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  Bureau Valley girls basketball looks to build on big year.
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  After enjoying a vastly-improved finish last season, the Bureau Valley girls basketball
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  team opens a new campaign looking to make an indelible mark on
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  the program’s history.
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  The Storm went 23-10 in Jon Henegar’s second season as head coach
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  last year, an 11-win increase over the previous year and Bureau Valley’s
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  first season at 500 or better since 2019. The squad narrowly missed
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  the 1997-98 team’s school record of 24 victories.
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  Henegar credited the improvement to the players daily effort, attitude and approach,
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  which flowed from the players on the court to those on the
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  bench.
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  A lot of it had to do with the attitude we brought
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  every day, Henegar said. We focused on making sure our effort, energy,
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  and enthusiasm was there in practice and games. We had one of
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  the most enthusiastic benches we’ve ever had, and that should continue this
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  year.
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  The girls also put in the work. They’re all busy outside of
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  basketball season, but when it’s time to get in the gym, they
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  really get after it.
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  The improved daily approach has raised the level of expectation program-wide, with
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  the Storm thinking seriously about claiming the program’s first IHSA regional championship
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  since 2015.
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  We haven’t really worked on any goal-setting for this year, Henegar said.
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  But something we’ve talked about the last couple years as a goal
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  is to win a regional. That’s something we haven’t had here in
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  a while.
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  The Storm return three players who saw action in every game a
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  year ago. Senior guard Libby Endress led Bureau Valley with 14.3 points
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  per game while also contributing 5.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 3.5 steals
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  per game. Endress eclipsed the 1,000-point plateau as a junior and enters
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  this season with 1,070, putting her within striking distance of the program
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  record.
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  The current standard of 1,426 was set by current Bureau Valley volleyball
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  coach Saige Oleson nee Barnett from 2015-2019.
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  Junior forward Brynley Doty contributed 11.5 points and a team-best 7.7 rebounds
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  per game, while junior Brooke Helms put up 5.8 points, 3.6 rebounds
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  and 3.4 assists per game and made a team-leading 47 three-point shots.
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  Seniors Maggie Besler and Sierrah Taylor saw regular varsity time and are
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  expected to have expanded roles this season. Junior Caitlyn Egan and sophomore
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  Aubrey Endress lead a large group of first-year varsity players looking to
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  crack the lineup.
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  We’re definitely going to lean on Endress and Doty, Henegar said. Not
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  only for scoring, but taking care of the basketball, rebounding, and bringing
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  the right mindset and energy every day as well.
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  Doty is going to continue to get better, and can play both
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  inside and outside. Brooke Helms does a great job of pushing the
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  pace and getting people in their spots, and she knows the offense
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  and defense better than I do sometimes.
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  The Storm will play four games in the first eight days of
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  the season, magnifying the importance of a consistent and positive approach to
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  their daily routine.
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  We definitely have our standards, Henegar said. We want to have a
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  positive attitude, energy, effort, and enthusiasm. Those are the things we want
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  to do every day in practice, in games, in school, and in
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  the community.
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  Bureau Valley hosts the BV Thanksgiving Tournament to start the campaign, opening
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  with a matchup against Erie-Prophetstown on Monday.