With a new year comes new hopes and goals for the girls basketball team. This year the girls have been able to beat teams that the program has not been able to beat in a couple years. This has been very inspiring to the girls because this motivates them to work harder every game. If these girls keep up this same energy they will be on the road to state.

With a new season with new players there comes a lot of good things. Junior Allie Swindell says, “The best part of our season was beating Bishop Lynch for the first time in seven years.” To be able to go to Bishop Lynch and beat them for the first time in seven years is a huge accomplishment. These girls should be so proud of themselves. With these types of wins comes things that you should strive for. Senior Londyn Oliphant says, “my goal this year is to win a state championship.” Winning a state championship is one of the most popular goals of a high school student athlete. Everyone wants to be the best in the state and should strive to achieve this accomplishment.

When someone plays a team sport, there are many things that the team improves on. Junior Kamryn Corley says, “I think we have improved on our defense and our communication. Not only the communication on the court but also off the court.” Having good communication as a team is such a key part when playing. This allows people to trust each other and not have to question what to do. Allie says, “I think as a team we have improved on our defense and press that leads to teams turning over the ball.” Everyone knows that defense wins games, so it is important to be strong in your defense. While it is important to improve as a team, it is also important to improve as an individual. Londyn says, “It’s important for me to be a consistent communicator and leader with my teammates.” When you work on the things that you can improve on it makes it better for your team.

The girls basketball team is very excited to go deeper into the season. They cannot wait for the competition they will be facing in the district and how it will challenge them. All the games leading up to state are just stepping stones to get them to the top. The road to state starts now.