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Whatcom Preps Podcast Episode 398 - 2025 Girls Basketball Preview · Whatcom Preps Podcast

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  Speaker 1: This is for a new senior, Julia Fox, and you're
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  Speaker 1: listening to the girls' basketball preview on the Walkam Preps
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  Speaker 1: podcast with Tyler Anderson. It's a matter of pride. Greetings,
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  Speaker 1: and welcome to the Walkham Preps Podcast. This is episode
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  Speaker 1: three hundred and ninety eight, the twenty twenty five girls
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  Speaker 1: basketball preview. Holy cow, we are shifting gears to the
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  Speaker 1: winter season and I'm going to be talking about all
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  Speaker 1: eleven girls' basketball teams here and what to expect. Not
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  Speaker 1: a huge senior class last season, so a lot of
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  Speaker 1: the same names are returning, so really really excited for
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  Speaker 1: this season. Got to give a thank you to Ferndale's
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  Speaker 1: senior Julia Fox for the intro. What a great player
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  Speaker 1: she's been over the years. Now a senior, hard to believe.
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  Speaker 1: Excited to go to some games and maybe hear her
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  Speaker 1: sing the national anthem again. She's pretty darn good at it.
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  Speaker 1: So thank you very much at Julia Fox. Uh yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's I'm really really excited for this one. This is
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  Speaker 1: gonna be this is gonna be a lot of fun
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  Speaker 1: and we're gonna get going here. Frida. I want to
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  Speaker 1: really huge if you want to continue to see high
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  Speaker 1: Gadget Island or San Juan County and want to become
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  Speaker 1: to your community and ensure our youth have an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to compete in athletics. Go to nwofficials dot com today
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  Speaker 1: and find out how you can get involved. It's a huge,
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  Speaker 1: huge need, and so we need those We need those
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  Speaker 1: bodies out there and running around and staying in shape.
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  Speaker 1: And you get to get the best seat in the house.
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  Speaker 1: So let's get right into it here. We're gonna go
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  Speaker 1: in chronic or not chronological. How we're gonna go in
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  Speaker 1: chronologic order. Let's go in alphabetical order for each high
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  Speaker 1: school team. So We're gonna start off with the Bellingham BayHawks.
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  Speaker 1: Last season went six and fifteen under new head coach
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  Speaker 1: dru McFall in his first year. Boy, he was a
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  Speaker 1: heck of a player out of Bellingham not too long ago. Actually,
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  Speaker 1: he was still playing when walkin Preps was was doing
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  Speaker 1: its thing, so I wasn't covering a ton of basketball
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  Speaker 1: back then. I would go to a game every once
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  Speaker 1: in a while just to kind of, you know, get
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  Speaker 1: back into the swing of things here and there. And
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  Speaker 1: I do remember him having a heck of a game
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  Speaker 1: at home against Mount Baker. I remember that game very
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  Speaker 1: very well. So so he's gonna as his first year.
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  Speaker 1: A couple of big losses Maliah Hanks, Jenny Ruano, a
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  Speaker 1: couple of guards from lasts team that have graduated, but
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  Speaker 1: there are some good players returning. The top returners you
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  Speaker 1: can start off with junior forward Merritt Jensen. She averaged
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  Speaker 1: eight point three points per game, six point eight rebounds
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  Speaker 1: per game, and one point six steals per game, so
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  Speaker 1: good overall player, leading score and rebounder last year. She
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  Speaker 1: She's great at finishing under the hoop with either hand.
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  Speaker 1: You know, she started from day one as a freshman
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  Speaker 1: now a junior, so they'll be looking to her down
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  Speaker 1: low quite a bit. Also, senior forward Mary Lockhart returns.
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  Speaker 1: She averaged six point eight points per game, four and
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  Speaker 1: a half rebounds a game, and half a block per
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  Speaker 1: game last year. She's a weapon all over on both
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  Speaker 1: sides of the floor. Offensively defensively, good moves in the
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  Speaker 1: in the post, about five foot eleven, can finish under
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  Speaker 1: the rim, good free throw shooter, so you know she
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  Speaker 1: will be heavily relied upon as well. Her and Merit
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  Speaker 1: together down low provide a pretty good one two punch
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  Speaker 1: in the in the paint. And then on the outside
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  Speaker 1: will be senior guard Avery Manning. She had she scored
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  Speaker 1: one point six points per game, two point three rebounds
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  Speaker 1: per game, and had one point three steals per game
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  Speaker 1: last year. She returns the most varsity experience on the
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  Speaker 1: on the perimeter. She's been playing varsity for a long
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  Speaker 1: long time. Really good defender, gets after it, not afraid
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  Speaker 1: to go after the loose ball, all those kinds of things,
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  Speaker 1: kind of the stuff that you really need for your
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  Speaker 1: team to be successful. And then a couple other players
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  Speaker 1: that I'm really excited about are a Lease Holland and
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  Speaker 1: Lucy holland a couple of sophomores. They got some varsity
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  Speaker 1: playing time late in the year. Last year they each
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  Speaker 1: averaged a little over three points per game. A couple
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  Speaker 1: of guards that can shoot it, can dribble, handle the ball,
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  Speaker 1: and distribute. So they did get a little bit of
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  Speaker 1: varsity playing time last year, which I think was really
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  Speaker 1: good good. I think they both run cross country, so
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  Speaker 1: you know that they have the endurance to run, you know,
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  Speaker 1: up and down the court a lot, and they're gonna
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  Speaker 1: be very vital to the success to this year's team.
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  Speaker 1: After that, it's a lot. It's a bunch of new
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  Speaker 1: players that have never played well. I mean, Ashley asked
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  Speaker 1: she she played quite a bit last year. She she's
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  Speaker 1: a senior as well. But after that, not a lot
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  Speaker 1: of varsity experience. In fact, I don't think any varsity experience.
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  Speaker 1: Uh So they're gonna bring up They're gonna have some
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  Speaker 1: underclassmen on the bench and filling out roles. And when
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  Speaker 1: it's those kinds of players that I've never seen, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know anything about them. So I'm really excited to
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  Speaker 1: see what they got going on. Drew McFall, first year
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  Speaker 1: head coach, Best of luck to him. It's gonna be
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  Speaker 1: a tough way. It's a really, really tough league, but
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  Speaker 1: you've got some really key, you know, big time players
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  Speaker 1: that you can rely on, and then you go go
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  Speaker 1: from there and and uh, you know, everybody's hopes are
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  Speaker 1: high in the beginning of the season. So that's really
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  Speaker 1: really cool. We move on to the blame border rights.
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  Speaker 1: Last season finished four and fifteen. New head coach this
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  Speaker 1: year is Sean Miller. Know him pretty well from covering
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  Speaker 1: fast Pitch over the years. This is his first year
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  Speaker 1: as the girls basketball coach. They lost Brice Smith to
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  Speaker 1: graduation last year and Courtney Roff, who was a backup
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  Speaker 1: point guard last year, is not playing this year. She's
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  Speaker 1: focusing on fast pitch. So those are the two main
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  Speaker 1: players from last year that will not be with the
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  Speaker 1: team this year. So they return a lot of players
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  Speaker 1: with varsity experience. The only thing is that for the
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  Speaker 1: ninety percent of them, last year was their first year
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  Speaker 1: of playing varsity basketball and playing basketball you know as
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  Speaker 1: a whole in a long time. But we're gonna start off.
