Coming off an appearance in a Class 1A regional championship game, the Salt Fork Storm must replace a number of their top players from a season ago. The co-op, consisting of Catlin and (Sidell) Jamaica, finished 23-5 last season. The Storm fell in the regional title game to (Hume) Shiloh. Of their five losses all season, two were to Shiloh (their first and last loss).

Brittany Hoag (5'6" Sr. Guard) is the lone starter back for Salt Fork. "Great defensive player, runs the floor very well, leading scorer in the regional championship game last year," coach David Ellars said. Newcomers that will crack the lineup are, Tingley Jones (5'8" Sr. Post), Heather Baker (6'0" Jr. Post), Maddison Strutsman (5'6" Jr. Guard), and Megan McCord (5'8" Jr. Guard/Post). Strutsman is dangerous from the outside, and made it to the sectionals of the three-point shooting contest a year ago.

Salt Fork finished 10-2 last year in the Vermillion County Conference, taking second place. "Our goal is to compete for the conference title every year," Ellars said. The Storm look to be competitive outside of the conference as well. "We have a very competitive schedule. We have added 2A and 3A teams to our schedule. We play in the (Champaign) St. Thomas More Thanksgiving Tournament and in the Bismarck-Henning tournament over Christmas. Our goal is to win the Vermillion County Conference and (conference) tournament."

David Ellars is in his second year as head coach at Salt Fork. He served as an assistant coach at Tolono Unity for ten seasons.

Jamaica has a very succesful resume in girl's basketball, with a pair of state final appearances. The team took second place in Class A in 1979-80. That team finished 23-2 under coach Mary Hannig. They had seven regional championships during the 1990's, including a trip to the Elite Eight (1994-95), and also a sectional championship (1993-94). Dawn Eakle coached the team from 1992-93 through 1995-96, picking up 105 wins against only 11 losses in those four seasons.