Varsity Basketball Teams Build Hoop Dreams
by Bryan Bippert
December 18, 2007
This year’s boys and girls’ basketball teams are enjoying a wonderful start.
The Lady Pirates are 10 – 3 at the halfway point with lots of room to improve. After an 8 – 0 start to the season, a Championship trophy from the Marion tournament and a rank in the top 20 in the state, the Lady Pirates have stumbled a bit. With a temporary loss to point guard Cheyenne Berry, the Lady Pirates have gone 2 – 3 over the last five games. It’s never fun to lose your point guard, but through the leadership of seniors Jodie Buchanan, Vanessa Villarreal and Sarah Garcia and great inside play from sophomore Ashley Perez, the Lady Pirates have held it together beautifully. District play begins on January 4 at Somerset. The Lady Pirates return 10 lettermen and all 5 starters from last year’s playoff team.
The boy’s basketball team is off to a wonderful start as well. The guys are 6 – 3 thus far with a Championship trophy from the Schulenburg Tournament and impressive wins over Wimberley and Hondo. The Pirates return 2 lettermen and 1 starter from last year’s Regional Tournament team.New to the job but not to the program is Head Coach Kevin Poore. Coach Poore was our JV coach last year and ironically is leaning on many of those same players this year at the varsity level. They have responded. The Pirates are lead by Seniors Jonathan Flores, Mac Medina, Josh Walker, Juan Perez and Andres Munoz and great play from Junior Jeremi Holmquist. There is no doubt that the Pirates have responded well to the loss of last year’s senior class. They are fun to watch.
Help Needed for Power Lifting Meet.
The Brian Walters Memorial Power Lifting Meet will be taking place on January 26 at the Lytle High School gym. Our athletic boosters, the Jolly Roger Athletic Association, will sponsor the meet as always. If you would like to help in any way, please contact Coach Bippert at the Lytle Athletic office. Your assistance is great!
