Tough Season for Lady Dragons

Coptsias leads the attack / T. Henning

This season has been one of rebuilding for the HSMSE Lady Dragons Basketball Team. The Lady Dragons 3-13 finish was a decline from last year's 7-9 record. “Last season was more successful but I believe that is only because majority of the players had been playing with each other for at least a year so we knew each other's strengths and weaknesses and played off of that,” said Chartia Coptsias, the current team captain and four year starter at the point guard position.


Despite their struggles, the team stuck together throughout the entire season. “The strength was our team chemistry. We got along with each other,” said senior forward Rija Baig. Our seniors averaged solid numbers. Leading the scoring attack for the Dragons were seniors Shaquasia Myrie (9.7 ppg) and Chartia Coptsias (9.5 ppg). Rahshel Brown led the team in rebounding with 7.1 boards per game.


There were a few brave freshmen who joined the team and put in the time to get better. Donna FintziMikaela Bloch both attended the practices and games, and had the desire to learn how to improve in basketball “With the help of Mr.Diunte, the team has improved in both basic shooting and dribbling skills,” stated Fintzi. and


The most memorable game from the season was the blowout win against Chelsea Career on December 21st. The team as a whole was firing on all cylinders and playing united. Coptsias scored 20 points that game and Myrie contributed 11 points giving the Dragons their second victory of the season.


The seniors graduating in June will leave big shoes to fill, as they dominated the playing time on the court. The rest of the team and other interested students will need to use the off-season to practice their skills to be able to fill the playing time of this year’s seniors.