OVERALL: The junior high boys white team is 0-2 and the black team is 0-2 as well.
LAST WEEK: The white team lost to Nocona in a 40-1 match. The black team lost to Nocona in 40-9 match.
PREVIOUS GAMES: The white team took a loss to Windthorst ending up with an overall 32-8 score. The black team lost to Windthorst with an overall 49-10 score.
TEAM UPDATE: Coach Bradan Ritchie said the boys have already faced their first injuries.
“Ian Graves [eighth grader] has a sprained ankle,” Ritchie said.
INSIDE SCOOP: Ritchie said all of the games in district are going to be tough games for the boys. “Nocona, Seymour, Windthorst are really good basketball schools,” Ritchie said. “We have to practice a lot for those games.”
WEAKNESS: Ritchie said the size of the team is the boys’ biggest weakness.
“We have one big kid,” Ritchie said.
Eighth grader Gabriel Rice said he thinks the team’s offense can become better.
“We also should work harder on passing the ball,” Rice said.
Eighth grader Alexander Miller said he believes shooting the ball is their weakness.
“We should practice more after school,” Miller said.
STRENGTH: Ritchie said the boys’ strength is that they are fast and they are very coachable.
“We have kids that will do everything we ask them to do,” Ritchie said.
Miller said they work well as a team.
“We try to stay patient and not to be mean to each other,” Miller said.