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  Speaker 1: They got a lot of returning players here that have
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  Speaker 1: done some good things. So we're gonna start with junior
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  Speaker 1: guard Kate Kureski, a really physical athlete, strong, quick, determined,
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  Speaker 1: really really, how do I put I? Just just a competitor,
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  Speaker 1: like just hates to lose. Is gonna fight for everything
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  Speaker 1: that she can get. She last year's seven point three
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  Speaker 1: points per game, three point nine rebounds per game, two
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  Speaker 1: point one steals per game, and one point eight assists
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  Speaker 1: per game. So a great overall player. She can play
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  Speaker 1: down low, she can she can handle the ball, great defender,
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  Speaker 1: so she will be kind of that that key part
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  Speaker 1: of this border right attack and then down low is
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  Speaker 1: senior forward, a lee of bowman. Last year, it's had
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  Speaker 1: that horrible ankle injury uh in that play in game
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  Speaker 1: going to districts, and you know she had to miss
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  Speaker 1: a chunk of the fast pitch season for that. Was
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  Speaker 1: able to come back, but she's gonna kind of take
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  Speaker 1: that brief Smith role of you know, banging down low.
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  Speaker 1: She averaged six point two points per game, five and
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  Speaker 1: a half rebounds a game, two and a half steals
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  Speaker 1: a game in last year, So she's gonna be, you know,
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  Speaker 1: doing a lot of the the dirty work down low
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  Speaker 1: this year probably. And then you have seen her guard
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  Speaker 1: Brieta Sandel, really good shooter, almost four points a game
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  Speaker 1: last year, three and a half rebounds a game, two
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  Speaker 1: point two steals per game. She made seventeen to three
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  Speaker 1: pointers last year. You know, she'll be she'll be, you know,
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  Speaker 1: relied upon to hit the outside shot and be a
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  Speaker 1: big time defender on the on the perimeter. Really quick
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  Speaker 1: soccer player. Yeah, just now now a senior, so you know,
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  Speaker 1: and she's not afraid to you know, get into it
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  Speaker 1: and and wrestle for the loose ball and stuff like that,
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  Speaker 1: which is great to see. Next up is junior guard
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  Speaker 1: Marcella Brings. She averaged almost three points a game last year,
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  Speaker 1: four point two rebounds per game, one and a half steals,
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  Speaker 1: one and a half assist per game. Kind of the
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  Speaker 1: kind of your classic three and D player. He's gonna
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  Speaker 1: spot up and hit the hit the elbow threes. She
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  Speaker 1: likes to use the glass a lot. It is not
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  Speaker 1: an accident when she does. She works on that shot
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  Speaker 1: is even from three point range, gets a lot of rebounds. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: You know, is is the one on the floor who's
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  Speaker 1: kind of coaching on the floor, directing traffic, kind of
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  Speaker 1: putting everybody in the right spot. She's the only player
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  Speaker 1: on this team that's coming into it with a third
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  Speaker 1: year of varsity experience. So uh, that's a huge, huge deal.
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  Speaker 1: They need her on the floor constantly and she gets
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  Speaker 1: that team going. Also, senior forward Masa Pulse a little
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  Speaker 1: over one point and rebound per game last year, just
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  Speaker 1: adds really good height and athleticism. She's about five nine maybe,
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  Speaker 1: so that'll help down though. Kind of the same thing
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  Speaker 1: with b Dixon soccer player, good athlete, a little a
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  Speaker 1: little over one point a game, almost two rebounds per game,
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  Speaker 1: over one steal per game last year. You know, she's
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  Speaker 1: about five to eight long wing span, she can you know,
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  Speaker 1: tip balls on defense, and she can shoot a little
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  Speaker 1: bit on the outside as well. And then freshman forward
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  Speaker 1: Hailey Cruz, who actually played the little bit last year
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  Speaker 1: as an eighth grader. She got ten points and eight
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  Speaker 1: rebounds last year in limited action as an eighth grader.
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  Speaker 1: So now as an actual high schooler, she'll probably start
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  Speaker 1: in the post, and she brings good size as well.
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  Speaker 1: Another volleyball player. So those are the key returners for
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  Speaker 1: the for the Blain Border Rights, it's gonna be, it's
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  Speaker 1: gonna be. It's such a tough league. Even especially in
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  Speaker 1: the one A. You know, picking up wins will be
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  Speaker 1: will be really really tough. But at least all these
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  Speaker 1: players now have a year of varsity experience, Marcella, you know,
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  Speaker 1: with two full ones now, so you know, it's gonna be,
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  Speaker 1: like I said, it's gonna be an uphill climb for
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  Speaker 1: the Border Rights this year. But they have a good
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  Speaker 1: nucleus of athletes, and there's also other players that are
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  Speaker 1: gonna be uh suiting up for the first time that
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  Speaker 1: can give them some minutes as well. So that is
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  Speaker 1: the Blaine Border Rights. We're gonna go to the Ferndale
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  Speaker 1: Golden Eagles last year went ten and ten on the year.
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  Speaker 1: Head coaches Terry Yoast. She's in her seventh year she went.
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  Speaker 1: She's gone sixty three and fifty six. That's her career
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  Speaker 1: win loss record. You know, they only Isabella Vargas was
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  Speaker 1: the you know, a player they lost from this past
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  Speaker 1: year they graduated. He was kind of the only one
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  Speaker 1: that had a decent amount of minutes that they lost.
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  Speaker 1: So they return almost more than any other team in
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  Speaker 1: Wakin County. We're gonna start off with senior forward Jillia Fox,
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  Speaker 1: who gave us the intro. Last year a great, great year.
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  Speaker 1: She averaged fourteen point one points a game, over nine
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  Speaker 1: rebounds a game, over one assist per game, over two
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  Speaker 1: steals per game, and almost a block per game. So
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  Speaker 1: she's a player about five foot ten inside outside game,
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  Speaker 1: gets a ton of rebounds, goes to the line a lot,
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  Speaker 1: makes her foul shots. Yeah, she's just she's one of
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  Speaker 1: those players that she's gonna be surrounded by a lot
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  Speaker 1: of guards and so she'll be doing a lot of
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  Speaker 1: a lot of the rebounding, a lot of the dirty
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  Speaker 1: work down low. But that is not a problem for her.
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  Speaker 1: She's so polished as a player and really excited to
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  Speaker 1: see what she does here for her senior year. Abby
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  Speaker 1: White is another kind of guard forward combo. She's a
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  Speaker 1: senior as well, averaged nine and a half points a game,
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  Speaker 1: four rebounds a game, over one assist per game, over
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  Speaker 1: two steals per game. Last year, she hit twenty seven
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  Speaker 1: to three pointers. That's kind of her big big thing
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  Speaker 1: is she can get hot from the outside, and she
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  Speaker 1: can hit four or five in a game and all
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  Speaker 1: of a sudden, you blink and she's having a huge game.
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  Speaker 1: She did that a few times last year. Expecting a
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  Speaker 1: lot of the same thing this year. Kind of the
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  Speaker 1: same deal with senior guard Kayla Washington, another player with
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  Speaker 1: a lot of varsity experience. She hit twenty four to
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  Speaker 1: threes last year. She's very good at handling the ball.
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  Speaker 1: Eight and a half points per game, two point seven
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  Speaker 1: rebounds per game, two point six assists per game, and
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  Speaker 1: also two steals per game, very very good at the
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  Speaker 1: free throw line. About a seventy per sent foul shooter.
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  Speaker 1: So when the game gets, you know, down to the
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  Speaker 1: nitty gritty, they're gonna go to her. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: if the other team is intentionally fouling, they're probably gonna
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  Speaker 1: try to get the ball into Kayla Washington because she
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  Speaker 1: because they know she can knock down those foul shots.
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  Speaker 1: Just another great overall athlete, you know, another soccer player.
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  Speaker 1: I've been doing this on the basketball team for a
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  Speaker 1: long long time. Also, junior guard Brooklyn Larrabee came out
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  Speaker 1: last year after not playing her freshman year and had
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  Speaker 1: a really good year. Eight point two points per game,
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  Speaker 1: over four rebounds per game, almost four a sis per game,
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  Speaker 1: and a staggering five point eight steals per game. That
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  Speaker 1: is her game defense, you know, Manda Man defense. She
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  Speaker 1: will lock you down, has an abundance of energy, never
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  Speaker 1: gets tired, and she just she is really good at
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  Speaker 1: picking your pocket and then going down and laying it up.
