Senior Avery Graham plays in a game against Poolesville on January 26.

by Rachel Themsitokleous ‘26

At the start of the season, the girls basketball team proclaimed that they were going to play with determination, and that’s exactly what they’ve done with an impressive 9-3 record thus far. The Warriors suffered their only 3 losses at the beginning of the season against Whitman on December 6, Churchill on December 12, and Damascus on December 16. Since then, the team has won 8 games in a row.

“We started off slow, but now that we’re getting into the flow of things, we’re playing very well,” said junior shooting guard Annelyn Webb. “Our defense has really started to come together now that we are building our relationships, [along with] our offense improving overall.”

One big challenge the team has faced this year is a constantly changing lineup as a result of the team sustaining a few injuries throughout the season, along with different players performing at various levels. “This has made it difficult to establish chemistry among our starting unit and to lock down a rotation that everyone is comfortable with,” acknowledged Coach Tammara Ross “But I feel our players have done a phenomenal job adjusting on the fly from game to game and not letting that impact them too much.”

Seniors such as post Avery Anderson, guard Avery Graham, and guard Shannon Farr have been key contributors to the team’s success so far this season. These players display good leadership on and off the court, along with impressive shooting ability and ball handling during games.

“The [players] continue to make play after play every game,” said Ross. ”That makes me incredibly thankful that God has blessed me to be their coach and to have their experience out there on the court in the biggest of moments.”

With challenging schools in the upcoming week, the team hopes to maintain the winning streak they have been able to build up over the season. Due to snow closures, the two hardest games the team has to face will be played back-to-back, with Wootton on February 3 and Richard Montgomery on February 4. Wootton is expected to be extra motivated, because they were the team the Warriors knocked out of the playoffs last year. The rematch against RM is also anticipated to be difficult because their best player will be back on the court, and she was voted the MoCo player of the year last year.

“I have complete faith and confidence in our team led by our seniors. They will step in the biggest moments, and the rest of the team will follow,” says Ross.