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Pumping the reserve girls team up during halftime is Coach Donn
Would you rather foul out or miss
an easy lay-up for your team?
Foul Out---U-11 J..H11 1 (12)
Lay-up ---U111 11 (8)
Kasner. He made sure to keep it positive as well as giving the girls
critical pointers they could improve on. photo by Megan Duell
Freshman Ash leigh McKeehan dribbles down the court. She kept her
non-dribbling hand up to shield her opponent away from her.
photo by Megan Duell
Freshman and Reserve girls
f to a strong
basketball players ball it up.
pages by Michaela Brown s ta rt
Girls freshmen and reserve basketball The bus rides to the away games was a
dominated on the court against their common favorite for both teams. They
opponents, but they always tried to find shared many memories of singing songs to
time to joke around. their coaches.
The reserve girl s finished the season The freshman team often found them-
with a record of 11-2. Nevertheless, the selves joking around at practice (only after
girl s didn't feel they were succeeding in the they had been previously working to perfect
beginning. their plays.) Despite this, they were unde-
"We had one loss against Millard West feated. The freshmen A team's record was
and another (in overtime) against Omaha 18-0 and the B team 8-0.
Skutt. We went up hill from there," fresh- "There were girls constantly moving up
man Sarah Pierson said. to the A team and down to the B team. Even
The reserve girls managed to pull though we all got along really well, it was
through the rough start. While trying to extremely competitive in that respect,"
overcome this two-in-a-row defeat, they
freshman Kelli Sicner said.
strengthened their connections among each The reserve and freshman girls teams
other. quickly adapted to each other's style of play.
"Most of us were already friends off the Short periods of time during practices and
court. We just adopted the incoming the bus rides were always a fun time to relax
freshman," sophomore Brenda Brassill and goof off, but when game time rolled
said . around, both teams were ready to compete.
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