Vikings boys basketball now 4-1

PALOUSE — Garfield-Palouse Vikings boys basketball Coach Steve Swinney prepared for the start of the 2020-21 basketball season to have his 12 returning players.

Two days before the first practice he found out it would be eight. When he walked into the gym it was seven.

A few veterans did not come out, including senior post player Jacob Anderson. A promising sophomore transferred to Pullman after spring break.

“Kids said they didn’t want to wear masks,” said Swinney. “For the ones that came out, I was kind of shocked to see them at first. They were a little subdued. But the seven I’ve got have...