2009-10 Bernie Boys Basketball Preview

Head Coach: Brad Botsch, 4th year (65-21)

Last Season: 27-4

District: Class 2 District 3 at Oran (Advance, Chaffee, Meadow Heights, Oak Ridge, Puxico, Saxony Lutheran)

Last district title: 2009

Key Returners: Jake Owens, Jake Smith, Jake Welch, Quinton Stevens, Jordan McGowan

Overview: The Mules are looking for another successful season after losing to Portageville in the state quarterfinal last season. Bernie was 1-1 against Portageville on the year after beating the Bulldogs for the title of the Bloomfield Christmas tournament last season.

Three of Bernie's four losses last season were to teams the Mules had already beat earlier in the year. The Mules will miss the services of Zach Curry and Dan Becking who were seniors last season.

"I think our expectations as a team are pretty high," Botsch said. "We just have to understand that you have to stay hungry and earn everything you get. I think as long as the kids adopt the attitude of earning everything they get, I think we will be all right."

The Mules should have a solid post threat in 6-5 Jake Smith and also have guards Quinton Stevens and Jake Welch on the outside that should provide some shooting power.

Quote: "I think really the biggest key for us is to make sure that we stay hungry and keep an edge -- keep an edge and understand how difficult it is night in and night out to continue to win."

Roster

No. Name Year Height Position

1 Cameron Shipman Jr. 5-9 G

5 Karry Hughes Jr. 5-7 G

12 Jake Welch Sr. 5-10 G

14 Quinton Stevens Sr. 6-1 G

22 Jake Owens Sr. 6-0 G

24 Marcus Robertson Jr. 6-0 F

25 Nason Lane Sr. 6-0 F

40 Sammy Walker Jr. 6-1 F

42 Jake Smith Sr. 6-5 C

44 Jordan McGowan Jr. 6-2 F

52 Zach O'Daniel Jr. 6-3 C

54 Jeremy Walker Sr. 5-9 F

Schedule

Date Opponent

Nov.30-Dec.4 Bernie tourney

Dec. 8 at Saxony Lutheran

Dec. 11 Gideon

Dec. 15 Woodland

Dec. 18 Bell City

Dec. 26-29 Bloomfield christmas tournament

Jan. 5 at Twin Rivers

Jan. 7 Advance

Jan. 15 at Dexter

Jan. 19 at Bloomfield

Jan. 22 Puxico

Jan. 25-29 SCAA tournament

Feb. 7 at Notre Dame

Feb. 9 Hayti

Feb. 12 at Malden

Feb. 16 Richland

Feb. 19 at Sikeston

Feb. 23 at Holcomb

Feb. 25 Clarkton

Feb. 27-Mar 5 Districts