Cowboys gain more depth

    Head Coach Chad Hartley started off with eight players for an Edna Cowboy basketball team at the end of October, but gained nine players after football season ending just last week for a total of 17 players, enough to make a Junior Varsity team.
    Now he has eight seniors, three juniors and two sophomores.
    Hartley said sports in general teaches young men to work hard to achieve their goals, and how to work with others. "I have my game plans ready, I'm just taking the season one game at a time," he said. "We work on the basic skills daily because you can never practice them enough."
    The Edna Cowboys have some depth this year. Hartley said he is returning most of his team from last year, and he hopes the success of this year's football team will carry over into the basketball season.
    "The sky is the limit for this year's team. If we take care of business then we should be somewhere near the top in district play," he said. "As for other teams Industrial has their District MVP from last year and Hallettsville is always competitive and good. Them and Rice have a new coach this year.
    "Bottom line is we need to take care of our business and come out and play as a team and we will see how it goes. I'm looking forward to this year," Hartley said.
    Travis Farquhar said the team has been working with what they have until the football players join them, which should be Nov. 23. “We don’t have many players that aren’t in football, so we are limited, but I can’t complain about the effort we have.
    “Football players always bring in the physical part of our team,” Farquhar continued. “They bring some extra toughness and are coming in about three weeks earlier than last year so we will have that extra time to work together.
    “I have a feeling things are going to get off to a great start.”