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pass is
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fresh man
tributed tlJ1 the teams' success.
player Lauren
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Gardels.
Outsmarting
Sophomc
defense was
part of being
H eat~
successful , as
Robe
the freshman
post so ~
team won passes to t
by Mary Peterson agai nst Marian teammate c
by 20 points. get an ea
"Musty the Mus- said . show off their strengths. The freshmen shot in t
lane. T
tang," a toy horse who Practi ce made per- "Our defense was what won teams ended sop home
with
neighed when touched, sat fect, though. "As the season our games; we were able to outstanding team had
records: the
on the sidelines ofJV games went on, we became more stop teams by flu stering "A" team was undefeat
seasc
to bring the girl s good lu ck. aggressive by going after the th em so they couldn't run 20-1 , and "B" winning
The JV girls ball more and taking more their offe nses like they team was 7-1. games. phc
by En
photo by Becky
d e p e nde d shots," sophomore pl ayer wanted to," Adams said . Anderson Matts
"We became more aggressive on"Musty." Cara Gille said. Teams couldn't
When he This improvement just win by themselves,
by going after the ball more was fo rgot- led to many victori ous though. The coaching staff
ten on an games. "The last game also had a hand in the girl s'
and taking more shots." away game again st Millard South was success. "She [Coach
to Lincoln the best because we beat Luenenborg] encouraged us
Northeast, them by one point in over- to pl ay as a team and if we
the team lost. time," sophomore pl ayer did our best, we'd stand out
Howevel', the toy Sarah Roth said. by executing pl ays as we'd
mustang's presence didn't "Our main focus practiced th em," freshman
always assure a win for the was not having an unde- pl ayer Taylor Kurtz said .
JV team. "At the Burke feated season, but working As a ru le, team-
game, we were throwing the to win the game we were work was wh at guaranteed
ball away and making bad preparing for," Gille said. win s. "They reall y under-
shots. It made the practi ces This attitude worked in the stood the importance of
tougher and made us want sophomore team's favor; teamwork ; thi s ability was
to beat th e next team we th ey stood undefeated. what made them so success-
played, and we did," junior By winning ti ght ful ," freshman coach Kelly
JV player Heather Adams games, teams were abl e to Luenenborg said .•

After getting a Freshman
fast break, player Jennifo
junior Kristin Parkyns
McCorm ick pauses befor
JV Basketball: front-Sally McConau ghy, Am y Hugunin, Kri stin McCorm ick, Betsy Hoefer, rushes down shooting a IrE
Sara Prech t; back-coach Terry Theilen, Jessica Anderson, Kath eri ne Brady, Heather the cou rt wi th throw as
Ad ams, Alicia Allen, Brooke Bauer photo by Jack Martin Photography her opponent teammate
close on her Jessica Bulle
heels. MN looks on .
went on to win Staying calm
aginst Central, and
35-28. photo concent rati n~
by Erika on the ball
Mattson were key
factors in
making the
shot. photo I
Sports Erika Mattso,