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Throwing a cross-court bounce
Looking to pass is freshman Nick pass is sophomore T.J. McAndrew.
Dean. Passing proved an effecti ve During fast-breaks cross court
way to break down defense and get passes often got th e open pia yer an
open shots at th e rim . photo by Annie easy lay-up. photo by Kelli
Lorsbach McMahon

Running up the Court

By Seth Luther

The basketball sea- Dave Bacon said. that is a tough challenge tor
son brought tun and excite- The freshman team teams on any level to over-
ment along with a few new had no coaching changes but come."
faces. as always the team had to The season , how-
Both Junior Varsity deal with new players, which ever, was not all about play-
and sophomore teams had new could be difficult even with an ing games. It involved lots of
coaches with Dave Bacon as experienced coach. hard work and determ inatio n,
theJV coach , and Curt Schulte Despite the struggles not to mention lots of time .
as the sophomore coach. Both of playing tor a new coach, "The main challenge
teams had their ups and downs, the teams still managed to fo- of the season was the two-a-
but remained positive. cus mainly on performing well day practices, and stay ing
"The most difficult on the court. healthy. its easy to get sick and
was getting the younger play- "We had a few games run down with pract ice twice a
Freshman A.J . Anderson shoots from down low. When ers to make the adjustment to where everyone on the roster day," said JV player Aaron
players got under th e basket it was a good opportunity to
score and draw fouls. photo by Annie Lorsbach playing the quicker paced JV scored, and that demon- Aizenberg.
style basketball. It is a big dif- strated excellent teamwork and Even though playe rs
ference from the freshman and showed great team pride," were fatigued , they didn't let
sophomore teams.The guys freshman coach Darrel Parks that stand in the way. They
·are all bigger, stronger and said. "The only trouble spot met their challenges head-
taster," junior varsity coach we had was team defense, but on .

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