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  Speaker 1: And that's that. You know, if you want to play
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  Speaker 1: against that Ferndale team, she's gonna lock on to your
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  Speaker 1: main person. So, uh, what a great, great player. So
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  Speaker 1: glad that that that she's returning to keep playing. Obviously
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  Speaker 1: obviously as standout volleyball player, but I love that she's
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  Speaker 1: still playing basketball. Kayla Lee is a junior forward, the
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  Speaker 1: big you know, the main cross country runner for for
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  Speaker 1: the Ferndale High School goal Golden Eagles. Two and a
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  Speaker 1: half points per game, almost two rebounds a game. She
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  Speaker 1: had over one and uh, I'm sorry, over one assists
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  Speaker 1: and steel per game as well. Uh, you know, does
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  Speaker 1: a lot of the you know, as kind of that
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  Speaker 1: fifth starter, does a lot of the stuff that does
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  Speaker 1: not get recognized in the in the box score, running around,
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  Speaker 1: setting screens, playing good defense, can do all that really
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  Speaker 1: really well, and then coming off the bench. I really
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  Speaker 1: like junior guard Kenzie Dawson, the defensive player. She can
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  Speaker 1: shoot it from the outside. Another soccer player with a
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  Speaker 1: lot of energy and Ari Gildey, who's a sophomore forward
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  Speaker 1: who averaged almost three rebounds a game last year, unlimited
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  Speaker 1: action almost to steal per game as well, and she
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  Speaker 1: can shoot it from the outside too, So I think
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  Speaker 1: that the team will be a little deeper than usual.
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  Speaker 1: There are like and like usual, there are more players
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  Speaker 1: that I just haven't seen at the varsity level yet,
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  Speaker 1: so really excited to see a few of them, especially
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  Speaker 1: Mia Collins. What a great soccer player she is, so
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  Speaker 1: I'm really curious how I mean, I don't know anything
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  Speaker 1: about her basketball, you know, abilities, so I don't know
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  Speaker 1: if the soccer will translate to basketball. I really hope
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  Speaker 1: it does because that will give another added weapon. As
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  Speaker 1: I'm recording this, I'm actually going to be going tonight
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  Speaker 1: to see Ferndale versus See Homs. So as I'm recording this,
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  Speaker 1: I haven't seen a game of Ferndale's yet, but I
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  Speaker 1: will see them tonight. Of course, this podcast will probably
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  Speaker 1: come out the next morning, so you know, that's how
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  Speaker 1: that works out. So Ferndale Golden Eagles, I think will
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  Speaker 1: be a much improved team. I think there will be
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  Speaker 1: a threat in the three A for the district playoffs,
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  Speaker 1: it's kind of everything coming together right now. I think
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  Speaker 1: this group has kind of looked to each other and
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  Speaker 1: said this will be the year, and now we're here.
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  Speaker 1: So expect some really big things out of the Golden Eagles.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking of expecting big things, how about the Lummy Nation Blackhawks.
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  Speaker 1: Last year went twenty three and five. The head coach
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  Speaker 1: is David James. He kind of took over as the
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  Speaker 1: interim last year halfway through the season. He is the
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  Speaker 1: full time head coach now. Really really like coach James
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  Speaker 1: a lot, you know, gotten to know him and just
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  Speaker 1: just a happy dude. And he's got a really really
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  Speaker 1: good team to work with. Last year, a few players
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  Speaker 1: that graduated, Robin Jones, Graciella Lopez. They also lost Cashlyn
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  Speaker 1: Mack who had to move back up to Canada. She
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  Speaker 1: was a really really good player that fit into that
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  Speaker 1: scheme that they have with you know, basically five guards
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  Speaker 1: running around. They can all shoot, they can all play
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  Speaker 1: that you know, attacking defense, and she was a great, great,
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  Speaker 1: you know, fit for that team. She has now relocated
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  Speaker 1: back up to Canada, so they will be without her,
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  Speaker 1: but they bring back a lot of talent. Start off
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  Speaker 1: with senior forward Alina Reebang fifteen point seven points per game,
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  Speaker 1: almost seven rebounds a game, one and a half assists
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  Speaker 1: per game, and three point seven steals per game, and
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  Speaker 1: she hit forty two threes. We're talking one of the
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  Speaker 1: best overall players in Waukam County. Can do a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of everything. About five foot six, maybe maybe maybe
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  Speaker 1: five foot seven, so, but plays like a guard. And
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  Speaker 1: boy when she you know, against a lot of these
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  Speaker 1: one B schools, they just don't know how to handle her.
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: She can really go off and score in bunches. Speaking
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: of scoring in bunches, how about Gemma James, the junior guard.
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: Nearly fourteen points per game last year, almost five rebounds,
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: three and a half assists, four point three steals, and
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: she hit forty six threes. This is a big time
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: player now just a junior. She's already surpassed over a
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: thousand career points and she's probably gonna get to two thousand.
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: She's just a great, great player, fearless, and she is
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: just just the basketball IQ is just is so high.
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: You could just when you're watching her, she looks completely
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: different than everybody else on the floor. It's like she
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: can see things before they can happen, and that's really
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: beneficial for her teammates. Also, senior guard Brianna Mattiba eight
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: and a half points per game, four point three rebounds
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: to assist, and another four point three steals per game.
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: She also hit twenty two to three pointers. She can
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: finish with either hand at the hoop. Those left handed
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: runners are such they're so fun to watch. She's so
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: good at those, even from about ten to twelve feet out,
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: and she even hit a left handed kind of a
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: left handed runner as a game winning three pointer last
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: year in a holiday tournament game. Just you know, it's
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: just so fun to watch her. Another player that really
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: gets after it, especially defensively, and always smiling on the court.
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: And I and I just love that. You could tell
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: they have so much fun. And this is a team
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: that has a big time reason to smile this upcoming
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: year because I think they can make a deep, deep run.
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: Other players that will that will make a big impact.
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: Sophomore forward Laria Dennis. She started all last year as
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: a freshman two point seven points per game, a little
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: over four rebounds per game as well almost to steal
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: and then half a block per game. She's only about
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: five six She's playing against a lot taller competition usually,
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: but she's she's becoming a lot more confident. She's a
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: really good shooter from the corners, and you know that's
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: that could be a good thing, especially when like Jen
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: James and Matiba are driving to the hoop and they
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: can kick it out to her. That's gonna be really good. Also,
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: sophomore forwards so less ten James two and a half
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: points per game, a little over four rebounds as well,
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: almost a steal in half a block, so very very
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: similar stats to Laria Dennis. She usually comes off the
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: bench and plays in the post. She's about five to
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: nine five ten, so the tallest player on the team.
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: It's nice to have that coming off the bench and
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: provide some height, some rebounding, some blocking, and a soft
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: touch around the rim. So I'm expecting huge things from
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: lem Nation this year. They also have an eighth grader
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: that will contribute quite a bit, and so I'm excited
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: to see how she molds into the team once her
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: junior high season is finished. So great, great team. Again,
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: I think you can look at this year being this
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: could be a big year for them to make a
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: deep playoff run. They went twenty three and five last year,
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: so and every turn a lot of their main players.
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: So I think Lemon Nation will have a big, big
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: year ahead of them, and I think they will dominate
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: their conference and then see how they do through districts
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: and it's staked. So good luck to the Blackhawks. Uh.
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: Speaking of domination, how about the Linden Lions. Last year
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: an undefeated twenty eight and zer year head coach Rob
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: Adams in his nineteenth year as a head coach, three
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: hundred and thirty three wins to just one hundred and
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: thirty six losses. This is his sixteenth year with the
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: Linden Lions. Hard to believe that they only had two
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: seniors on last year's undefeated team, Keiki York and Melanie Anderson,
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: both really good defensive players and so they will be
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: tough to replace. But boy, they return a lot of firepower.
