Youth and a New Coach for Husky Basketball

2024-25 S-RC boys basketball: (front) Garrett Ruth, Layne Donner, Grant Eaton, Tanner Micek; (second) Aaron Willis, Nixon Thelen, Noah Thelen, Blake Schmidt, Eli Svoboda; (third) Dalton Pokorney, Jaxson Thompson, Dylan Micek, Jarren Kravig.
2024-25 S-RC boys basketball: (front) Garrett Ruth, Layne Donner, Grant Eaton, Tanner Micek; (second) Aaron Willis, Nixon Thelen, Noah Thelen, Blake Schmidt, Eli Svoboda; (third) Dalton Pokorney, Jaxson Thompson, Dylan Micek, Jarren Kravig.

SHELBY – A new coach and a youthful lineup will make Shelby- Rising City’s boys basketball program an interesting experiment in team chemistry this winter, but the good news is the one with the hoops lab coat is a science teacher.

Erik Kravig inherited a squad that started two freshmen at guard last winter and the Huskies struggled for a bit during the 2023-24 campaign before playing some of its be…