Boys basketball season preview: West Salem and its returning cast look to be the early favorites in the Central Valley Conference

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While the Central Valley Conference doesn’t perhaps possess a surefire contender for a deep playoff run, the conference should, at the very least, be one of the closer races to monitor.

It was the West Salem Titans capturing the conference a year ago. They return the conference Player of the Year in Jackson Leach, but lose two all-conference first team members to graduation. While they’re the likely favorites, the conference’s coaches agree that several teams have the requisite talent to shoot for the No. 1 spot.

Here’s a preview of the Central Valley Conference with teams listed in alphabetical order:

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