Can volleyball condition a player for basketball?
Well, it has worked for Miles Chamberlain at Madison Memorial, but Tre Burnette — impressive as a middle blocker last season — has elected to focus on basketball this fall and did not go out for volleyball. Across town, meanwhile, we’ll see what volleyball does for another familiar basketball name — Nimrod Hilliard IV, the Madison East point guard out for the first time as a middle blocker for the Purgolders.