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: You gotta start off with junior guard Finley Parcher, twenty one,
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: over twenty one points a game last year, seven and
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: a half rebounds a game, two and a half a
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: sis per game, over three and a half steals per game,
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: and she hit thirty seven threes. She is the best
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: player in the Northwest Conference without a doubt, and one
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: of the best players in the entire state. She can
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: do everything. You know, standing six feet tall that can
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: handle the ball. She is unbelievable. I you know, there
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: are certain players that come around every once in a
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: while and you're just really thankful that you're able to
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: witness them in person, and she's one of those players.
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: Another one of those kind of players is senior forward
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: Peyton Mills. I mean, another player that's over a thousand
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: career points already, average fifteen points for game last year
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: and nine rebounds to assist, one and a half, steals,
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: shit twenty one threes. You know, such a great inside
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: post player with tremendous touch. I mean I'm talking. It's
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: just it's so feathery, just so soft with the with
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: the touch with their shot, nothing is forced, uses the
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: glass really really well, has a great touch from the outside.
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: I remember the first game I actually watched her play,
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: she scored thirty points and I was like, who is this?
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: And I learned pretty quickly who she is. I mean,
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: she is tremendous and that one two punch with her
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: and Finley is is outrageous. Junior guard Lexi hermanuts six
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: and six and a half points a game, two and
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: a half rebounds a game, almost three assists per game,
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: three steals over a block per game, and she hit
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: twenty threes. She is probably the most underrated defensive player
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: that I've seen. She is a tremendous defensive player and
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: she'll probably take that role kind of the Keky York
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: had defensively, where she will guard the top player. Last year,
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: she guarded a lot of point guards and blocked a
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: lot of shots even at the three point line. You know,
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: with long wingspan, very athletic, five foot eleven, just a
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: just a tremendous overall player. Uh. Senior forward Ryan Stephen,
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: we saw what she did on the on the volleyball
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: court as they won a state title. Almost five points
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: a game, three rebounds of game to assist, and won
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: steal per game. Six foot one, she can finish at
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: the hoop, she can shoot it from the outside, great
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: foul shooter. Uh. You know this this team just has
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: there's no break in it. I mean, it is a
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: star after star. Diggy Bowler is a senior guard. She
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: averaged almost five points per game coming off the bench.
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: Last year. She had twenty four threes. She might she
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: might end up starting this year. It's hard to say.
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: I don't know who that fifth starter is gonna be
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: that's going to replace Keky York in the starting lineup.
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: Could be could be Diggy. But she was so good
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: coming off the bench that we'll just have to see
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: other great players that came off the bench last year. Jewels, Slayton,
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: isy Stefan, Reese Nihoff, Rylana Newcomb. All of them come
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: off and and and come off screens and hit threes
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: and play great defense. Jeweles, Slayton and rolanda newcomer. You know,
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: they're both very very athletic players that can grab, steal
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: and go hit it, you know, get the uh grab
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: steel and then finished on the other end and then
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: you can hit three, especially from the elbows. Rest Nihop
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: is very much the same way. Gets you know, she
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: can get in there and get rebounds, played good defense.
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: Isy Stefan is is the kind of backup point guard.
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: But great height. I mean she's grown another few inches
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: so she's close to that six feet mark right now.
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: One and a half points a game last year, two
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: rebounds a game, and then they have a good player
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: I'm really curious about is six foot four sophomore center
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: Emily Dykstra. Played a little bit of varsity last year.
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: She did some swimming this past year in the fall.
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: I'm really excited to see kind of how they use her,
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: you know, sparingly here and there, you know, and how
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: how skilled is she at this point in her career? Again,
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: what a what a luxury to have a six foot
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: four sophomore in girls basketball. You don't see that too often.
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: So Linn and then looks loaded once again. I expect
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: another big time deep run. They have won a ton
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: of games in a row at this point. I don't
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: know the exact number. I think it's in the fifties
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: and I don't see that number ending anytime soon. So
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: the Linden Lines are probably your your front runners in
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: the two way for another for a third straight state championship.
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: Good luck to Rob Adams and his staff and his team.
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: It's a tremendous team. It's a great one. We're gonna
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: go to the Linden Christian Links now, another tremendous team.
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: Last year went twenty three and four. Head coaches Brady
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: Bomber in, I can't believe this is twelfth the year
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: already two hundred and fifty one wins to just thirty
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: four losses. That is an incredible winning percentage, one of
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: the best in the state all time. And I just
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: I love his calming presence. He is so determined and
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: to the point, and what a great coach and he
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: just never gets to you high are too low. Just
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: a tremendous coach and it's just a tremendous person. He's
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: helping me out a ton now the athletic director, and
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: it's it's great to be able to lean on him
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: on certain things that I need and he's just been
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: a He's just been tremendous for me personally. So thank
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: you very much Coach Bomber for that. They lose a
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: lot of players, for you know, this is a team
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: that I expect a lot from this year, but they
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: they're the team that loses the most. I would say,
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: Allison Shoemate, you know, Daniel Diikstra, Lissa Scott, we're all
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: seniors last year, as were Mac Tweeter and Grace Heinz,
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: but they were injured the entire year. But all five
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: were seniors last year and this year, Kaylee Ewn and
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: Courtney Tolzma did not turn out, so they had first
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: experience last year and they didn't turn out. So there's
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: a lot of openings here. But there's so much returning talent.
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: You know, start off with Ella Fritz, who you know,
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: I watched the first game of the year. This just
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: happened last night as I'm recording this, and boy, she
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: was in mid season four and twenty six points hit.
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: She's so good at that mid range jumper where she
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: just kind of she's just dribbling and then she just
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: jumps out of nowhere from about fifteen feet and she's
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: so good with that shot. Even if it hits the rim,
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: it tends to go in with that soft shooter's touch.
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: But she could do a lot of other things too.
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: Over four rebounds of game, three assists per game, almost
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: two steals per game, and she hit fifteen threes last year.
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: She was two of two in game one, so you know,
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: just a great, great start of the season. Also, sophomore
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: guard Tyradichster, who last year as a freshman was such
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: a great spot up shooter eight points per game. She
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: hit forty three threes last year, also averaged two rebounds,
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: assists and steals per game, So not just a shooter.
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: She can do a lot of other things. And I
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: think she'll be relied upon a little more heavily this
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: year to be more of a playmaker and do different things,
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: but still being able to hit that outside shot, which
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: she'll have no problem doing. Art Estella Hernandez. Is she
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: a junior or senior? See now I'm questioning myself because
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: it seems like she's been playing forever. But I'm pretty sure, man,
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: is she just a junior? Is that right? I am?
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: I looking at this right. It's that would be crazy
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: if she is. But but she's got another great, great
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: touch from the outside. She had thirty threes last year,
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: and and she's averaged almost six points a game, almost
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: two rebounds a game, over to assist per game, over
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: one steal per game. So another player with a lot
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: of varsity experience, and you know, is is gonna round
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: out that. You know a lot of that starting five
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: with varsity experience. Also starting will be Jocelyn s Ice,
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: the junior forward. She's about six foot one. She averaged
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: three point two points per game, three point four rebounds
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: per game, half a steal, half a block. I think
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: those numbers are gonna go way up this year. She's
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: gonna play a lot more minutes, kind of taking that
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: Alison Shoemate role where they're gonna find her down low.
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: She had eleven rebounds in the season opener. I think
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: she'll be right around that averaging, you know, probably close
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: to a double double for the season. So I'm expecting big,
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: big things from her. I think she can definitely come
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: come through with it. Very athletic, as we saw on
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: the volleyball court. Sarah Van Lowe is a senior forward.
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: Nearly three points and rebounds per game, over one assist
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: per game, almost one steal per game. She can shoot
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: it from the outside. She had ten threes last year,
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: so you know, no problem there. I really really like
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: junior guard Ellie Pierce. She started a big chunk of
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: the games last year. She's a great distributor, super unselfish player.
