Monday’s losses to Braymer and Stewartsville/Osborn in summer-league play at Lawson provided Hardin-Central varsity boys basketball coach August Hoeper with additional reminders that his Bulldogs are undergoing a learning curve. As Hoeper pointed out shortly after the two games, the program lost four players in May to graduation, three of whom started last season. Those graduates – Denver Douglas, Jesse Doyle, Drew Hawkins and Kameron Pugh – led Hardin-Central to a 17-10 season and the Class 1 District 13 title game, where they lost to Braymer. With those roster losses, Hardin-Central’s summer lineup includes three first-time starters, according to Hoeper: Kaden McGinnis and Gage Smith, both of whom will be juniors this fall; and Sam Barnett, who’ll be a sophomore. “It’s just hard coming back ... (in) the summer rebuilding with the younger guys that I’m starting,” Hoeper said. Barnett, McGinnis, Smith and their teammates opened Monday against Braymer, last season’s Class 1 state…