The Newton basketball team fell just a few games shy of completing a number of its goals from the 2011-12 season under first-year coach Nick Wilkins.

Although three of the key players from that team have since moved on, Wilkins and this year’s players aren’t at all willing to let that get in the way of their goals for the new season.

“Pretty similar to last year, we just want to come out and compete every night,” Newton coach Nick Wilkins said. “We know, and everyone in he conference, know we lost the bulk of our scoring, but we have kids with varsity experience and younger kids stepping up, so I don’t anticipate us dropping off at all.”