BERLIN- If Tuesday’s scrimmage against Indian River is any indication, Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity basketball team is deep but fairly untested as they embark on the 2018-2019 campaign.
Gone from last year’s regional championship team are several key starters including All-Everything Kevon Voyles and most of the nucleus, but the Seahawks still feature a handful of players with lots of experience and talent, starting with 6’10” center Churchill Bounds in the middle.
Bounds logged serious playing time on Decatur’s back-to-back regional championship teams largely as a role player. Last year, he was emerging as a future star for the Seahawks before a late season injury curtailed his playing time down the stretch. Against Indian River on Tuesday, a healthy and apparently rejuvenated Bounds was the featured focal point of the Decatur offense as the Seahawks cruised in the otherwise meaningless scrimmage.
However, Bounds is far from the center of attention for the Seahawks. Drew Haueisen, a transfer from county rival Snow Hill, appears to be a great addition for the Seahawks and logged quality playing time on Tuesday against Indian River. The Seahawks will also feature center Gabe Aluma, a space-eater in the middle who logged plenty of quality playing time on last year’s regional title team.
In addition, senior Brett Berquist is back along with Antonio and Anterio Collins and junior varsity call-ups Theo Hobbs and Jalen Planter. Decatur will also feature Seahawk football standouts Devin Waters and London Drummond, along with Trey Briddell, Matthew Brown, Trae Bunting, and Evan Kinsey. The Seahawks officially open the season next Thursday at home against Queen Anne’s, followed by another home game against county rival Pocomoke.