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: She could do a lot of little things that you
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: need that kind of player if you want to make
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: a deep run, and she's that kind of player that's,
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: like I said, just very unselfish that can do a
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: lot of little things. And then Grace Russell is a
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: player that I'm really excited to watch because she got
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: she got hurt early on last year and i never
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: got to see her play, and so I'm really excited
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: to see what she can do. Really good soccer player,
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: so I'm i'm, I'm, you know, I'm expecting big, big
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: things and those are kind of those are your main seven.
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: They do have a freshman that I'm excited for, jess
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: a young She'll come off the bench. She can spell
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: Joscelyn s Ice down low. You know, she missed her
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: first two shots in the opener. I think she was
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: a little nervous, uh being a varsity uh you know,
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: first time varsity player as a freshman. But then she
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: made her next three down low, really good touch. I
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: think she as she gains confidence, she's gonna be a
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: handful down low and and just a really really good,
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: uh sound basketball player for the Links, who again, I
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: think you're gonna make a big time run. I think
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: Ella Fritz, you know, watching her play, I know Cleo
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: Anderson from Kings is a really good player, but I
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: think Ella Fritz is going to challenge her for that
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: one a State Player of the Year. I really really
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: believe that she is that kind of talent. So good
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: luck to the Links. I'm gonna move on to the
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: Meridian Trojans now and Meridian went fifteen and eight last year,
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: was a big upswing from the last previous two years.
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: But have a new head coach this year in Caleb Burnson.
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: They did lose a few players. Brooklyn Fuller, Sophia Brooks graduated.
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: Melanie Short, who was their leading scorer last year, is
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: not turning out this year. I'm pretty sure she's probably
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: focusing on volleyball. She will be a next level of
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: volleyball players, so that's probably what's going on there. But
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: they return a lot of players with varsity experience. And
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: what's fun about Meridian is is it seems like all
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: the players can shoot from the outside. So you see
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: a lot of rotation and different things and kickouts, and
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: when they get going, they really get going. And they
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: have a lot of different players. Like I said, they
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: can shoot it from the outside. I'm going to start
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: off with Iden Bernardi, who is a junior forward. That man,
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: it seems like I've been covering her in multiple sports forever.
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: She's just a tremendous athlete. I wouldn't say she's a
• 33:07
  Speaker 1: basketball player. I think she's just a She's an over
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: the top athlete that basketball. You know she can play
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: it because she's so athletic, and there's things she does
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: on the basketball court that that she has these moments
• 33:20
  Speaker 1: where you look around and go, I don't know if
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: anyone else here can do that, just just super athletic moments.
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: Six and a half points per game, four point eight
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: rebounds per game, over one and a half assists and
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: steals per game. She can do a little bit of everything.
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: She will do the dirty work, she will hustle. You know.
• 33:38
  Speaker 1: It was a big blow to the team. I think
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: when she got hurt last year, she's able to come
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: back and then it raised the team back up. So
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: she's that kind of leader and just a junior. So
• 33:48
  Speaker 1: I'm excited to see what she does. Senior guard Kinsley
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: neil Boy, She's an assassin from the outside. She had
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: twenty nine threes last year. She had a huge game
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: at Nooksack when they beat the Pioneers. I think she
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: had five threes in that game. She was the main
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: reason why they won that game. Really really fun to
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: watch her play. She's I think she's got the green
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: light from the outside because man, she gets it. She
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: shoots it and she is right on target all the time.
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: So excited to see what she does this year. Mattie
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: Swanson is a junior forward that can is another one
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: of those players that can do a little bit of everything.
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: Three and a half points per game, four point six
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: rebounds per game, one assist per game, one point three
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: steals per game, and she hit fourteen threes. So when
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: you have a player that rebounds the way she does
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: but can hit shots from the outside, that's a great
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: mismatch problem to have because a lot of times the
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: other team's, you know, one of their taller players is
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: going to want to guard her, and is she going
• 34:46
  Speaker 1: to come out to the perimeter when Maddie's hitting those
• 34:49
  Speaker 1: outside shots and that's going to open things up down low.
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: So that's a great benefit for the Trojans. Caitlin store
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: guard very very similar about five foot ten now two
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: and a half points per game, three and a half
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: rebounds per game, almost one block per game. So very
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: good defensive player. She will, she will kind of, you know,
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: handles a lot of this dirty work in the paint.
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: Her and Taya Benson, who's a senior now, Taya with
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: similar numbers two points per game, three point three rebounds
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: per game, almost one steal per game. You know, she'll
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: be the center and she'll rotate in with you know,
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: store guard and maybe Swanson down low a little bit
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: to give them some height in the in the in
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: the paint there. Amelia Cooning is another player that's just
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: super athletic state champion uh in track and field and
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: and just you know, jump out of the gym and
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: can shoot and can run and never gets tired. Two
• 35:46
  Speaker 1: point three points per game, one and a half rebounds
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: per game, over one steel per game in limited minutes.
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: And then they have you know a lot of players. Well,
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: they have three players, three more players that I'm really
• 35:56
  Speaker 1: excited to see their development this year. They suited up
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: for VARs last year, Madden Klein Malar's, Sierra James, and
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: Anika Martin. Those are three players I'm expecting some big
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: things from this year. They, like I said, they suited
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: up for varsity last year, played sparingly here and there.
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: I think their roles are going to be upped a
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: little bit this year, so I'm excited to see them.
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: Plus there's a handful of new players, so there's a
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: lot of things to like about the Trojans this year.
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: I'm excited to see them have a big, big year.
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: Nuksack Valley is another team that I really think is
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: going to have a big year. They went seventeen and
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: nine last year. Head coach Shane Wickers is in his
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: thirtieth year as the head coach. It's unbelievable. His first
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: year as head coach was my senior year in high school.
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: And I remember a few years after that, I was
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: writing for the Harald and I covered a lot of
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: Knusack girls basketball. For some reason, they just kept sending
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: me out there. And I got to know coach Wickers
• 36:50
  Speaker 1: back then, and I tell you what, he looks the
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: exact same. That guy has not changed. Awesome coach. Four
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: hundred and fifty nine wins in his career to just
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: two hundred and sixty seven losses. Just just a tremendous career.
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: You know, just got inducted into the into the Hall
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: of Fame for you know, the Washington State Coaches Association,
• 37:14
  Speaker 1: and and that's a no brainer there. He's just he's
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: just so great. A few losses from last year's team,
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: Kate shin Taffer was a great senior that could do
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: a little bit of everything, great defensive player, leader. And
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: then Peyton Duquet is a soccer player that did not
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: turn out this year. So those are the two players
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: from last year that will not be with the team
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: this year, but they returned some big time firepower. You
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: gotta start off with senior center Graced Hoague fourteen point
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: one points per game, almost thirteen rebounds per game. Actually,
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: her total amount of rebounds, not per game, but total
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: total number of rebounds from what I saw, was number
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: one in the entire state, regardless of classification, which is
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: super impressive. So she is a force in the middle.
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: She can do a lot of things. Also, two assists
• 38:02
  Speaker 1: per game, one and a half steals per game, and
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: a block per game, So it all kind of starts
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: with her down low, great great player. And then on
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: the outside you got Peyton Bartell, who's a knockdown three
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: point shooter. She hit forty three threes last year, averaging
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: eleven point seven points per game, two point seven rebounds
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: per game, two point six assists per game, almost two
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: steals per game, so you know they she's she's a
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: player that you do not want to leave open because
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: she can just knock him down. She can get hot
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: and knock down a bunch in a game. You know,
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: she'll hit five or six in a row, and boy,
• 38:38
  Speaker 1: it's it's and she'll do it from all over. She'll
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: don from the corner, from the elbow, it does not matter.
• 38:43
  Speaker 1: She is she she once she crosses that that half
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: court line, she feels like she's open and she will shoot.
