This is a new season for the Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs' boys basketball program as they look to gain improvement this season under head coach Jason McLaughlin.

One senior is entering his fourth varsity season, and the other will be playing in his third at the same level. With a soon to-be combined seven seasons at the top level in high school basketball, the duo of Tyler Davidson and Wesley Pierson will be looked upon as the leaders of the 2011-12 Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs as the season is set to begin.

The upcoming season for the Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustangs will feature not only their third head coach in as many years, but this season will feature former standout Whitney Lewis at the helm, leading the Lady Mustangs for the first time as a head varsity coach.

The upcoming season for the Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustangs will feature not only their third head coach in as many years, but this season will feature former standout Whitney Lewis at the helm, leading the Lady Mustangs for the first time as a head varsity coach.

The senior duo of Brooke Hertlein and Karen Hilt are the two lone seniors for the 2011-12 Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustangs' girls basketball program … and they are happy and proud to be the ones who will lead the Lady Mustangs this season.

For the second season in a row the Hillsboro Lady Indians will be under the direction of head coach JR Moberly and this year, following one year in his system, Hillsboro looks to continue their improvement from this offseason into the regular season.

For the second season in a row the Hillsboro Lady Indians will be under the direction of head coach JR Moberly and this year, following one year in his system, Hillsboro looks to continue their improvement from this offseason into the regular season.

This group of Hillsboro girls basketball seniors not only want to have an improved season, but want to be a part of the rebuilding of the Lady Indian program that has seen struggles the past few seasons.

New leaders, defending a league title and a new coach. Those are just some of the storylines that the 2011-12 Hillsboro Indians are staring at as the season inches closer.

Tyrand Cumberland and Chase Gilliland have been playing the game of basketball since they were in elementary school, playing on the same teams, and last season as juniors they were a part of the first South Central Ohio League boys basketball championship in nearly 20 years at Hillsboro.

The Fairfield Lions are rebuilding from a successful season last year as they reached the district finals, bringing in four new starters to this season's squad as they look to repeat or even surpass that feat once again.

The Fairfield Lions are rebuilding from a successful season last year as they reached the district finals, bringing in four new starters to this season's squad as they look to repeat or even surpass that feat once again.

This season, the four Fairfield seniors will not only be playing for themselves and their overall success, but will be playing with a heavy heart as they will be playing for the memory of one of their own in Stephen "Peanut" Barcus, as he passed away this past summer.

If any team is enduring a rebuilding year, learning year or a year where a team can be described as a “young team,” then it is the 2011-12 Fairfield Lady Lions.

The four sophomores on the Fairfield Lady Lions girls basketball team are a part of a unique situation entering the 2011-12 high school basketball  season. The group of Heather Cox, Shelby Smithson, Cynnamon Sova-Davy and Courtney Hodson will have to grow up in a hurry as they are the upperclassmen on the team.