Clay Basketball Limited While Football Rolls

Clay County Basketball Coach Rob Edwards said there is not a whole lot of pre-season preparation his team can do since all but four players are playing football.

And playing well. The Bulldogs are 7-2. Edwards said he hopes the team can make a good playoff run with no injuries. He said the work he is getting with his four non-football players has been great, but noted there is only so much he can do with the majority of his team missing.

“When those other guys get back, we’ll get them plugged in there and get started,” Edwards said. “But, honestly right now we’re just not doing very much. Next week’s the first day of practice and we’ll be very limited in what we can do.”

Although he does not know when the football season will end, Edwards said he is anxious and excited to get back into the basketball season. He said he has no right to be frustrated with sharing athletes, since his players love football and he loves seeing them perform on the gridiron.

“I can’t really complain about it and say I’m frustrated, because I’ve been on the other end of this,” Edwards said. “For years and years, I’d only have two or three kids play football and it’s only been the last couple of years that we’ve had a lot of guys playing.”

Edwards said the team is counting down the days until opening night and doing all they can to be as physically and mentally prepared for the start of the season. The Bulldogs have been doing limited conditioning and shooting workouts to get primed for that first whistle.

Despite their pre-season prep being disrupted with the football season, Edwards said the goals remain the same.

“I have high expectations for this group,” Edwards said. “It’s just that time of year where we start watching film and we start thinking about things we want to do early and things maybe we’ll have to adjust as the season goes along.”

Clay County will start their season on November 25th at Livingston Academy.