TEAM: Avon Braves
LEAGUE/CLASS: Livingston County Division II/B2
COACH: Rob Fries (251-99/17the season)
LAST SEASON: Finished 18-5, won the division, lost in C1 final to Northstar Christian.
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TOP RETURNERS: Michael Rowland Sr. F (10.0 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 755 career points, fifth varsity season); Josh Harter Jr. G (14.0 PPG, 5.0 APG); Trevor Stroud Jr. G (13.0 PPG, 3.0 APG); Kal Dolgos So. F.
TOP NEWCOMERS: Travis Hollada Jr. F (injured in preseason); Ryan Hillman Jr. F; Connor Smith Jr. F.
HISTORY 101: Avon has won nine sectional titles including three straight from 2020 (B2) to 2022 with the latter two coming at C1.
NEXT GAME: Wednesday, December 6th at Pavilion. A 7 PM tip-off is scheduled.
WORDS OF COACH FRIES: “We return three of the best guards in the area in Michael Rowland, Trevor Stroud, and Josh Harter but we need to develop more depth, and the ability to defend the post and rebound against bigger teams. We will get the opportunity to do that a lot as we have one of the most difficult schedules playing York, Le Roy, Geneseo, and Warsaw each twice in addition to non-league games with Rochester Academy, Geneva, Wheatland-Chili, Hornell and Lyons just to name a few. We are going to be challenged but hopefully by the end it makes us a better team. We have had a really good run the past few years and our guys don’t want that to end so have worked really hard and are a very close group. It should be a fun year for Avon Basketball.”
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