JESSIEVILLE – Like Dustin Hoffman slamming the hood of a Manhattan taxi in “Midnight Cowboy,” one expects a Jessieville High girls’ basketball player to exclaim: “I’m walkin’ here! I’m walkin’ here!”

That must have been a pleasing sight for coach Matt Carter this week, three starters from either or both of his first two Jessieville seasons no longer in a cast or knee brace.

The Lady Lions finished 28-4 last year with juniors Jessica Fetters and Sarah White recovering from ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) tears and one other starter (more about her later) playing at less...

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