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It only seems fitting that the high school basketball team plans an up-tempo style this season.

That's because the Braves have gotten the 2022-23 hoops campaign off to a running start thanks to logging nearly 80 off-season games.

"It's a group that got to be together a ton in the off-season," head coach and athletics director C.J. Woods told the Weekly News. "When you get to be with a group that you enjoy being with, every day we get to play basketball is exciting."

Building camaraderie before preseason workouts tipped off Nov. 14 was especially important since the roster has gone through a...