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The Eastland Cougars are not following the typical script of small school basketball teams. They don't really have five starters with a few on the bench. No, their bench needs a few extra chairs.

"You saw how many kids we have," said head coach Nicole Brinker. "And they're all about the same. So, I tell them to go out there and give me everything you've got for two minutes, then we send out more. IF we can keep that up, I don't know how many teams will be able to handle it."

Monday night in Lanark, the Lena-Winslow Panthers – who are destined to be a power this season – found out firs...