By Matt Browning
For five years, Nickerson’s Garrett Crossman has played with the same group of players. He is excited for one last ride.
“I’m mostly excited to play my last season with the same teammates I’ve had since seventh grade, and seeing how much we have improved as individuals and as a team,” Crossman said. “I’m also excited to play this season and make sure I leave it all on the court.”
Crossman has been dedicated to improving his game all summer and fall.
“I’ve been getting in the gym as much as I can, going to summer weights, playing summer basketball and joining a fall league playing a game every Sunday for six weeks,” Crossman said. “Staying after school and getting shots up and playing some games with my teammates as well.”
Aside from improving as a player, Crossman also recognized he needed to be a better athlete, too.
“One area I’ve wanted to improve on is just my physical size and build,” Crossman said. “The summer weights program and staying in the weight room during the school year have helped me improve a lot.”
There are two goals, one individual and one team, that Crossman would like to achieve.
Some of my goals for myself this season is to earn first team all-league,” Crossman said. “Some goals as a team is to make sure that we play every game our hardest and go farther than the first round of sub-state.”