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: So you got to be ready for that. Senior guard
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: Shayley Davis is such a fun player to watch, fearless
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: out there, gets a lot of assists, a lot of eels,
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: a lot of rebounds, also scores seven points a game.
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: And she's a She's a player that has gone through
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: the battles. I mean she has played, you know, another
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: one of these. You know, a lot of these players
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: have are still you know, play. They they were key
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: players when they won a state championship a couple of
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: years ago. So they are players that have been through,
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: you know, the trials and tribulations, that have seen it
• 39:29
  Speaker 1: all and played in the sun Dome and they did.
• 39:31
  Speaker 1: They played a game in the Sundome last year too. But
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: but I'm just I'm just saying that, you know a
• 39:37
  Speaker 1: lot of these players have have done some big time things,
• 39:40
  Speaker 1: and now they're seniors and and they're you know, they're
• 39:42
  Speaker 1: here to make their mark, which is really really fun
• 39:45
  Speaker 1: to see. Junior forward Reagan Burke is another player that
• 39:49
  Speaker 1: I'm really intrigued about. About five foot eleven, you know,
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: really good volleyball player, but she can shoot it from
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: the outside as well. She averaged about two points and
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: two and a half rebounds a game. Junior guard Caitlin
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: Baion Delilo is another player that started quite a few
• 40:04
  Speaker 1: games last year, and you know she can she can
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: shoot it from the outside and play good defense. Lasette
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: Flores and Natalie Harmon got a lot of varsity time
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: last year, but I think their roles are going to
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: be upped this year. And then a player that I'm
• 40:19
  Speaker 1: really curious about will be senior guard Natalie van lu
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: She's a She transferred from Baker last year but missed
• 40:27
  Speaker 1: the missed the entire year, but as a sophomore at Baker,
• 40:30
  Speaker 1: she averaged twelve point six points per game, three point
• 40:33
  Speaker 1: eight rebounds, one and a half assists, two point nine steals,
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: is almost a block per game, and she hit nineteen threes.
• 40:41
  Speaker 1: So she's a player that I think is totally going
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: under the radar that nobody knows about. And she can
• 40:48
  Speaker 1: you know, she could easily. I mean she she could
• 40:50
  Speaker 1: easily average double digits. And she's a player that can
• 40:52
  Speaker 1: do a little bit of everything. So you know, teams
• 40:54
  Speaker 1: are going to have to look out for because I
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: would imagine she is just you know, it's in scratch
• 41:02
  Speaker 1: and ready to play a varsity game if she hasn't
• 41:04
  Speaker 1: been able to play in almost two years, and so
• 41:07
  Speaker 1: she's gonna come out and be a force as well.
• 41:09
  Speaker 1: Nikzac Valley Pioneers, they could be pushing Lyndon Christian for
• 41:14
  Speaker 1: that for that one a district championship this year. I
• 41:18
  Speaker 1: think they're both very very even with each other, a
• 41:21
  Speaker 1: couple of awesome coaches, and it seems like they've been
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: playing each other for that district championship forever now and
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: I don't think it'll be much different. A team that
• 41:29
  Speaker 1: I think will be quite improved this year will be
• 41:33
  Speaker 1: the Mount Baker Mountaineers. Mount Baker seven and fifteen last year,
• 41:38
  Speaker 1: their best record they've had in about six years. Head
• 41:41
  Speaker 1: coach is Tiffany Ramirez. She's in her fifth year as
• 41:43
  Speaker 1: the head coach, eighteen wins, sixty two losses, only a
• 41:47
  Speaker 1: couple losses from last year. Faith Wilson and Zoe Evans.
• 41:51
  Speaker 1: Every single player on their varsity roster has varsity experience,
• 41:56
  Speaker 1: and I don't think there's another team in the conference
• 41:59
  Speaker 1: that and say that, which is really really impressive, And
• 42:02
  Speaker 1: it starts with Rebecca Sores, the junior center. Sixteen point
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: seven points per game, twelve rebounds per game, one point
• 42:09
  Speaker 1: eight assists per game, two point eight steals per game,
• 42:12
  Speaker 1: one point three blocks per game. She can shoot it
• 42:15
  Speaker 1: from the outside. Yeah, she can do a lot of stuff.
• 42:20
  Speaker 1: And it's going to really really start with her and
• 42:23
  Speaker 1: teams know that she'll be double team she'll be triple teamed,
• 42:27
  Speaker 1: and then it will be about finding your teammates. And
• 42:30
  Speaker 1: a lot of these teammates I think last year grew
• 42:33
  Speaker 1: a lot, and I'm not talking physically, I'm just talking
• 42:37
  Speaker 1: like just you know, mentally about the game and how
• 42:40
  Speaker 1: to play and everything, and I think a lot of
• 42:42
  Speaker 1: improvements were made throughout the season. I'm really excited to
• 42:46
  Speaker 1: see a lot of them up their game this year
• 42:48
  Speaker 1: nine because I know they will. Rehys Brown is a
• 42:51
  Speaker 1: senior forward six points per game, five and a half
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: rebounds per game, one and a half steals per game.
• 42:57
  Speaker 1: She will be a great like She'll be a great
• 43:02
  Speaker 1: robin to Rebecca Sores as batman down low. I mean
• 43:05
  Speaker 1: there will be a lot of double teams and Rebecca
• 43:07
  Speaker 1: will find Reese in the paint for easy layups, which
• 43:10
  Speaker 1: will be great. And I think that'll be you know,
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: Reese Brown had a kindind of a breakout year last year,
• 43:17
  Speaker 1: and I think she can improve even more this year,
• 43:19
  Speaker 1: be a double digit score. Really excited to see Junior
• 43:22
  Speaker 1: guard Violet Fox. Violet played on the Mount Baker team
• 43:25
  Speaker 1: as a freshman and she had nine point two points
• 43:28
  Speaker 1: per game, six rebounds a game, two and a half
• 43:30
  Speaker 1: assists per game, three and a half steels per game,
• 43:33
  Speaker 1: and she had fifteen threes. She did all this as
• 43:35
  Speaker 1: a freshman. Last year. She was with a junior varsity
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: team at lynnon Christian and so she's back now at
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: Baker this year. Did not play varsity last year, so
• 43:45
  Speaker 1: she should be good to go right away game one
• 43:48
  Speaker 1: and I think she could explode to have a great year.
• 43:51
  Speaker 1: That'll be an awesome outside component to the inside game
• 43:54
  Speaker 1: with Sores and Brown. Really excited about that. Sophomore guard
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: Kaylin Abdia played a lot of varsity minutes last year,
• 44:01
  Speaker 1: averaged three points per game, three rebounds per game, two
• 44:04
  Speaker 1: assists per game, over a steal per game, and so
• 44:08
  Speaker 1: a really good ball handler that you know. I think
• 44:11
  Speaker 1: that she, you know, was just as a freshman. It
• 44:14
  Speaker 1: was just she got thrown into it. But it was
• 44:16
  Speaker 1: great experience and she will bring that into this year,
• 44:19
  Speaker 1: which I'm really excited about. Senior forward Somaya Powell is
• 44:24
  Speaker 1: a is a player that man, she is. She just
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: got a great shot. I mean eighty seven percent foul
• 44:30
  Speaker 1: shooter last year. You don't see that a ton, So
• 44:34
  Speaker 1: you're gonna foul her go for it because she will
• 44:36
  Speaker 1: make those foul shots. Also nearly three points, three rebounds
• 44:40
  Speaker 1: a game, one assist per game. Another another player that
• 44:44
  Speaker 1: has just been has has a lot of varsity experience
• 44:48
  Speaker 1: over the last couple of years. So I'm excited to
• 44:50
  Speaker 1: see her as her in her senior year now sophomore
• 44:54
  Speaker 1: for a sophomore forward Aurora George is another player that
• 44:59
  Speaker 1: three point per game, three rebounds per game, almost one
• 45:02
  Speaker 1: and a half steals per game, has a really good
• 45:04
  Speaker 1: touch from the outside shooting threes. I think that as
• 45:08
  Speaker 1: her confidence continues to rise, she will become a better player.
