This past fall Walled Lake Western drew a lot of attention on the football field for both good and bad reasons with its run to the Division 2 state semifinals and a hazing scandal as well.
This winter, look for the Warriors to make some headlines as well with what could be the most intriguing basketball team it's had in years.
Western has a new head coach in Ra'Redding Murray, a former coach at Detroit Crockett who led that school to the state's final four and coached former Michigan State standout Maurice Ager.
Murray will have some talented transfers coming in, led by 6-10 Serbian center Miroslav Jaksic, one of the top junior prospects in the state who played last year in Canada. The Warriors also will have one of the area's top freshman in Jalin Gardner and a solid point guard in Korey Wade.
Western isn't known traditionally as a basketball school, but there should be a lot of excitement around the Warriors program this winter.