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Dribbli ng pas t her opponent is JV player Becca
Estee. Estee was th e leading scorer in many games
and helped her team have a successful season. JUMPING
photo by Kerry Morton
Shooting for a freethrow is sophomore player Katie
Larkin. Larkin said that the key to the team's
successful season was teamwork. photo by Emily FORTHED
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By: Sara Quinnette
Teamwork, motivation and en- Players also knew that games
couragement were focuses of the girls JV, could not always go smoothly and learn ed
sophomore and freshman basketball to try their best, no matter what the out-
teams as they strived to make the season come.
a successful one. "The key to success was not
The freshman, who were divided giving up. Even though we almost always
into either an A orB team, made it a point struggled in the first half, we came back
to support one another at games. and played our hardest in the second,"
"One of the high points of the sophomore JV player Jolene Nichols
season was that both the A and the B said . ·
teams tried to have a good spirit towards Teams also had to overcome
the other team," freshman player Amy difficulties that they may not have ex-
Stading said. pected, like weather problems.
Freshman player Brenda " When the snow would melt, the
Caverhill said that motivating practices roof above the practice gym leaked, so
when the team worked together well were we had to create a fastbreak, press and
helpful. pressbreak, that would work against the
"They made us better as a team in 6 to 1 0 extra opponents. The buckets
game situations, because we knew how collected the drips," freshman coach
each other played," Caverhill said. Mindy Reed said.
Plain and simple teamwork proved Having a successful season also
to be important for winning on the sopho- depended on the coaches, who tried to
more team. help players become their best.
"When it comes to a game, the "We always try to play hard, work
team works well together and everything together to improve, and have fun. If we
about our playing just seems to click," can do that, it's hopefully been worth their
sophomore player Katie Larkin said. time," JV coach Terry Theilen said.

Freshman Girls Basketball: front- Julie Gunderson, Ashley Shreve, Kerry Farrell,
Larisa Worobeck, Brenda Caverhill , Sarah Weber, Amy Stading, Megan Mueller;
back row- Coach Mi ndy Reed, Jodi Krogmann, Kara Kopecky, Maggie Sinclair,
Sarah Johnson, Katie Braunger, Lisa Kuhn, Katie Parys, Coach Maureen Morrison
photo by Jack Martin Photography

Trying to make a pass whi le being blocked by a
Central opponent is freshman player Brenda Caverhill.
Both the fre shman A and B teams played Central and
both teams won. photo by Anne Stanner