• 45:12
  Speaker 1: Sophomore guard Ryan Harkness is another player that can handle
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: the ball really good defensively, can get after it, can
• 45:20
  Speaker 1: finish at the rim, even though she's you know, not
• 45:23
  Speaker 1: the tallest player, but she's really really quick. And you
• 45:26
  Speaker 1: know when she got hurt at that knukxat game they
• 45:30
  Speaker 1: were in that game against the Pioneers, that was that
• 45:32
  Speaker 1: was an amazing game, but once she got hurt, things
• 45:35
  Speaker 1: just kind of went downhill from there and it was
• 45:37
  Speaker 1: really tough for Mount Baker to recover in that game
• 45:40
  Speaker 1: and the rest of the season. So she's a she's
• 45:43
  Speaker 1: a fire spark for that team to get them going.
• 45:46
  Speaker 1: So glad to see her healthy and ready for this year.
• 45:49
  Speaker 1: They also brought in Seahome transfer may Madera, who last
• 45:53
  Speaker 1: year hit twelve threes for the Mariners almost four and
• 45:56
  Speaker 1: a half points per game, So that's just another added
• 45:59
  Speaker 1: weapon shooter from the outside, which would be great. And
• 46:02
  Speaker 1: then Lily Reeves, Ellie Nutting, and Isabelle Johnson all have
• 46:06
  Speaker 1: varsity experience over the last two years, so every single
• 46:09
  Speaker 1: player on this team as varsity experience, which is really
• 46:13
  Speaker 1: really exciting and I really think Baker will take a
• 46:17
  Speaker 1: big step this year. The only thing is that the
• 46:19
  Speaker 1: rest of that one A is loaded, so it's it's
• 46:22
  Speaker 1: it's gonna be kind of yeah, they're gonna take a
• 46:25
  Speaker 1: big step. How big of a step can it be
• 46:28
  Speaker 1: to compete in the district tournament for a right to
• 46:30
  Speaker 1: go to state? That would be a huge step. And
• 46:32
  Speaker 1: I'm not quite sure if they're there yet, but boy,
• 46:34
  Speaker 1: they're knocking on the door. So also gonna be really
• 46:38
  Speaker 1: great to see that. So now we're gonna go to
• 46:41
  Speaker 1: the Seahome Mariners. Seahome last year went eight and fourteen,
• 46:45
  Speaker 1: kind of a drop off from the year before as
• 46:47
  Speaker 1: they had a lot of new varsity players. Head coaches
• 46:49
  Speaker 1: Kim Stensgar in her fourth year at Seahome. It's her
• 46:53
  Speaker 1: ninth year overall coaching as a head coach in Waukam County.
• 46:56
  Speaker 1: She's got a record of one and ten wins and
• 46:58
  Speaker 1: seventy six losses. The only big key loss from last
• 47:03
  Speaker 1: year was May Madera, who transferred to Mount Baker. So
• 47:06
  Speaker 1: for the most part, the entire team returns. You start
• 47:10
  Speaker 1: off with Taylor Terrell, the sophomore point guard who did
• 47:14
  Speaker 1: a little bit of everything last year as a freshman.
• 47:16
  Speaker 1: Eleven and a half points per game, over four rebounds
• 47:19
  Speaker 1: per game, two assists per game, three steals per game,
• 47:22
  Speaker 1: and she hit eleven three pointers. The ball will be
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: here in her hands a lot, and you can expect
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: some pretty good things. Just a great, great athlete and
• 47:32
  Speaker 1: tremendous volleyball player and excited to see her back on
• 47:35
  Speaker 1: the hardwood. And then you know, kind of her big
• 47:38
  Speaker 1: time running mate will be junior forward Kate Schroeder, whoevers
• 47:42
  Speaker 1: nine points a game, four and a half rebounds a game,
• 47:44
  Speaker 1: to assists in over two steals a game. She hit
• 47:47
  Speaker 1: eighteen threes. Kind of a good inside outside player, she
• 47:51
  Speaker 1: can do stuff on the inside, she can shoot it
• 47:52
  Speaker 1: from the outside. A player that plays a lot of minutes,
• 47:56
  Speaker 1: really really good soccer player on that tremendous Seal soccer team.
• 48:00
  Speaker 1: So yeah, it's just, you know, such a great, great
• 48:05
  Speaker 1: compliment to Taylor Terrell. Both players are about you know,
• 48:09
  Speaker 1: between five eight and five ten, and they can work
• 48:13
  Speaker 1: that inside outside game, and they're both still underclassmen, which
• 48:16
  Speaker 1: is incredible. Lu See, ALM's got some good things to
• 48:20
  Speaker 1: work with there. And then they have senior center Aspen Barge,
• 48:23
  Speaker 1: who I've loved watching her play a true center in
• 48:28
  Speaker 1: the girls game. Four and a half points per game,
• 48:31
  Speaker 1: five rebounds per game, nearly three blocks per game, and
• 48:35
  Speaker 1: that's what I'm talking about, true center. No one even
• 48:37
  Speaker 1: came close to how many blocks she had. I think
• 48:40
  Speaker 1: there was one game where she hit double digit blocks
• 48:42
  Speaker 1: in one game. It might have been against Bellingham. Just
• 48:46
  Speaker 1: you know, great, you know, I think her improvement from
• 48:49
  Speaker 1: her sophomore to junior year was really, really great. I'm
• 48:52
  Speaker 1: hoping to see even more now as a senior because
• 48:54
  Speaker 1: she's a forced down low and at least Panagos is
• 48:58
  Speaker 1: another player who's close to six feet tall. A junior forward,
• 49:02
  Speaker 1: she averaged four points, four rebounds a game, one one
• 49:05
  Speaker 1: point three steals. I think she gets kind of lost
• 49:08
  Speaker 1: in the shuffle because if you focus on those other players,
• 49:10
  Speaker 1: she can she can light you up down low, and
• 49:12
  Speaker 1: and she can finish at the hoop. Really athletic player.
• 49:16
  Speaker 1: Junior guard Sadie Gustafson is another very athletic player. Three
• 49:20
  Speaker 1: points per game, two rebounds per game. You know, quick,
• 49:24
  Speaker 1: can can run off screens, hit an open shot, play
• 49:27
  Speaker 1: really good defense. Senior guard Kira Reeves tremendous soccer player.
• 49:32
  Speaker 1: I believe she's going to Western to go play soccer,
• 49:35
  Speaker 1: and she kind of brings that mentality over on the
• 49:38
  Speaker 1: basketball court. Really good defensive player, gets her teammates involved
• 49:43
  Speaker 1: a lot, which is awesome to see. Junior forward Stella Hogan,
• 49:48
  Speaker 1: uh you know, got to know her pretty well during
• 49:50
  Speaker 1: golf flat last year, and uh you know, it's fun
• 49:54
  Speaker 1: catching up with her when I went out to practice.
