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Girls basketball is underway, and the boys season will start soon. Catch up on area teams here.

Just how special Elyria last season?

Imagine just starting a promising high school basketball career and going down with a serious knee injury.

Most teams enter a season looking to go one step further than they went the previous year.

Whether it's practice or a game, Elyria Catholic's 6-foot-4 senior forward brings nonstop energy to the court. And the more energy he brings, the more his teammates get energized and feed it right back to him.

From the time they were in the fifth grade, Lorain seniors DeAvion Moye, Zay Everson, Julian Daniels and Aven Kielian have had a basketball in their hands and been by each other's sides through victories, defeats, challenges accepted and obstacles overcome.

When Nolan Waechter and Jayden Nazario first put on their Brookside uniforms as freshmen they were joining a program that was decades removed from its last league title and had won less than 20 games combined over the previous four seasons.

The Patriots don't have much basketball experience in general, let alone high-level postseason experience, and its starting lineup looks almost entirely different than it did a year ago.

Avon quarterback Nolan Good is in the running to become the first Mr. Football from Lorain County.

Avon quarterback Nolan Good is in the running to become the first Mr. Football from Lorain County.