Winning 90 percent of its District 9-5A games so far this season, the Redhawks’ basketball program brought home two consecutive wins on Friday against the Independence Knights, with the girls winning 67-26, followed by a 54-43 win for the boys’ team.

“Many of them have played together for so long,” head girls’ coach Ross Reedy said. “I think the way in which they’ve grown is how willing they are to use all the new people. Seeing them be mentally mature enough to handle that some nights it’s their night and they play great, and the very next game it may be somebody else’s night. You have to be unselfish to be able to do that and to see them really celebrate other people on their team, and putting them before themselves has shown tremendous growth throughout the whole team.”

Bringing their District 9-5A record to 6-0, the game’s result exceed senior Mara Casey’s expectations.

“We were hoping to set some goals for ourselves before the game and achieve those,” Casey said. “A win was one of them.”

Following the girls’ game, the boys’ extended their win streak to three games, bringing their District 9-5A record to 3-1.

“We were just trying to tighten up some things we needed to improve upon,” head boys’ coach Stephen Friar said. “Just get a lot of shots up, getting the guys’ confidence up, and then all in all, we prepared the same way we normally do.”

Senior Peyton Harwell believes that the team’s unique strategies allowed them to control the game and put away another victory.

“When we play our style of ball, the opposing team gets flustered,” Harwell said. “We made sure we continued to fly around and made plays all game.”