• 49:56
  Speaker 1: She's one of my favorites. Uh nearly four rebounds per
• 49:59
  Speaker 1: game and limited action, and I think that as her
• 50:02
  Speaker 1: her minutes will rise this year. I think she will
• 50:04
  Speaker 1: be a really good player coming off the bench to
• 50:07
  Speaker 1: to to play down low and grab rebounds and get
• 50:10
  Speaker 1: steals and different things like that. Uh Nora Kingsley, Gwyn Gates,
• 50:14
  Speaker 1: k Kalia Reeves, and Amber Hartford are all players with
• 50:18
  Speaker 1: varsity experience last year, and so they will they will
• 50:22
  Speaker 1: come in and and and uh you know, supply the
• 50:25
  Speaker 1: same type of minutes and effort and which is gonna
• 50:28
  Speaker 1: be awesome to see. And then they have a Lily
• 50:31
  Speaker 1: Jude who transferred from Bellingham. She's a senior forward of
• 50:34
  Speaker 1: the average four points, three rebounds, two assists and two
• 50:37
  Speaker 1: steals per game. So that's just an that's just like
• 50:40
  Speaker 1: a shot in the arm that you're getting this great
• 50:42
  Speaker 1: transfer player that's so athletic. So really really excited about
• 50:46
  Speaker 1: the Mariners there, So maybe maybe this is another team
• 50:48
  Speaker 1: here that have where every player has varsity experience. I
• 50:52
  Speaker 1: was saying that about Mount Baker's Steels the same way,
• 50:55
  Speaker 1: and they had a great game last year. I believe
• 50:57
  Speaker 1: it was a three point game, and so expect that
• 51:00
  Speaker 1: to be again the same way this year and see
• 51:03
  Speaker 1: Home I think will be much improved from their eight
• 51:05
  Speaker 1: wins from last year and we'll see what they can do.
• 51:08
  Speaker 1: The final team to talk about are the Squalk Them Storms.
• 51:11
  Speaker 1: Squalk Them went thirteen and ten last year. They are
• 51:14
  Speaker 1: on her new head coach, Caden me who's in his
• 51:17
  Speaker 1: first season. They only lost a few players. Loretta Murphy
• 51:20
  Speaker 1: Kingis is a senior that graduated last year. She'd started
• 51:24
  Speaker 1: at center the last couple of years, and then Carly
• 51:27
  Speaker 1: Keisow is still on the team, but she's gonna miss
• 51:29
  Speaker 1: the entire year with a knee injury. She's a big
• 51:32
  Speaker 1: time threat. She started right away as a freshman. She's
• 51:35
  Speaker 1: in her junior year now, which she will miss unfortunately,
• 51:38
  Speaker 1: but boy they do. They return some great, great players
• 51:41
  Speaker 1: and starts off with junior forward Tianna Thompson. Super athletic,
• 51:47
  Speaker 1: good shooter, defender, can block shots, play defense, rebound everything.
• 51:52
  Speaker 1: Eight point seven points per game, five point one rebounds
• 51:55
  Speaker 1: per game, one point three assists per game, two steals,
• 51:58
  Speaker 1: and almost one block per game. So just a great
• 52:01
  Speaker 1: overall player for his Tianna Thompson. She can also hit
• 52:04
  Speaker 1: her free throws. That's another great great thing. This entire
• 52:07
  Speaker 1: team is a very good free throw shooting team, and
• 52:10
  Speaker 1: I think that's gonna really drive them forward. Now that
• 52:13
  Speaker 1: the two A is getting a third bid for state,
• 52:16
  Speaker 1: I think that this Squalicum team is. It's all working
• 52:20
  Speaker 1: out just right for them. It's either gonna be them
• 52:22
  Speaker 1: or see home. I believe for that third spot, but
• 52:24
  Speaker 1: I really think Squalicum has that chance. Point Guard Lexi
• 52:28
  Speaker 1: Robbins is a tremendous passer. I think she led the
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  Speaker 1: entire conference in assists per game last year. She had
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  Speaker 1: six more assists in the opener. She also averages near
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  Speaker 1: nine points a game, two and a half rebounds a game,
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  Speaker 1: two point three steals per game, and she hit twenty threes,
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  Speaker 1: so the ball would be in her hands a lot.
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  Speaker 1: She can hit that open shot, she can find her teammates,
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  Speaker 1: very good at leading her teammates to an open hoop.
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  Speaker 1: Really enjoy watching her and can't believe she's just a junior,
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  Speaker 1: because boys, she's done a lot at the varsity level already.
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  Speaker 1: Sophomore guard Kylana Kaylana Perez, she's gonna miss the beginning
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  Speaker 1: of the year. She had that really nasty injury at
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  Speaker 1: the end of her soccer season, and so she needs
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  Speaker 1: to be cleared to play before she can. But boy,
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  Speaker 1: what an athlete. She can do a little bit of everything.
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  Speaker 1: And that's what's fun because although she's about you know,
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  Speaker 1: five ten or so, she plays like a guard, but boy,
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  Speaker 1: she can play down low, she can jump out of
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  Speaker 1: the gym, she can shoot, She plays defense and nearly
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  Speaker 1: three steals a game last year, five rebounds a game,
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  Speaker 1: over eight points a game, so and just a sophomore.
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  Speaker 1: So once she comes back, it's gonna be a big
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  Speaker 1: shot in the arm for the Squalic Storm. And then
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  Speaker 1: Addison Kepman is just a junior. She's been playing a
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  Speaker 1: lot of varsity ever since her freshman year. Six points
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  Speaker 1: per game, almost a little over five rebounds a game,
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  Speaker 1: almost one assist per game, almost two steals per game,
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  Speaker 1: and half a block per game, so a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of everything. Another really good foul shooter can play down
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  Speaker 1: low high basketball IQ all these things. This is a
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  Speaker 1: great group of girls that Squalikam has that's been playing
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  Speaker 1: together for a long long time. So really excited to
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  Speaker 1: see that. Kohley Harper, she had a great game one
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  Speaker 1: where she scored fifteen points to lead the team. She's
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  Speaker 1: another player who's pretty tall that that can handle like
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  Speaker 1: a guard, but I can play like a forward. Jolie
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  Speaker 1: Paz is the lone senior on the team, which is
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  Speaker 1: hard to believe only one senior, but man, you talk
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  Speaker 1: about one of the best athletes in the entire county.
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  Speaker 1: She will start. She will guard the other team's best player,
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  Speaker 1: and she will frustrate the heck out of them. She
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  Speaker 1: will grab offensive rebounds and get put backs and all
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  Speaker 1: the dirty work stuff that a lot of players don't
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  Speaker 1: want to do. She will take care of that. Jasmine
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  Speaker 1: Singh Sanchez is a six foot tall center coming off
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  Speaker 1: the bench that just provides great height, shot blocking ability, rebounding,
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  Speaker 1: put backs, all those things, which is great to see.
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  Speaker 1: Peyton Horst is another backup guard that can is really
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  Speaker 1: really quick and athletic that could do a lot. Audrey
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  Speaker 1: Blue is a cross country runner that provides great height
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  Speaker 1: as well. Keeley Melling is a really good fast pitch
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  Speaker 1: player that provide you know, is another guard. And then
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  Speaker 1: they have freshman Avery Kepman, so another keptman coming in.
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  Speaker 1: She's about she's close to six feet tall, really good
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  Speaker 1: in the post. So you're talking a lot of players
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  Speaker 1: that can do some good things, you know. Coach me
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  Speaker 1: and his first year is gonna be every time he
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  Speaker 1: looks down that bench, he's gonna see four or five
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  Speaker 1: players that they will be he will want to put
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  Speaker 1: into the game. So it's kind of an embarrassment of
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  Speaker 1: riches right now. And that's why I think the Storm
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  Speaker 1: have a really good chance to make a deep run
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  Speaker 1: in the district playoffs and hopefully nab that third spot
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  Speaker 1: to go to State. It'd be really really cool to
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  Speaker 1: see they definitely have the talent for it. Whow my goodness,
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  Speaker 1: it's a it's gonna be awesome. It's gonna be a great,
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  Speaker 1: great year. I'm really really excited uh for this season
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  Speaker 1: and a girls basketball. Like I said, so many returning players.
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  Speaker 1: It's gonna be uh, it's gonna be really really fun
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  Speaker 1: to watch. Well, with that, you've been listening to episode
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  Speaker 1: three hundred and ninety eight, the twenty twenty five girls
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  Speaker 1: basketball Preview. I'm Tyler Anderson with Walker Preps and now
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  Speaker 1: we'll talk to you very soon and we'll previewed the
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  Speaker 1: boys season