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Curry must replace seven seniors who moved on to college to continue their athletic careers, including Owen Wise, Cade Penepacker, Quinton Hepner, and Conner Zimmerman.

“We lost seven seniors, four of whom are playing a college sport, soccer, golf, and two playing basketball. Anytime you lose seniors, you lose the experience. We replace our entire frontcourt this season,” Curry said.

Guard play will be a critical element to the success of the Huskies in 202223. At point guard, Curry brings back a young but experienced starter.

“Tagg Silfies was our ality, this is a prep season to get ready for the outdoor season. Our focus is on maintaining their health, not breaking them down, and having them ready to go when outdoor rolls around.” starting point guard last year as a sophomore. He’s back this year as a junior. We expect to see his varsity experience as a young player pay dividends as the point guard who will provide great floor leadership,” Curry said.

Expectations for the team, according to Gantz, are consistency and getting as many of his athletes to states as he can.

Shooting guard is a spot that has plenty of potential depth this season.

“At shooting guard, the combination of Landen Eichhorn and Jay Minor provides an outside threat with the ability to get up the floor and lead our transition. Landen got significant varsity experience last season, which we expect to benefit us this year. Both can score from multiple spots on the floor,” Curry said. “In addition to them, we have Jaylen Bowersox, who will be an outside threat and a tough defender at the top of our zone defense. Multiple players have worked ex-

“The ultimate goal is to get these kids to the PTFCA states. The postseason is always the goal. We want them to get better every day,” Gantz said. “We’ve been fortunate in the past to have kids who were talented enough to get to states. In the long run, most of the kids are preparing for the spring.”

Gantz is excited for the tremely hard and may see the floor in Rickie Hannon and Kale Stimely. The junior class is deep and will be a game-by-game decision who helps our team this season.”

Mifflin County has height inside. Something that’s been missing from the Huskies game the last few years. Size and length in the interior, a coach’s dream.

“The junior big man package of 6-6 center Jayden Bilger and 6-4 power forward Aidan Reed will give us an inside presence the program has needed for a long time,” Curry said. “We also expect senior John Hartzler to be a workhorse inside for us. John is 6-2 and only knows how to give a hundred percent. He sets a great example for our program with his character and hard work in practice.”

Curry has a few under- season to start, especially with the group of youngsters he gets to work with this season and on into the spring.

“We’ve always had coachable kids who are great to work with. Our older kids are fantastic role models. Our younger kids do what we ask them to do. It’s a great group of kids,” Gantz said. “We want to classmen expecting to see substantial time on the court this year.

“You may see significant minutes from freshman Evan Strohecker. After playing his first basketball season and suffering an injury last year, we can see his hard work in his mature physical build as a freshman. We expect great defensive play from him,” Curry said. “Also a young talent, Aidan Attivo is likely to see the floor in the guard position as an offensive threat.”

The Mid-Penn Keystone once again features strong teams. Mifflin County will have its work cut out for them every game.

“The Mid-Penn will be extremely competitive as always. We expect Palmyra to be very strong alongside Milton Hershey, Hershey, and Cedar Cliff,” Curry said. “There are no easy games in the Mid- see daily improvement and show them that hard work pays off in the end. It’s going to be an interesting season for us.”

Mifflin County Huskies

Coach: Scott Gantz (throws).

Assistants: Greg Loht (distance), Shannon Specht (jumps), Brooke Coburn (sprints/hurdles/relays).

Penn. All the teams are well coached and have talented personnel.”

Curry’s mantra for the season is one percent better. If they do that, the wins will fall into place.

“We will measure our success on multiple levels, most importantly improving every day. Our daily message the entire off-season was one percent better,” Curry said. “That will continue to be the words we live by throughout the season. I expect us to win more games this year, and we hope to compete in district postseason play.”

Mifflin County Huskies

Record: 3-18 (0-14 MidPenn Keystone)

Coach: Wade Curry. Assistants: Glen Franklin, Dave Sheetz, Adam Sheetz, Don Lepley, Noah Wright, Chris Lehman, Nathan Poche.

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