With the season now concluded, the girls basketball team only has positive remarks to how the season played out. “This year, we actually played like a team, and we never gave up. We never once got down on each other on the floor. We always tried to lift one another up mentally while playing. That’s definitely something special,” Junior Sydney Kaercher said. The girls finished the season with an astonishing record compared to last year’s, and it shows much improvement. Throughout the season, the girls tried their best to work on team bonding on and off the court. “Last year, hardly any of us talked outside of practice or games. This year, we really came together,” Junior Joanne Barlamas said. Even though the girls stepped up their game and improved tremendously, they sadly fell short of a playoff spot. “It would have been great to make the playoffs, but I don’t regret a single thing about this season. We played hard, and that’s all I can ask for from my team,” Senior Maddi Lewis said. The girls have developed a tremendous amount of respect and thankfulness for their coaches as well as everyone else who helped them this season. “A big thanks to our coaches for never giving up on us once this season, for only lifting us higher day in and day out and doing everything they possibly could for us ever since we first started practicing way back in June. A special thanks for Wanda, our book keeper for by far being our biggest fan, always,” Kaercher said. The lady bulldogs will be saying goodbye to two seniors, Maddi Lewis and Emilee Handyside. “They honestly were the best captains I have ever had in my three years on the team. I can only hope that my senior class can step up and fill their shoes and be as great as they were,” Kaercher said. “It’s definitely going to be hard not coming back next year. I love these girls. They’ve stuck by me through thick and thin. I wish them nothing but success next year,” Lewis said.