Team Preview: Hillsboro Lady Indians
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
For the past few years, the Hillsboro Lady Indians basketball program has seen improvement each season. This year, they want to continue that trend by using what they've learned from past experiences toward the upcoming season.
HHS has no seniors this season, but even with the improvement from last year, head coach J.R. Moberly wants to see even more from his team this winter.
"As far as taking the next step last year, we did improve our win total from previous seasons, but we still have a long way to go," Moberly said. "We have great athletes and great kids who work hard night-in, night-out, but we still have a ways to go in terms of execution of fundamentals of the game.
"We still need to improve our understanding of the game. We are trying to get them to play basketball, instead of simply running the plays. We are getting better at it, but having so many kids who play so many sports, it takes time."
HHS returns a lineup that has been playing at the varsity level for two to three seasons, including junior Kaylynn Bell, who was selected as a Division II Associated Press All-District third-team player, along with junior Trista Rhodes, who was AP All-District honorable mention.
Also on the team this season are juniors Alyssa Sullivan, Erin Hagen, Hannah Kibler, Ali Stratton, Kristen Juillerat and Tyeika Cumberland, along with sophomores Faith Middleton, Reaghan Haines, Madison Snyder and Emily Shanahan.
With little time to prepare for the season, as most of the girls on the team play multiple sports, Moberly said he's fortunate to have a lot of kids back on the roster who know what to expect.[[In-content Ad]]
Last season, HHS earned their first postseason win in a decade, along with an overall mark of 5-19. They were 3-11 in the South Central Ohio League.
"We haven't changed a lot in the program in what is my fourth year here, so there are a lot of things we can fall back on that we already know," Moberly said. "Every year, we put something new in, but for the most part, our kids come in with the prior knowledge. We still have to execute it well, but we don't have to start from scratch."
Execution of the game has been a bit of a problem at times for the young HHS team, but Moberly said to improve on that will take repetition.
"I like to say there is a magic way to execute better, but again, it just takes repetition," he said. "I expect us to improve on that as the year goes along.
"That is the part we are working on the most right now."
There are many expectations for the Lady Indians from their head coach.
"I expect them to play hard every night, and I expect them to make mistakes," Moberly said. "With that said, I expect them to learn from those mistakes. I've been around enough now to know when we mess stuff up, we know how to fix it.
"I think when they were younger, when a mistake happened, they didn't know how to fix it. The difference now is they know how to fix it."
HHS has no seniors this season, but even with the improvement from last year, head coach J.R. Moberly wants to see even more from his team this winter.
"As far as taking the next step last year, we did improve our win total from previous seasons, but we still have a long way to go," Moberly said. "We have great athletes and great kids who work hard night-in, night-out, but we still have a ways to go in terms of execution of fundamentals of the game.
"We still need to improve our understanding of the game. We are trying to get them to play basketball, instead of simply running the plays. We are getting better at it, but having so many kids who play so many sports, it takes time."
HHS returns a lineup that has been playing at the varsity level for two to three seasons, including junior Kaylynn Bell, who was selected as a Division II Associated Press All-District third-team player, along with junior Trista Rhodes, who was AP All-District honorable mention.
Also on the team this season are juniors Alyssa Sullivan, Erin Hagen, Hannah Kibler, Ali Stratton, Kristen Juillerat and Tyeika Cumberland, along with sophomores Faith Middleton, Reaghan Haines, Madison Snyder and Emily Shanahan.
With little time to prepare for the season, as most of the girls on the team play multiple sports, Moberly said he's fortunate to have a lot of kids back on the roster who know what to expect.[[In-content Ad]]
Last season, HHS earned their first postseason win in a decade, along with an overall mark of 5-19. They were 3-11 in the South Central Ohio League.
"We haven't changed a lot in the program in what is my fourth year here, so there are a lot of things we can fall back on that we already know," Moberly said. "Every year, we put something new in, but for the most part, our kids come in with the prior knowledge. We still have to execute it well, but we don't have to start from scratch."
Execution of the game has been a bit of a problem at times for the young HHS team, but Moberly said to improve on that will take repetition.
"I like to say there is a magic way to execute better, but again, it just takes repetition," he said. "I expect us to improve on that as the year goes along.
"That is the part we are working on the most right now."
There are many expectations for the Lady Indians from their head coach.
"I expect them to play hard every night, and I expect them to make mistakes," Moberly said. "With that said, I expect them to learn from those mistakes. I've been around enough now to know when we mess stuff up, we know how to fix it.
"I think when they were younger, when a mistake happened, they didn't know how to fix it. The difference now is they know how to fix it."