A lot of experience is back this winter for the Melcher-Dallas Girls Basketball Program. Coach Kelsey Goff returns nearly everyone from an 8-13 season that picked up with the midseason addition of Addi Wadle, who spent the first half of the year on the bench recovering from an injury. Goff tells KNIA Sports while still young her team is already ahead of last season as they will not have to reteach a lot to the girls.

Goff: “Some of those freshmen that were thrown in last year, now have a year of experience. Some of those girls are back and it’s great to have that experience from last season.”

The Saints started off 2-9, but when Wadle was off the injured list, the Saints posted a 6-4 record in the second half. Goff will return just one senior in Kasyn Reed, who averaged 6.5 points per game and was 2nd on the team in rebounds with 118. In just 14 games, Wadle averaged 13.6 points per game. The Saints tip off the season November 22nd on the road against Wayne.