By Lainey Novacek
While the team lost many of their games, player Blake Burdette believes the team improved immensely compared to the beginning of the year. He believes that the team bonded and learned to trust each other.
“At first, we only trusted one person with the ball and as soon as we got the ball we would try to get rid of it,” said Burdette. “Towards the end, we got more confident with the ball and moved it around more to do some plays instead of just throwing it away.”
Coach Eastman was proud to see the team learn more life lessons. He was happy to help these boys learn how to play basketball in a good manner.
“At the end of the day, there is no trophy for us to get,” said coach Eastman. “But we were able to teach them life lessons like self-discipline, respect, integrity, and positive attitudes.”
Cristobal Arriola believes that he improved a lot during the season. He is already looking forward to playing again next year and improving even more than he did this year.
“I like this season a lot, but it went by quickly,” said Arriola. “I think next year we need to work on our passes and just work together in general.”
The freshman boys’ basketball team consisted of 12 new players (Cristobal Arriola, Jovani Garcia, Izayha Hoover, Kale Webber, Cooper Hoagland, Juan Mendoza, Justin Hogan, Tate Rost, Jacob Chadwell, Blake Burette, Izayus Barajas and Jaron Berezay) and their new coach Brandon Eastman.
At the end of the season, the team finished with a record of 1-16.
