Lions Roar to Heights Not Seen in 84 Years

There can be little debate about who is the clear choice as this week’s Fayette County Athletes of the Week – it’s the members of the Fayetteville boys basketball team in a landslide.

No county boys team has ever won a state basketball title. But winners of 14 in a row, these sharp-shooting, relentless- on-defense Lions (now

31-6 overall this season) have qualified for the state title basketball game for the first time since the state runner-up 1942 Fayetteville Lions.

2026 Fayetteville Lions Players

# Player Name Class Height Position 0 Enoch Loafman Jr. 6’0” G

1 Mason Fenhaus Sr. 5’10” PG

2 Kole Schmitt Sr. 6’0” G

3 Kasen Kocian Sr. 5’11” G

4 Jack Schley Sr. 6’2” P

5 Tyler Kolenovsky So. 5’8” G

10 Luke Beseda Jr. 6’1” P

12 Kandon Kaspar So. 6’0” P

13 Cole Jurecka Sr. 6’1” F

14 Aiden Milentz So. 5’10” G

24 Dylan Henneke So. 5’10” G