The Transition to Basketball in the SSL

The end will come for even the best football teams. Wasco's season ended. Tehachapi and Taft live to fight another week. This probably doesn't matter much as far as basketball is concerned for two of these teams. None of Wasco's core returners are football players. Tehachapi is in a similar spot. However, four of Taft's eight returning varsity basketball players are on the football team. Most notably, the top returning scorer and rebounder from last year's squad, Hunter Liljeroos is the quarterback. Blake Emberson, charge taker extraordinaire (36! last year), will also be occupied with football duties until the magic runs out on the pigskin Wildcats. That could be next week. Taft will be underdogs against Washington Union. If they lose, the basketball team will only have to face Maricopa shorthanded. If not, they will be short for three more games.