LAMOILLE — First-year head coach Dick Gross has spent the opening two weeks of practice of the 2012-13 basketball season with the LaMoille/Ohio Lady Lions, implementing his program and coaching philosophies.

The first item of business has been to get the girls into shape for the new season, which tips off Monday at the Princeton Holiday Tournament.

“Conditioning was the big thing I wanted to focus on because usually in years past, we weren’t in very good shape. We did drills, and we ran but seemed like about the third quarter, they ran out of gas,” Gross said. “That’s been the focus, doing the drills, running, more drills. I think we just introduced our plays (Wednesday).”