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By Melissa Byler
Now that the season is winding
down it can be easy to focus on what’s
ahead rather than keeping your head
down and playing in the moment. “I
expect to win three of the remaining four games and play our hardest
basketball in the beginning rounds
of our sectional at our school,” said
Carpenter.
The Lady Warriors are ready to put
the losses behind them and try their
best when it matters most; sectional
time. To get the team prepared, Coach
Yoder has supplied the seniors with a
message to give the underclassmen.
“Coach Randy has asked Jeslyn and I to
rally around the rest of the team and
help stir up the ‘will to win attitude.’
Going into the last stretch our motto
is ‘whatever it takes,’ said Carpenter.
“We’re ready to do whatever it takes
preparing to win.”
With an attitude like that and
with the motivation the girls have with
wanting to win for their coach, look for
the Lady Warriors to make their mark
during sectional time.
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found ways to win.
Right now, basketball seems less
important for the entire Westview
shown the ability to drive the lane. He
has become a key player that can score community. Girls head basketball
coach, Randy Yoder’s wife was diagand provide great defense whenever
nosed with cancer. On January 19th
he is on the floor. He also provides his
in the game against Fairfield, the Lady
great ball handling ability to play the
point guard position whenever Yoder is Warriors wore pink socks and headbands to support their coach and his
trying to get open to score.
wife.
This article couldn’t be complete
“Her diagnosis has brought us
without mentioning the most exciting
closer as a team. We’ve gotten together
thing that has rocked Westview’s gym
to make shirts and socks and as a
in a long time. To some schools this
team, we are alternating dinner carry
may not be a big deal, but in Westins for the next eight weeks,” said
view Judah Zickafoose’s slam dunks
have provided a spark that have taken senior Skyler Carpenter.
On the basketball side of things,
teams out of games. In a game against
the girls are continuing to work
Fairfield in the NECC tournament, the
towards getting better. “We had been
Warriors were in a close game until
playing as a unit, improving in our
Zickafoose dunked it. After the dunk,
it seemed as if all the momentum that passes against Prairie Heights but
against Angola and Fairfield we played
the Falcons had carried into the gym,
left the doors and traveled outside into timid,” said Carpenter. At times it
has seemed like the girls have relied
the cold Indiana air.
a little too much on their perimeter
The Warriors seem to be coastshooting. The new starting guards this
ing through their schedule with ease.
season, Amber Roth and Brooke Yoder,
However, I’m sure Coach Yoder won’t
can shoot the ball very well. Although
let the team be satisfied with how
when their shots don’t fall, the offense
they have played. The Warriors have
seems to struggle rather than work it
to keep improving throughout the
inside. Carpenter and junior Brooke
season to get ready for sectional time.
Schwartz do most of their scoring in
The Warriors should be the favorite
the paint by driving the lane.
to make it to regional play in North
The losses have piled up on the
Judson in their sectional. After that,
Warriors this season but they have
it’s going to be an uphill battle against
done a good job at letting them go
tougher teams than they have been
playing this season. The Concord game and seeing the positive side of things.
in a few weeks should be a good test to “From a seniors perspective, we have
struggled with losses that were not a
see if the Warriors have what it takes.
problem last year. As a team we have
Westview has played a lot better than
tried to learn from our mistakes in
anyone expected and this shows the
toughness and willingness to improve those games and move forward. Wins
have been celebrated but short lived
of the team. The rest of the season
because we know there is a way to go to
should be exciting and the Warriors
becoming a sectional winning team,”
will be looking to come out on top.
said Carpenter.
Westview Girls Basketball
There may be “a way to go” to beThis Westview girls basketball
coming a sectional championship caliseason has been trying at times. Going
ber team, but anything can happen in
into the season with only two players
the tournament. Leading up to sectionever seeing varsity minutes, (Skyler
als Carpenter and Zimmerly are trying
Carpenter and Jeslyn Zimmerly) it
motivate to the team to keep getting
seemed as if they should expect some
growing pains. And they have at times better. “We are trying to simulate pressure that other teams will be putting
experienced those pains. However,
on us and also pick up the intensity
they have also grown up together and
(during practice),” said Carpenter.
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