by Mat George |

At the end of the 2010-2011 school year, four starters on the basketball team graduated.  With eight of the top nine scorers gone, the girls team basically had to start from scratch.  The team went 21-7 last year and with so many of the players gone from last year, there is a lot of talk about how the girls are going to do this season.
“I think it’s going to be a good season because we have more basketball players than athletes,” senior Delaney Kiely said.  “This year the players’ main sport is basketball, so there’s a lot more basketball knowledge.”
However, with a new year come new challenges.
“There’s a tough schedule and not having very much height can make every single game a fight,” junior Alex Neely said.
With last year’s senior class gone, a new freshman class has stepped up to the plate, bringing with them new strengths.
“We have a very good shooting team this season and a bunch of girls that play and compete really hard,” coach Mike Morley said.
Basketball is one of those sports that people can start at a very young age.
“I’ve been playing since second grade.  A lot of us girls are really close with each other,” sophomore Taylor Wetzel said.
With the numbers of people who left, some players have to step up as leaders.
“We have had a great senior class step up this year so far and set the example of how things are supposed to be at practice.  Delaney Kiely, Mackenzie Kern, Savannah Scott and Megan Schoenberger have done a tremendous job in the early part of our season and I fully expect them to continue leading this group all year,” Morley said.