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I am fairly confident that the Birds will have Kowolonek and Grote back in the starting lineup today and these guys only led the team in scoring last year as Juniors. Kowolonek played for the Shining Stars this past summer and they won the Kentucky State AAU title and later advanced pretty far at Nationals while he was a top scorer for them as well. George Grote was a key player for the KY Firebirds who advanced deep into the AAU National Div 2 tourney. Tyler Grubbs the big 6'7 280lb Center might still be in Texas for another week visiting his moms but he also was part of that KY Firebird team. Other noteworthy players are Stephen Gordon and Zach Lother the guards (Firebird team members) and Benny Watson the 6'3 PF who can mix it up. Jack Stewart the 6'6 Jr Center may be filling in for Grubbs and he played with the NKY Bulldog team that did very well in the KY State AAU tourney. Throw in Corey Dill (Firebirds) the 6'4 200lb do it all guy who scraps for loose balls, knocks down open Jumpers and can handle the rock and you have a very good SR laden squad.