Depleted Warriors finish boys hoops season 6-21, 1-9 in league

Fallbrook High School’s boys basketball team won its Avocado West League opener before losing its final nine games and finishing with a 6-21 overall record along with the 1-9 league figure.

The turning point of the season, according to Fallbrook coach John Kroeger, was a 48-hour period when injuries and illness took away four of Fallbrook’s varsity players who had a combined average of 36 points per game. “It completely changed the way we played,” Kroeger said.

The task fell on Fallbrook’s remaining players to salvage the season. “The guys that went down, they knew who they were, what they wer...