Great Plains Lutheran's girls and boys basketball teams have some work to do if they're going to match the success the Panthers have enjoyed the past few seasons.

GPL's girls, coming off back-to-back 15-win seasons and their first Eastern Coteau Conference title since 2003, return only one starter for head coach Matt Bauer.

"We only have four returning varsity players, so there'll be a lot of hungry young players who get to step up," Bauer said.

Coach Mike Haugly must find replacements for five starters and a top reserve off a boys' team that compiled a 10-11 record last winter.

"It's hard to tell, but I expect us to compete well," Haugly said. "A lot of these guys were part of a pretty successful junior varsity team last year. It'll just be a matter of how fast they can make the a

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