Conestoga senior guard Brendan Syer is committed to Wilkes. (Photo: Josh Verlin/CoBL)
By Joseph Santoliquito
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(Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of our 2023-24 season preview coverage. The complete list of schools previewed thus far can be found here.)
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This time last year, no one knew what to expect from the Conestoga boys’ basketball team. Most of all the Pioneers. Sean Forcine was hired late in the summer to take over as the Pioneers’ new coach, replacing the highly respected Mike Troy, who stepped down after 16 years. It left everyone in the awkward spot of learning about each other on the brink of a new season. Forcine had limited time to find out what player combinations worked, while installing a different style of play and smoothing out the wrinkles of a new offense and defense. His players had to absorb on the go what Forcine’s vision was.
It translated into an un-Conestoga like 11-12 overall ending, a 6-10 record and eighth-place finish in the Central League, the No. 24 seed—and last berth—in the PIAA District 1 Class 6A playoffs and an early 48-38 first-round ouster to No. 9 seed Methacton.
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