Girls' basketball carries on

     The Chadron Girls' Basketball team has started off the season fairly well under the direction of the new head coach Jonn McLain. The teams record of 9-3, has impressed many people. The teams' three loses are from Mitchelll, St. Thomas More, and Sidney. Although these losses haven't been so ideal, coach McLain feels that the season has went well so far. "Players have been working hard, and we are trying to improve with each practice and game."
     The Lady Cardinals traveled to Alliance on Friday night and came out with a victory. Coach McLain was pleased with the game and said it was nice to get back on the winning track. "We had players hustling and getting on the floor for loose balls, which was great to see." He is hoping to fine tune some more things and become smoother on the offensive end.
     Three lady cardinals scored in double digits, Kiana Wright, Jadyn McCartney, and Chandler Hageman. As a whole, Chadron is averaging around 50 points per game. Their goal to hold their opponents to minimal scoring. If they keep working hard, they may accomplish many goals.
     A whole week of practice will give the lady cardinals lots of time to improve their game. In the losses they had Coach McLain felt like they turned the ball over too many times and gave up too many open shots. They will work very hard this week on both offense and defense. "We need to be more efficient on offense and be faster and cut harder when we run through sets. We also need to continue to build on the defensive man to man effort we had against Alliance."
     Seven weeks from Friday will mark the state championship in Lincoln. Coach McLain is very excited for the rest of the season. "I really believe that if this team puts it all together, we could be something special."