Girls Varsity Brings Down Calvary Holland

The Varsity Girls Basketball team is off to a great start this season with their season record of 6-1-0. On Monday, January 11, the Lady Eagles traveled down to the Civic Center in Holland to compete against the Crusaders. The team walked into the gym ready to leave it all on the floor. The girls knew it was going to be an obstacle only having 6 players to play this game. Megan Beals was still recovering from her knee injury and Natalie Kapanka recovering from Bronchitis that had put her out of school for the whole week. The girls did a pre-game pump up cheer that really boosted their energy and they came out ready to play. 

The Eagles got down to business with a 21-10 lead in the first quarter. After some good talking and good ball reversals, the Eagles finished the first half with a 35-17 lead. In practice they have been working a lot on getting good movement of the ball and being loud on defense. With the sound of the final buzzer, the score was 61-37 in this Alliance Conference win on Monday. This was the second win for the Lady Eagles against Calvary Holland this season.  

            “We’re not the fastest or most athletic team, but we’re going to use what we have and try to get up and down the floor,” Richards said.  “Tonight I had two girls sitting out (one with an illness, one with a knee injury). Normally we’d sub a little more and we can run a little better. We feel pretty good about this win," Eagles coach Brad Richards said. "We played good defense and were able to get out and run."

            The Holland Sentinel said, “While Taylor Richards and Hayley Mohr were scoring points, the Fruitport Calvary defense made sure Holland Calvary did not get their offense into gear.” The Eagles' Taylor Richards finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds, Hayley Mohr added 23 points and Brianna Zehr had six assists.

            Captain Sydni Clark said, “We’re happy to have won this game and are striving to achieve more victories.” The Lady Eagles are excited as they approach these next few weeks that contain some very big games. 

            - Natalie Kapanka, Junior