fter being picked last in the league at the start of the season, the girls’ basketball team shocked the league by tying for second with Spring Hill in the Frontier League and ending with a 14-7 record.

“Last year we were 11-10. I thought that was successful also, but this year, I think the girls just played together well, and did what had to be done to win games,” head coach Jim Bonar said.

For the first time, the team placed at the Hays tournament, taking fourth. Other memorable games for the team were wining their first games against Spring Hill, who they tied for second place in league. The girls also swept Lousiburg, Paola and Eudora, beating all three teams both times they played each other.

Not having any seniors may have seemed like a problem at the beginning of the year, but will now benefit the team next year. With no seniors graduating this year, next season the team can easily pick up where it left off.

“We have everyone returning. We have no seniors so that’s very exciting, but we do have some JV players that we do have our eye on who improved drastically, and we are trying to figure out exactly where they could fit into our varsity program for varsity minutes,” Bonar said.

Next season may seem like months away, but many basketball players are already preparing. This year’s success has set high expectations for next year, but it is obvious that this girls basketball team can do anything they put their minds to as long as they work together.