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Packers Tip Off Season Today

4 Dec

The Austin boys start their season with a couple of tough tests, as the season preview article in the Austin Post-Bulletin indicates:

Tipping off the season on Saturday afternoon versus Cedar Falls, Iowa, the Austin boys will face a stiff challenge. Cedar Falls was in the Iowa State Tournament last season and has a guard who is rumored to be a Division-I college prospect.

If that’s not enough of a challenge, then the Packers will take on another stiff test from their own state in the second game of the season. Next week on Thursday night, Austin will play host to Minneapolis Washburn, ranked in the state’s top 10 for Class AAA.

“I feel good about the team, the kids played really well in their summer league and I hope they can carry that over into the season,” Austin coach Kris Fadness said. “We have a large number of seniors and some talented young kids, so we’ll have a deep rotation. It’s a tough schedule and we’ll put the kids through the fire in the first couple of weeks.”

Read the whole article here. It also includes the full season schedule, so mark your calendar to attend as many games as you can.

Join us this afternoon at 4 for the first game against Cedar Falls, Iowa! (The B squad game is at 3 2:30.) And check back here  at PackerFastBreakClub.com regularly for updates on the season, including video highlights from each game. You can get site updates by email or RSS, and join the Packer Fast Break Club group on Facebook.

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Packers Highlighted in Austin Daily Herald Winter Sports Preview

29 Nov

The Winter Sports Preview edition of the Austin Daily Herald is available online now. Here’s how the story on the Packer boys begins:

The Packers are hoping a strong mix of young talent with smart veterans can lead to a winning formula this upcoming boys basketball season.

“We’ve got a chance to be extremely competitive,” Austin coach Kris Fadness said. “Knock on wood, but with our young kids being as talented as they are and the growth I expect to see over the course of the year, come section time we could be a contender to go to the state tournament. I’m not saying it’s going to happen, but I think we can contend and there’s not too many years where you can say that.”

Check out the full story, along with previews of other Austin and area sports teams. The article will be in print tomorrow.

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