The Varsity girls basketball team opened their season this week with their 1st practice on Monday. The Bison said good-bye to 11 seniors after last years state appearance and had 9 new faces at practice on Monday. When asked about the 1st practice of the season coach Scot Sorenson said,
“It was a practice to get the rust out (from last season) and learn new faces.”
With nine new faces this year and only one returning senior, Kristen Jeske, the Bison have a very young squad which means they don’t have as much varsity game experience.
“Losing that experience hurts,” said Sorenson, “but that leaves a lot of doors open for playing time.”
One advantage of having a young team is that in future years the girls will have the experience and talent to know what to do.
Last season the Bison were 16-13 overall and were tied for 3rd place in the mississippi8 conference title. Despite not being conference champions the girls went on to win the section 8AAAA championship and get a bid in the state tournament. Unfortunately for the girls they lost in the first round of state to Centennial 62-58 in a very close game. The girls goals for this season are win the mississippi8 conference and defend their section 8AAAA title.
The team’s first game is in Elk River on December 3 at 7 p.m.
“Elk River has two solid posts and two really good guards and they play a physical game,” said Sorenson, “so we need to crank up the tempo because they are going to try and get us back since we got them twice last year.”
The Captains are not yet selected for this years team but since Jeske is the only senior on the team that means there will be at least one junior captain.
“That is ok because we have a strong group of players below them that can step up and be leaders.” Said Sorenson.
