DeKalb Barbs

Top returners : Myles Newman, sr., G; Derrion Straughter, sr., F; Lukas Stubblefield, sr., F; Jack Rosenow, sr., F; Bryan Miller, sr., G

Key newcomers : Aaron Ziga, so., G; Gabe Crump, jr., F

Worth noting : This year could present the biggest challenge in coach Mike Reynolds’s seventh year at DeKalb. All five starters from last year are gone. Four were seniors, including three-time Daily Chronicle Player of the Year Sean Reynolds . Davon Grant, a two-time all-area first-team selection and two-time boys athlete of the year , is graduating early to enroll at Illinois and continue his football career. In total, the Barbs lose 98% of their rebounding and scoring from last season. Newman and Straughter were rotational players last year and now will likely be starters an

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