The target was on the back of the Columbus High School boys basketball team from the day Luther Riley was hired.
When you have won five state championships, including a Grand Slam title, at Jackson Provine High, you're accustomed to playing at the state's highest level.
That's why when Riley was hired in May he didn't shy away from expectations of leading the Falcons to a championship in the state's highest classification, Class 6A.
It didn't matter that Columbus had zero boys basketball stat
Adam Minichino is the former Sports Editor for The Commercial Dispatch.
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