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Freshman Molly Jeffries
N ew teammates, new op- credited their success to the
ponents, new drills and
new coaches. All of these were fri end ships that were already in
thrown at the freshmen girl s place. "Some of us had played
teams this year. The shift from together before, and we all just
middle school to high school clicked."
sports was eased by all of the These girl s were presented
preseason work put in by each with a very exciting opportunity
girl and coach. With new coach this year. Since there was no
J.J. Smith and new assistant reserve team, the freshmen A
coach Paul Markley, the transi- team was given all of the games
ti on went very smoothly because that the reserve team would have
every player on the team had.
cooperated The
together. chance to
Every compete
day at '' with hi gher
practi ce, It was way more com- level teams
all 18 girl s petitive this year, and helped the
worked freshmen
hard to we definately played grow and
learn harder teams who were become
something much better competition better play-
new and for us. ers.
continue "(The
to develop -Rachael Gosch, 9 games)
her skill s. were in-
Practi ces tense, but
were dif- '' we learned
fe rent from a lot," Jef-
those the fri es said.
girl s had in years past, and the Although the girl s didn't
amount of time spent condition- match up with these teams in
ing was the most significant age, they exceded the opponents
di fference. in the drive to succeed.
Freshman Hannah Swanson After all of the hard work
said , "there was a lot more run- that the freshmen girl s put into
ning." this season, positive results were
The hard work paid off for generously awarded to them.
these focused atheletes, and they Their experiences added up to
completed the season with only be a beautifully smooth transi-
a single loss. tion.

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