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New La Salle-Peru boys basketball coach Glenn Hall pleased with summer progress · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: New La Salle Peru boys basketball coach Glenn Hall pleased
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  Speaker 1: with summer progress. Written by Kevin Schlum, this article is
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  Speaker 1: Glen Hall is still getting used to the idea of
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  Speaker 1: being the head boys basketball coach at LaSalle Peru, his
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  Speaker 1: alma mater. It was interesting. I found myself stopping every
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  Speaker 1: time I would say things like my staff or my
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  Speaker 1: program because it's new. Hall set about his transition from
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  Speaker 1: assistant to taking over the program from John Seneca, who
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  Speaker 1: went fifty eight to thirty nine with three regional titles
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  Speaker 1: over three seasons. The basketball part came more naturally. The
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  Speaker 1: transition felt normal. Hall said, it was very similar to
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  Speaker 1: a lot of what we did last year. In the summer,
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  Speaker 1: I scheduled a lot of the games for us. I
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  Speaker 1: was sort of in that position, but being the guy
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  Speaker 1: with all the eyes on you, it's a neat experien arance.
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  Speaker 1: I'm enjoying every moment of it. The Cavaliers had practice, shooting, workouts,
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  Speaker 1: and conditioning three days per week. LP also played two
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  Speaker 1: nights of games at decalb played Plano and Canland. At
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  Speaker 1: Plano competed in an NCAA live event at Normal West,
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  Speaker 1: played in Rock Islands, justin Sharp Shootout and hosted Lincoln
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  Speaker 1: Way East coach by former LP coach, University of Michigan
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  Speaker 1: assistant and Illinois Chicago coach Luke Yaklick and canialand the
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  Speaker 1: Calves will continue with open gyms and weightlifting until school begins,
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  Speaker 1: then take a break in August before picking back up
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  Speaker 1: in September. Along with Hall being new in the head job,
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  Speaker 1: the Calves will have an inexperienced roster, as they graduated
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  Speaker 1: three starters and had Marian Persich, the twenty twenty five
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  Speaker 1: to twenty six News Tribune Boys Basketball Player of the
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  Speaker 1: Year transferre to Morris. LP returns sophomore starter Gavin Stokes,
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  Speaker 1: along with John Sowers, who started some games but was
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  Speaker 1: typically the sixth man. Went twenty eleven last season and
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  Speaker 1: won their third consecutive regional championship. We're going to be young.
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  Speaker 1: We're only returning one starter and really one other player
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  Speaker 1: who had real critical moments of playing time. Hall said,
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  Speaker 1: it's been a learning curve with a lot of the
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  Speaker 1: young players. We had three or four sophomores coming to
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  Speaker 1: games with us and getting some opportunity. We have a
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  Speaker 1: senior who will play a little bit in Caleb Curry,
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  Speaker 1: who didn't play at all last year. Really, it was
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  Speaker 1: a lot of figuring out how to play together and
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  Speaker 1: for the coaching staff, kind of figuring out who is
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  Speaker 1: going to be helpful in the rotation as we move forward.
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  Speaker 1: Hall said the Calves will benefit from playing larger schools
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  Speaker 1: and strong programs throughout the summer. We wanted to play
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  Speaker 1: schools that would challenge us. Hall said. We played a
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  Speaker 1: lot of four schools and it was good for the kids.
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  Speaker 1: We were competitive. I think we finished about point five
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  Speaker 1: zero zero in those games, but it's summer, so that
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  Speaker 1: doesn't matter as much. It was more about seeing the
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  Speaker 1: speed of the game and watching how they could execute.
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  Speaker 1: It was good. I think what they learned throughout the
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  Speaker 1: summer is going to help them because they're going to
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  Speaker 1: be more battle tested when we get into the regular season.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be make the transition of playing some
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  Speaker 1: of those better teams we play later in the season,
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  Speaker 1: specifically in our conference, a little easier. Hall said he
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  Speaker 1: enjoyed playing against Yaklik, who was his high school coach
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  Speaker 1: at LP. That was fun. Hall said, it was really exciting.
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  Speaker 1: It was an emotional roller coaster. We talked, he introduced
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  Speaker 1: me to his team. It was a good moment. It
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  Speaker 1: was fun. They're a very good team. They're very competitive.
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  Speaker 1: We hung with them. It was fun to see they're
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  Speaker 1: very physical. They'refore a school. I think that test was
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  Speaker 1: good for us. I'm just thankful he was able to
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  Speaker 1: come participate