With 5 returning starters, Arcadia basketball coach Nick Wallace made it clear at Monday’s Pacific League media day that he expects his group to compete at a excessive degree this season.
Ditto for Pasadena, which returns 6-foot-11 Josh Irving, a Texas A&M commit, and has added high-scoring guard Tim Anderson from Blair.
One of the crucial intriguing gamers for Arcadia is 6-8 sophomore Owen Eteuati Edwards. He had a busy summer time enjoying basketball and pitching for the Dodgers’ scout group. Sure, he’s tall and throwing fastballs at 92 mph.
Edwards defined why he thought the Dodgers received Recreation 7 of the World Collection.
“It goes again to management within the locker room. I really feel all of them purchased in,” he stated.
Edwards has his 6-4 older brother, Noa, on the basketball group, and the 2 proceed to have some intense one-on-one video games. “It goes backwards and forwards,” he stated. “They’re at all times enjoyable battles.”
As to which sport he likes extra, Edwards stated, “I at all times say I’m a basketball participant enjoying baseball.”
He’s protecting his choices open.
As for Pasadena, including Anderson is large. He averaged 31.4 factors per recreation final season at Blair. Mixed with returnee Troy Wilson, the Bulldogs could have extra offensive energy. And there will likely be loads of dunks. Irving has a 36-inch vertical bounce and has improved dramatically in his fourth 12 months at Pasadena.
The Pacific League, which is able to disband after this season when it combines with the Rio Hondo League, has two new head coaches in DoVall Boykins at Crescenta Valley and Jason Weatherall at Burroughs.
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