LADY HORNETS FINDING SUCCESS ON THE COURT

This year, the girls’ basketball teams have stung their opponents.

The Varsity team is 12-5 and the JV team is 13-5 as of Jan. 27.

“The season is going well so far, but we’re not satisfied. We want to do better and go farther,” said junior Taylor Thompson, a varsity captain.

The team captains for the varsity team this year are Thompson, who has been on varsity three years, junior Lauren Austin, who has been on Varsity three years, and sophomore Aries Washington, who has been on varsity two years.

The JV team captains are junior Jenny Sanchez and sophomore Stacey Kitchen.

“Being a team captain is just a responsibility I had to take on,” said Washington “I set a team goal for 10 wins. I also have visions of us

playing well enough in practice against our varsity to get them kicked out of the gym…that hasn’t really happened yet, but we work on it every day,” Coach Todd Beaulieu said.

BOYS TEAMS KEEPING HIGH HOPES FOR NKC HOOPS

The boys’ teams are keeping high hopes for the season.

The boys’ varsity team this year has won five games as of Jan. 26. JV has won two games.

The varsity captains this year are junior Roy Clayter and senior Sam Vollbrecht. The JV captain is sophomore Aaron Garcia.

“This season we have really been coming together as a team and a family. I have really high hopes for us as we go forward in the season,” said Vollbrecht.

The boys’ basketball team is headed by Ryan Fuger, who has been head coach for the Hornets for three years.

Coach Theo Fundermann also returned this year; he previously coached in the 2007-2008 season.

Corey McCune is the JV coach.

“I always enjoy getting to know the players and interacting with them on a daily basis. I also enjoy seeing the players bond into a cohesive unit throughout the season. However, the goal every year for the JV squad is to work hard and improve so that each player can work their way onto varsity,” said McCune.

The goals for both JV and varsity this year are to win district at the February tournament.

Fuger said of the team: “I really enjoy working with the guys this year. They are a very unselfish team who really likes to work together.”

He said the boys have improved a lot since the season began.

“We don’t have a lot of varsity experience and so we have struggled through the beginning of the year, but have improved drastically and are starting to become much more comfortable with the speed of the game,” Fuger said.