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Published on: 1/15/2002
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A year ago, Independence coach Mick Wilson guided Sterling to a 10-18 record, the best at the school in eight years.This season his 6-8 Pirates pulled off the shocker of the young Jayhawk Community College Conference season when they beat Johnson County, last year's NJCAA Division II champion, 66-47 just more than a week ago.
So how do players in the JCCC compare to those in the KCAC?
"I'd say 60 to 70 percent of the players in the Jayhawk (Conference) could start for KCAC teams," Wilson said."While the maturity level is better in the KCAC, there's a higher level of play in the jucos.Hey, you're dealing with some (NCAA) Division I talent in the Jayhawk."
Barton County, Butler County, Hutchinson, Johnson County and Coffeyville may be grabbing the headlines, but quietly and efficiently Fort Scott has removed its name from the pushover list in the Jayhawk Community College Conference.
Brette Tanner, the 26-year-old, second-year coach at Fort Scott is proving to be one of the brightest young coaches in the JCCC.