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GLASGOW — New Glasgow coach Jeff Hall isn’t asking for a grace period in his first season helming the Scotties.
The former Louisville standout, who won the 1986 national championship under Denny Crum, freely states his desire to start collecting trophies at Glasgow - everything from District 15 crowns to All-A Classic state championships to Region 4 titles.
And he thinks his first Scottie squad - whose experienced returnees have been boosted by the addition of Hall’s son, Cameron - is built for winning.
“Expectations are somewhat high,” Jeff Hall says.
Glasgow returns seven players who earned significant playing time under former coach John Tinsley, who guided the Scotties to a 16-13 record and an appearance in the Region 4 Tournament a year ago.
But it’s newcomer Cameron Hall, a junior point guard, who might have the biggest influence on Glasgow’s fortunes.
The 6-foot Hall is a potential collegiate player and was among the state’s scoring leaders last season as a sophomore at Fairview, near Ashland.
Cameron Hall averaged more than 21 points a game for Fairview a year ago, but Jeff Hall isn’t sure his son will need to be quite so productive at Glasgow.
“His role here will probably change a little bit in that we probably have better scorers here around him, as opposed to only having two pretty solid scorers around him up at Fairview,” Jeff Hall says. “That’s in no way knocking Fairview ... (but) he was looked upon as a scoring point. Here I think overall we’ve got more kids that offensively can play well, which is going to take some of the pressure off him. He’ll be more of a true point guard here.”
Cameron Hall joins experienced Glasgow returnees including senior guard Craig Mosier, senior forward Jordan York, junior forward Cody Edwards, junior guard Dean Glass, junior forward Andrew Wade and sophomore centers Michael Bradley and Kerrington Bradley.
It’s a veteran group that Jeff Hall thinks will be consistently deep - a strength that plays into the coach’s desire to play fast.
“I want a little more up-tempo (style),” Jeff Hall says. “We want to take good shots, we want to take the uncontested shots, but we want to push the ball up the floor, and we want the kids to understand that just because you push the ball, not every shot is a good shot.
“We definitely want to get to a point where we can use our depth.”





