One of the more interesting things to come out of my postgame chat with Osseo-Fairchild coach Matt Korger was his comment when asked how he'd handle being in control of the Western Cloverbelt Conference.
The Chieftains beat Eau Claire Regis, 50-36, on Thursday night to improve to 6-0 overall and 4-0 in conference, one game ahead of Altoona and two ahead of Regis. While it isn't an insurmountable lead by any stretch of the imagination, you'd have to figure either Altoona or Regis will have to play flawless ball down the stretch to unseat Osseo-Fairchild.
"I’ve never really been in this spot before," said Korger, who was the Osseo-Fairchild boys JV coach last year and replaced Tony Calo as the girls varsity coach this season. "The girls have in the past two years. I’ll let them lead the way for me. You always worry about being complacent, but there’s no doubt that Altoona is going to be gunning for us and we still have to go to Regis, too, and Augusta gave us a good game. So it’s definitely not over."
Katey Wrobel, a 6-foot junior who scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds against Regis, seemed confident the team wasn't acting like it was over.
"We’ll see," she said. "We could lose tomorrow or we could lose next week. We’ll just have to keep playing hard."
Osseo-Fairchild should get a nice test at the La Crosse Logan tournament next week before returning to conference play after the new year.
— John Casper Jr.
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