The Atlantic girls basketball team has the task of replacing six seniors for the 2017-18 campaign. The answer may be playing a smaller lineup and hoping that inexperienced players can grow up fast.

The Trojans lost some size down low with the graduation of Catherine Leonard and McKenna DenBeste. Leonard led the team with 11.7 points per game and 221 rebounds last season. DenBeste was the second leading rebounder with 127 on the season to go along with 5.2 points per game. Atlantic Head Coach Kelly Juhl says the makeup of this team will be different with a little less height overall.

Atlantic does return some experience in the backcourt with Baylee Newell back who averaged 9.2 points per game, along with McKenzie Waters, Alyssa Ginther, and Riley Seufert. Filter in some of the newcomers and Coach Juhl thinks their guards have the chance to have a big season.

Cheyenne Elliot along with Aly Anderson and Heidi Williams will be counted on for production around the basket. The Trojans open up the season next Monday on the road against the Carroll Tigers and will follow that up with a home game on Tuesday night against Denison-Schleswig. Coach Juhl says they are excited to get the season started.

We’ll have coverage of those first two games for the Trojans on KJAN. Join us Monday night for the game with Carroll, pregame at 7:15pm and tip-off scheduled for approximately 7:30pm