Four of the seven members have already received offers to play basketball in college.
“I have been offered and am [now] committed to play basketball at Northwood University this following year,” Senior Carson Daly stated.
Apart from the seniors, the upcoming grades of freshmen, sophomores, and juniors are preparing for the years ahead of them while they keep their goal of making the varsity team.
“I think we can still build a good team around [upcoming seniors] because we have a lot of good leaders in my grade and I think we have a good future ahead of us,” junior Jace Conaty said.
Coach Luke Charter who has been coaching for 3 years explains how he has been training the younger grades for their potential future on the varsity team.
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“I think the future is really good. We have a lot of seniors right now, but the class below us are very talented and I think they’ll be great,” Millbrook said.
Seniors have continued to work hard and dedicate their time to this sport, but this same passion and motivation are shown in the juniors and sophomores.
“I think we’re going to get better and better, we have a lot of talent this year and we have a lot of potential to have a good season, so as the games go on we’ll get better,” Conaty, expressed.
As the senior members head into their final season at the high school, they reminisce on the years before.
“My favorite memories are the rival games, I like how packed the gyms are and how intense the game is. That’s my favorite [memory],” Carson Daly said.
The players have also developed friendships and bonds over the years. While these bonds have been developed through basketball, they have also expanded outside of the sport.
“My favorite memory would be when we went up with the team to Petosky for a tournament, just being up there with the team was fun,” Millbrook said.
This upcoming season has been a lot of preparation for the team, not just practices but also working in the off-season and in the weight room.
“I’m excited to get back to basketball and watch these guys grow, over the summer they took a lot of steps and we now have four guys [right now] that have college offers to play basketball, so that’s pretty exciting,” Charter said.
As the seniors approach their last year, they have been the first class to experience all four years with Charter.
“This senior class is important to me because I was the freshman coach when they were freshmen, so I’ve had relationships with them and their families for a long time now, so it will be pretty hard to watch them go,” said Charter.
