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РІР‚СљYes, we have some returning starters РІР‚вЂњ Minchoff, Pleban, Martinelli РІР‚вЂњ weРІР‚в„ўre sophomore dominated,РІР‚Сњ Fritz points out.Р”ВonРІР‚в„ўt overlook junior Kerrigan Digris, who got her feet wet at guard last season and role player Alysha Nunez.

A pair of tested sophomores in rangy Carly Minchoff and Frankie Martinelli. Thereafter, the greenery is evident and the experience level stars to rise with junior guard Ashley Pleban. Taylor Walsh is the lone senior at forward. Hoops is in his DNA.Р”В«rutto didnРІР‚в„ўt tap the well out, just look at the foursome of returnees, letter winners if you will. So much so, that he not only will steer the ship for the Fillies, but maintain his role as an assistant to Patton.Р”Р„ newcomer here, but a veteran coach from tutoring under the great Cy and Bob FultonРІР‚в„ўs (his father-in-law), who he served under, and Ed Titus, former mentor at Tamaqua. РІР‚СљWhen the situation presented itself, with Paul (Brutto) stepping down, I thought it would be an opportunity to step in and really help the program, in a positive light,РІР‚Сњ he said.РІР‚СњI looked at as a really big challenge for myself, to create some excitement again for the (girlsРІР‚в„ў) program.РІР‚Сњ

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So Fritz knows how to draw up the Xs and Os. And it is not his first gig as a head coach he led the Lehighton and Jim Thorpe programs. РІР‚СљIРІР‚в„ўll be honest, I really had no aspirations to become a head coach (again),РІР‚Сњ Fritz dead-panned.Р”Р„fter all, he said, he was enjoying his role as an assistant to John РІР‚СљThe GeneralРІР‚Сњ Patton on the boysРІР‚в„ў side. For sure, there is no grayness in the background. When the call came to Fritz to take over the program, he was stunned, honored and humbled to get the opportunity to take the so called РІР‚Сљhot-seat.РІР‚Сњ Great competitors love the heat, so Fritz just smiles, looks over his initial group of ladies, and sees a lot of rainbows in the sky. One can sense his approach is calmer, more of an even-keel in-touch with todayРІР‚в„ўs athletes. A program that has produced Division I players, 2,000-thousand-point scorers, all-state performers and successful people beyond high school.Р”Р‡ritz is the direct opposite of the Brutto, and yes, the Tolan eras. The outsider will be watching, but Fritz is the man that has been dubbed heir apparent to this tradition-rich program. But when you have a basketball junkie, a gym rat who eats, sleeps and dreams about basketball and succeeding, you arenРІР‚в„ўt getting a bargain basement throw-away.Р”Вamian Fritz is the new guy on duty. Those standards will be tough to live up to. You win league championships, district titles and state gold medals, what else can one accomplish? Thirty-plus years of steering the Fillies, Brutto has decided to depart. Paul Brutto, the iconic, revered coach, who maintained a level of success established by the late Elsie Tolan on Marian Catholic High School, has passed the baton.

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