In addition to the mantle of the region’s largest conference, the Northeast Corner Conference figures to serve as one of the deepest.

In fact, when Garrett boys basketball coach Logan Traylor was asked for his thoughts regarding contenders in the conference, he listed nearly half of the 11 teams without even mentioning his Railroaders, who finished fourth in the conference and had 19 wins last year.

“I think Angola, Westview obviously, Fairfield, Lakeland, West Noble, truly there are 6-7 teams that can beat each other every single night,” Traylor said. “That’s the reality.”

While each of those teams – as well as Garrett, which returns its two leading scorers in juniors Isaiah King (15.9 points per game) and Carter Coffman (14.8 points) – could contend for the title, the Warriors likely

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