Coach Jesse Foster doesn’t want to lose another basketball game.
At 4-6 thus far on the year, it seems like Dadeville might be struggling. However, with most of the Tigers’ season spent playing teams from upper classifications, Foster thinks his team is more than prepared to hunker down to face the test that is area play, because they have shown they can compete against everyone.
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