Lions lose their roar at The Nest

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Waiting for his teammates to cut into the lane, senior Davis O’Brien looks to make an entry pass in Friday’s home game against Reedy. After losing its first District 9-5A game to Frisco, the boys’ team earned its first district win by beating the Lions 68-55.

Aaron Boehmer, Sports Editor

Back to back successes were found for the Redhawks’ basketball program on Friday night against the Reedy Lions, with the girls’ squad winning 63-32, followed by a 68-55 victory for the boys’ team at The Nest.

“Reedy did some things that were good kind of got us off our game a little bit, but in all, we gave good effort and energy and ended up playing pretty well,” head girls’ coach Ross Reedy said. “It was probably our worst game so far for districts, we didn’t do as well defensively and offensively as we should have, but our girls had the right frame of mind and the right attitude so we ended up being able to persevere and do pretty well.”

Although the scoreboard had the Redhawks up 31 points against Reedy, senior Mara Casey saw the Lions as the hardest competition they have faced thus far during District 9-5A play.

“I thought we played well; they were a better team than some of the other ones that we’ve played, so it was a little bit more competitive for us,” Casey said. “We played hard, moved the ball well, and played pretty solid team defense. Though, We struggled a little bit with rebounding.”

Following the girls’ game, the boys’ earned their first district win, bringing their District 9-5A record to 1-1.  

“It was a good bounce back game for us,” senior Zion Richardson said. “Some things we did well at was allowing ourselves to be patient, which is really important to win games, and we were able to come out with a lot of energy on the offensive and defensive ends.”

Head boys’ coach Stephen Friar saw how the boys finally began to blend together and develop an identity throughout all facets of the game.  

“We did some good things, and are starting to find our identity on the defensive end,” Friar said. “We don’t feel like style pointing wins especially in district. So, you take the good things you did and try to form good habits, and then the stuff we need to correct we attempt to make better.”

Despite losing their first district game to Frisco just days before, Friar hopes to see the team improve in their ambition to succeed.

“It’s only been a short period in time, but my hope is that we’ve developed an understanding and more of a sense of urgency,” Friar said. “I ripped into our guys pretty good during halftime of our game on Friday, because as a coaching staff we didn’t see the sense of urgency and desperation of a team that wants to win. Hopefully they will feel that from here on out.”