Strong in spirit

Jackie Jones, head coach for Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School ladies basketball team, said she knows her team is full of tremendous potential to do well this year. She tempered her optimism with acknowledging her team was young and that only four girls from last year's team are returning.

"With only four returning players, three of which are sophomores, once again, the team is mostly freshman and sophomores," Jones said. "Saying that, we aren't going go out there and play the young card, we are just going to go out there and play basketball."

She said the test of her team wi...