Boys Basketball

The boys basketball team finished 13-11 last year after being eliminated by the B-CC Barons in the second round of playoffs.

Despite losing many key players during the offseason such as guard Jake Kuhn and seniors Anton Casey and Riley Shaver, the team still looks strong going into this season.

“Every player is extremely disciplined, and we all share the ball,” point guard Jack McClelland said. “As most people know, we lost Jake Kuhn, who transferred schools, so there are big shoes to fill, but we’re all working together to fill that role.”

This year the team returns many of its star players including small forward Abe Kuhn and power forward Shaq Diboti-Lobe.

“We have high expectations for this season and I think we can make a run during the playoffs,” McClelland said.

Girls Basketball

The girls basketball team went 19–0 in the regular season last year and made it to the State semifinals, only to lose to the champion Eleanor Roosevelt Raiders 48-30.

“Losing last year just made us want to win even more this year,” guard Marie Hatch said. “We feel like [the state title] is ours to take.”

This year, the team has college-level talent scattered throughout the roster. Hatch, guard Hannah Niles, and forward Betsy Knox have committed to play at Cornell University, Loyola University in Baltimore and Middlebury College, respectively. Guard Abby Meyers, who led the team in scoring last year with 17.5 points per game, has also received multiple D1 offers.

The captains for this year are seniors Hatch, Niles and Knox. Coach Peter Kenah notes that they’ve undergone leadership training in order to try and replace last year’s senior leaders.

The squad faces an especially difficult opponent in their first game: Newman Goretti, the number one team in the country last year.

Swimming

Following a satisfying 2014-15 season, the swimming team will be fighting back to states this year with the powerful strokes of senior Alex Vissering, and juniors Jeff Su, Jake Winter, Caroline Rhodes and Avery Williams.

Despite losing three of its four boys medley swimmers—including Michael Sullivan,who now swims for University of Wisconsin—the team still looks to have a successful season with new talent.

“We lost some great swimmers, but this year, we have Jeff Su and Jake Winter in freestyle,” Vissering said. “Freshman Danny Calder is a great addition to the team coming in as a freshman, he should be one of the fastest butterflyers and backstrokers.”

Along with Calder, another new addition is freshman Sophie Riley.

“Riley will be a great addition to the girls team,” Vissering said. “She’s a strong freestyler and that should be the girls team’s strongest part.”

Wrestling

After an injury crisis led to a 9–5 record last season, the wrestling team is poised to send even more of its members to states.

The team will return seniors Mitch Fenton and Hamoon Shokoohinia, who both qualified to states last year, and multiple starters including senior Ezra Alexander and sophomore Andrew Shiman.

With an experienced senior class, the team has an opportunity to stack up against the county’s best teams, such as Damascus, Shokoohinia said.

Additionally, many new wrestlers have been added to the squad, which will bring an element of balance to the team.

Another important factor to the team’s success is its health. Mononucleosis sidelined several wrestlers for much of last season, and various injuries plagued the team throughout the year, causing them to forfeit some of their matches.

“The team is definitely looking healthier than last year,” Shokoohinia said. “We’re working very hard to avoid injuries as much as possible.”