Girls Basketball Preview: Athletic Cougars could be a surprise in the Northern League

There will be quite a few new faces on the Cougars’ varsity bench this season, so head girls basketball coach Terri Ward will be relying on a time-tested strategy to get Niwot back to the top of the Northern League.

“We’re just going to have to bust it playing defense,” Ward said of the 2018-19 team, which is returning just a handful of varsity players from last year’s roster. “Whether we’re match...