2020-21 Previews: Coon Rapids-Bayard, CB Jefferson, CB Lincoln

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Coon Rapids-Bayard Crusaders</strong> 4-18 last year 37.0 points scored, 47.7 points against 9 returning players</p> Four key returning starters are back for Coon Rapids-Bayard, including leading scorers Alaya Betts and [player_tooltip player_id="63626" first="Brynn" last="Bass"]. The two scored 195 and 194 points respectively, with Bass doing it from deep with 17 made three-pointers. Betts shot nearly 35 percent from the field and over 70 percent from the free throw line. Senior Alexa Culbertson had a team-high 173 rebounds, with Bass adding 98 boards, 50 assists and 46 steals. Betts and Mia Leighty also had over 100 rebounds, with Leighty making a team-high 25 triples. <p style="text-align: left;">Notable returners:</p> <p style="text-align: left;">Alaya Betts - 8.9 PPG, 7.1 RPG [player_tooltip player_id="63626" first="Brynn" last="Bass"] - 8.8 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 2.3 APG, 2.1 SPG Alexa Culbertson - 7.5 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 1.2 BPG Mia Leighty - 5.1 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 1.6 APG, 1.0 SPG</p> &nbsp; <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Council Bluffs Jefferson Yellow Jackets</strong> 7-15 last year 40.3 points scored, 47.6 points against 6 returning players</p> A large senior class led Council Bluffs Jefferson last year. The Yellow Jackets will look to the likes of [player_tooltip player_id="131214" first="Hannah" last="Belt"], Samara Alcarez and Natalie Clark to replace that experience. Belt scored 95 points with 54 rebounds, 29 steals and 10 assists, shooting 45 percent from the three-point line. Alcarez made nine starts as a freshman and played in all 22 games. As a collective team last year, Council Bluffs Jefferson made 109 three-pointers and recorded 278 steals. <p style="text-align: left;">Notable returners:</p> <p style="text-align: left;">[player_tooltip player_id="131214" first="Hannah" last="Belt"] - 5.6 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 1.7 SPG Samara Alcarez - 1.1 PPG, 1.8 RPG Lexi Smith - 1.5 PPG</p> &nbsp; <hr /> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Council Bluffs Lincoln Lynx</strong> 16-7 last year 52.4 points scored, 44.8 points against 9 returning players</p> Council Bluffs Lincoln was a win away from reaching the Class 5A state tournament last winter, falling to Johnston in a regional championship. The Lynx won 16 games and were runners-up in the Missouri River Conference to Sioux City Heelan, which would claim a state title in 3A. Several key members of that roster, though, have graduated. Council Bluffs Lincoln will lean on [player_tooltip player_id="165011" first="Jillian" last="Shanks"] and [player_tooltip player_id="164996" first="Kayla" last="Schleifman"], who are two returning starters. Shanks scored 248 points with 61 rebounds, 52 assists, 42 steals and 13 blocks, making a team-high 38 three-pointers. Schleifman added 170 points and a team-leading 150 rebounds with 42 blocks, 39 assists and 37 steals. <p style="text-align: left;">Notable returners:</p> <p style="text-align: left;">[player_tooltip player_id="165011" first="Jillian" last="Shanks"] - 11.8 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 2.5 APG, 2.0 SPG [player_tooltip player_id="164996" first="Kayla" last="Schleifman"] - 7.4 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 1.7 APG, 1.8 BPG, 1.6 SPG Baylie Girres - 4.9 PPG, 5.0 RPG</p> &nbsp; <hr /> <p style="text-align: left;"></p>