Girls Basketball Preview

by Jack Bushell

With the addition of Gary Peterson as the new varsity head coach, the girls’ basketball team looks to make a fast break into the new season. Tri-captains, Katie Meehan, Caroline Boulton and Liz Calby say they recognize the strengths and limitations of the new squad.
“We are not usually one of the top teams in the FCIAC so we don’t expect to win against the best teams but we are going to try really hard and hopefully end up with some unexpected wins,” Caroline Boulton said.
They have also moved on from last year’s debacle when the head coach was sacked. Yet, the girls still made it to the state tournament and lost in the first round to Fairfield Warde. “They are really good and we played a good game, so last season actually went pretty well at the end,” Captain Liz Calby said.
The team this year is young, with only two varsity players returning. “We're looking to a couple of our sophomores (Nicole Buch and Liz Murphy) as well as the entire junior class to step up and make a difference on this team,” Calby said. The only two seniors are the two captains: Caroline Boulton and Katie Meehan. “We lost the whole starting line up from last year so not that many of us have much playing experience. Everyone will need to prove that they belong on this team and on the court,” Boulton said.
You can read the complete girls’ basketball preview in the January issue of Neirad Enilno live on January 1st.