Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1999, Page 94

Description:	Varsity Girls BasketballCHALLENGESby Amanda RitchieDuring Difficult Schedulebythe NUMBERSLi8360PikeFranklin CentralThem586750Terre Haute South8849Sevmour61654554Bloomington NorthCenter GroveMartinsville42536115New Albany56536962AvonSouthportLawrence Central45665654Columbus North4446Decatur Central548Columbus East452Ben Davis664254Jennings CountyBedford56160PertT Meridian546061EdgewoodTerre Haute North676749Sectional: Columbus North56lone rangerLynn Freeman was the onlyfreshman on an 80 percentupperclassman team.Even though the pressure ison being the youngest on thecourt, I liked it. You always had agood excuse whenever you madea mistake, although you shouldntuse it. Really, it helped to havegreat seniors, and everyone elsewas really nice to me, Freemansaid.down timeThe team felt disappointedwhen they did not make it out ofthe first round of Sectional becausethey had hoped to playMartinsville in the second round.The seniors were really upsetthat they didnt get a chance toplay Martinsville in Sectional. Wereally wanted to beat them thisyear, and we lost to them in theregular season, sophomoreStephanie Waterford said.early birdsFor extra practice, teamVarsity GirlsBasketball(8-13)KIRKWOOD PHOTO LABFront Row: Manager Amber Seibel. Meghan Bass.Laura Blackwell. Laura Blevins, Ashley Armstrong.Manager Kristin Nelson. Second Row: LynnFreeman, Liza Prall, Vanessa Higgins. StephanieWaterford. Back Row: Crystal Cook. Amy Hueston.members went to open gym in thesummer and morning practicesessions during the season.Wed come in during mid-season and lift weights at 6:30 a.m.[to] get that part of practice over sowe could play real basketball in theafternoon, junior Amy Huestonsaid.^^^^^^^^teamtiesThe fact that most of the teammembers had been playingtogether for several years enhancedthe teams chemistry.I think we played togetherbetter this year than ever before.We were all friends on and off thecourt, and we had a lot of goodsenior leadership, senior MeghanBass said.gettin groovyTeam members prepared forgames in the locker room with aserious pep talk and prayer, as wellas lighthearted dancing.Laura Blackwell would alwaysdance to Whoomp! There It Is toget us to relax and pump up forgames, junior Crystal Cook said.O>£?flI0FLaura Blevins aggressivelyguards her Perry Meridian opponent whileher teammates, sophomore StephanieWaterford, junior Crystal Cook andALYSSA HOUZEfreshman Lynn Freeman back her up.Blevins was the leading scorer for theteam during the season, averaging 19points per game.J \ Spread Design by\|94l sports\ ^Jordan Garner and Anshu Kalhan
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