 The Shelby Valley Wildcats are looking to return to district contender status tonight We take you to Robinson Creek in the huddle with the Shelby Valley Wildcats Wildcats are entering their second year under head coach Anthony Hampton last year The Wildcats went just three and eight the coaching staff worked hard with their young team putting extra time and effort into getting ready for this season Coach Hampton wants to instill a winning tradition with his teams for years to come Just kind of build the program itself and not just have a good team here and there We've spent a lot of days in the weight room trying to avoid injury and getting things ready for the season Well, I mean you got to put on the strength if you ain't got strength I mean you're gonna you're gonna be outmanned every time But we just we bust our tails and not in the offseason. We've left them weights. I mean We come down here and put in work. We've we're still putting in work today. I mean We're just getting ready for the season. This is possibly the most grueling offseason. We've really had I've been through We bust our tail in the offseason, you know up top running in the white room this year The Wildcats do have a young roster on paper But coach Hampton and his team believe there is no disadvantage to that and are striving to win the district title The one thing I tell the kids and they understand is we will not make an excuse We may be young but we'll not make that a crutch when I make an excuse We will do our job and people will step up as long as I'm here The one thing will always strive for minimum as a district championship. There's no excuse being young That's no excuse. We're still expected just as much as the next guy High goals. We just we just want to win as a team play as one unit. We just want to be one unit It's no I it's we I would like to win a district championship because I think we can if you got young guys playing a lot That means you're gonna have a lot of experience once they get a little older So I mean if you have a lot of experience players out on the field It's basically like having coaches on the field So I mean players like that can lead you really far in the playoffs I would like to win a district title and make a deep run in the playoffs Main goal is make it to the district and then make a good run in the playoffs and when we get there It's just one game at a time See how the valley is a great community of great people good hard-working people and just good moral people We're gonna play for you guys. We're we're gonna give it everything we got and we'd like to have your all support We'll try to put our best product out there for you guys and we'd like to have your support Just come out support us. You know we need it you come out more We'll give the best show we can for y'all reporting in Pikeville for EKB sports. I'm Logan sales