A Preseason look at Girls Basketball

Lady Raven Basketball 2014-15 Preview

2013-14 In Review

Overall record last season- 11-11

State place last season – lost to Olathe South in Sub State Championship game

League record – 6-5

Top scorer: Shaleia Jamison (11 pts)

Top assists:  Shaleia Jamison (4 ast)

Top Rebounder- Shea Shipman

League place – 5th

Notable Departures

• Shea Shipman, 6’0” Sr (G/F)*Committed to Saint Louis University Basketball
• Sydney Mortensen, 5’9” Jr (G/F)*Family moved to Maize, KS (Maize South)
• Sierra Mortensen 5’7” Fr. (G/F) *Family moved to Maize, KS (Maize South)
• *2 more Seniors decided not to continue playing this season

Who’s Back

•  Shaleia Jamison 5’6” Sr. (G)
• Ashley Heller 5’6” Sr. (G)
• Hannah Stohr 5’8” Sr. (P)
• Annemarie Boeh 5’8” Jr. (G)

Athletes moving up from sub-varsity teams

• Ryley DeMaro (Jr)
• Sami Marks (So)
• Maddie Heise (So)

Q &A with Coach Branstrom...

How do you look at the upcoming season? –

We are young and have some early growing pains, but we have a good group who enjoys playing together.

How do you look at your league race? –

Leavenworth, Olathe South, and SM Northwest will fight for the top spot in the Sunflower League.

Anything that you would like add? –

Our goal must be on playing together and playing hard. Success will be a byproduct of relentlessly pursuing those 2 goals.

What will the keys to success be for your team? –

#1 –Adapt

#2- Be Relentless

What is your game plan for this year considering your team is smaller? -- 

We are going to play unconventional, and be smart with our shots.

How can you improve your team's chances to get to state?--

By playing offense  that is hard to defend.

Describe how you motivate your team? --

The way that we play this year, will be hard for it not to be motivating, a lot of people will play, and they will play hard.

Why is off season conditioning so important? --

Offseason conditioning is so important because we only have 13 practices before our first game, and we don't want to spend all our time running. I want them to be in shape when they come in.

Explain what will be key for a successful season? --

You beat the teams your suppose to, and win about 50% of the games that are evenly matched, and you win some games that you're not suppose to.

Who is your teams leader? --

Ashley Heller, Annemarie Boeh, Ryley DeMaro, and Sami Marks.