Turn of the Wildcats

They talk about hunting, cattle and fishing with their coach, who fishes in the summers and traps in the winter for a living. They play a lot of Madden on their phones.

They started 0-8.

It led to parent meetings, questions from Colton fans and trying other things for their second-year coach, and it turned one night in practice.

Jason Shull stepped into the gym two days after the eighth-graders joined the team.

“Have you touched the net?” the coach asked Kian Ankerson, after he made a couple attempts.

He had not.

“If you touch it this time, the whole team gets to go bowling for our next practi...