Boys’ basketball swishes into season
The boys varsity basketball team, with its diverse range of players from freshmen to seniors, started its season strong, with a record of 17-6 .
The season has been going well, according to Andrew Wilson, senior. “We’ve had our ups and downs but we’re a tight knit group and are looking to end our season strong,” Wilson said.
Quincy Bentley, junior, has been playing basketball since he was in third grade, thanks to his father. “My dad played and I always thought he was in the NBA when I was a kid, but he was literally just in an adult league, so then I just wanted to follow in his footsteps and play too,” Bentley said.
The team collectively has been coordinating well together. “We’ve meshed pretty well, even though we haven’t been playing for that long. We’ve been playing since the summer, so we know each other well enough to get through anything…the chemistry is really close,” Bentley said.
Many players have set and accomplished individual goals for themselves. “One of my goals was to score 30 points in a game, and to break a record, I did that in the same game. My next goal is 40 points, I broke the three point record, and my next goal for that is to break the scoring record,” Bentley said.
Likewise, Cooper Lucas, freshman, has been able to break a record in his first year. “I’ve been a starter in some games this year, and I’m pretty sure I broke the school freshman record for three pointers. I feel like I’ve gotten a lot more comfortable playing at this high level,” Lucas said.
Overall, the team has been having an eventful season which the players hope will lead them to CIF. “I see us as a team going to CIF playoffs and personally I see myself being a much more complete ballplayer than I was at the beginning of the year,” Lucas said.
