Girls basketball look to continue success
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November 16, 2009
Evan Luse
The hoops have been lowered, the nets have been hung and the Nike’s have been laced– it’s time for girls basketball. With the first game of the season looming at the end of this month, the squad looks to continue the success achieved last season. The Knights have big shoes to fill, coming off a 20-3 season last year and an OHSAA Sectional Championship.
The squad will lose three main contributors from last season in NCL MVP Rachel Tecca, 1st Team NCL Nikki D’Amico and 2nd Team NCL Brittany Brown. But despite these losses, head coach Tracy Miller feels the team will not miss a beat.
“We are losing three great players from last year,” Miller said. “But our goals remain the same– to win the NCL and make a deep run in the tournament.”
Last season, the team went undefeated in the NCL and won its fourth consecutive league championship. Along the way, the squad strung together a school record 17 consecutive wins. With last season’s success behind them, the girls will turn to the leadership of returning players to guide them to success.
“Krissy Sokol, Taneka Lewis and Emily Orsini will be leaders for us on and off the court,” Miller said.
Certainly one of the biggest challenges to be faced is an issue with physical size. The team will be undersized compared to previous years, but Sokol feels that they can overcome this obstacle by adapting a new style of play.
“We are by no means a big team so we will have to out run teams that are bigger,” Sokol said.
Over the weekend, the girls looked strong in a scrimmage against Manchester, winning two of three quarters.
The team will tangle with North Canton Hoover this Saturday at 10 AM at Hoover High School.
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