Freedom Area High School's Student Newspaper

FHS Press

Freedom Area High School's Student Newspaper

FHS Press

Freedom Area High School's Student Newspaper

FHS Press

Harder, better, faster, stronger

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} While you were at the beach and sleeping until noon this summer, some members of the girls’ basketball team were participating in games and practicing to keep their skills in focus for the winter season. Now that the season is fast approaching, Coach Ron Kelm started practice just a couple of weeks ago. To improve themselves as a team Coach Kelm has the girls do a lot of running, along with quickness and agility drills. This is sure to show in the upcoming games against rivals such as Avonworth and New Brighton. Like every year, veteran seniors leave and are replaced by a new group of freshmen who are ready to play and show their support for the team. “We’re not that affected [about the seniors leaving], but we’re going to push to work harder,” said Sophomore Maddi Lewis. This season the only seniors are Caitlin Frain and Kristi Tibolet. Aside from being the only two seniors, they are also the team’s fearless leaders. The new freshmen that were added to the team this year are Salena Ritorto, Sydney Kaercher, Joanne “JoJo” Barlamas, and Kayla Angeline. “The freshmen…I love them. They work hard,” said Lewis. Every team has its strengths and weaknesses. This team is able to get along and there aren’t any arguments amongst players. They also work hard so they can be the best they can be. Their only weakness is nervousness on the court. Students and faculty of Freedom, make sure to come out and support the girls’ basketball team on Nov. 19 because they have been working hard.