Northtown will no longer be holding a Courtwarming game for multiple reasons.

These include matching the dances with the royalty honors and the lack of girls’ and boys’ games scheduled on the same day.

The three royalty recognitions at Northtown will now be for Homecoming, Sweetheart and Prom.

The senior basketball girls are not happy about this. It is upsetting to not only the girls’ basketball team, but also to the people who come watch the varsity and JV girls play often.

“I don’t thinks it’s fair because they had it all the previous years, why change it now? What’s so different?” said senior Yonnie Manning.

It is upsetting to the few seniors on the girls’ basketball team because it is one of the things they look forward to.

“Basketball girls don’t really get recognized for anything, so getting dressed up and showing a different side is fun for us,” said Kyaunna Robinson, a senior varsity player.

When asked about the reason behind canceling Courtwarming, NKCHS athletic director Chad Evans said it was a matter of logistics.

“We have three dances per year, so we’re going to match the candidates and there is no place on the schedule for a girls’ and guys’ game on the same night,” he said.

Manning said her favorite part of Courtwarming was finding out the nominees and later finding out who won.

“They need to fix it and get it back for the upcoming years because there is nothing they can do about it for us anymore,” Robinson said.

However, Evans said it’s a matter of being fair to all teams.

“The way I look at it is they already have Senior Night and we have other sports, so we can’t give everyone a Courtwarming.”