Lady Panthers look to build endurance, focus on fundamentals

Saratoga High School girls' new head basketball coach is not familiar with the teams his girls are competing against, but he is OK with that. "They don't know what to expect of me either," Saratoga Lady Panther's Head Coach Scott Bokelman said.

He knows the girls he is coaching. He coached all of them as Saratoga's middle school basketball coach for the past six years.

The first day of practice was Dec. 1, and Bokelman was already challenging the players with running, jumping, screening and passing drills.

Near the end of a two-hour practice, it was obvious the girls were putting in the effort...