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Players to Watch
Ashton Adamson (Century)
Preslie Merrill (Century)
Tenleigh Smith (Century)
Ellie Johnson (Pocatello)
Hallie Pearson (Pocatello)
Alexia Tinno (Pocatello)
Kylie Larsen (Preston)
Hailey Meek (Preston)
Mickayla Robertson (Preston)
Century, Pocatello and Preston share a new conference alignment this season, but there won't be many unknowns.
Familiarity abounds in the condensed South East Idaho Conference, which was formed by Century, Pocatello and Preston after the three schools spent the last two seasons in the 10-team Great Basin Conference. They've been conference mates since long before that, facing each other multiple times year after year.
That familiarity, combined with the challenge of competing for a single state tournament berth, will heighten competition and intensity within the three-team conference, coaches say.
“I don't believe this year will be a year of surprises,” Preston coach Ryan Harris said. “Each game will be highly contested with so much at stake.”
Century and Preston figure to be the top contenders for the league title and state tournament berth, while Pocatello looks to play spoiler as it continues finding its footing.
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