and his Bulldogs were still undefeated entering this week’s games. The Bulldogs were 8-0 entering their meeting Tuesday night with visiting Polo and looking to match the program’s best start since 2013-14, when Hardin-Central started 9-0 and went on to finish 21-6 – the second of three straight 20-win seasons. “Being 8-0 feels great, but we still have a lot of season left,” Hoeper stated Tuesday afternoon via email. “This is only the beginning of a special year with this group of kids. We just need to continue to stay together throughout the season.” Those eight wins included a 66-44 Dec. 15 road win over Northwestern of Mendon. Kameron Pugh and Brody Fifer led the Bulldogs to the victory with 19 and 13 points, respectively. Hardin-Central kept an eight- to 10-point cushion the first half, Hoeper stated. “The second half, we built our lead to 20 and it stayed there most of the third and the whole fourth quarter,” he wrote. “We played hard and ran the floor the best I’ve seen this…