BELFAST — The youthful Belfast Area High School girls junior varsity basketball team did not have a successful 2019-20 season record-wise, but met other individual and team-based goals throughout the winter court campaign.
Led by coach Julie Morneault, the Lions finished with an 0-14 record, but “focused on improving as individual players as well as a team.”
Team members included Gabriella Genthner, Dayra Valle, Kara Richards, Emma Waldron, Audra Faulkingham, Jacqueline Batty, Jillian Hashey, Stella Collins, Brynne Sawyer and Luna Carlson.
Despite being winless, Morneault said one of her team’s signature performances on the season was a loss to Maine Central Institute of Pittsfield in a game that went down to the wire.
"One of our first few games we lost to MCI by 30 points,” she said. “But when we faced them again we battled back and forth. The game came down to a last-second shot where MCI came out on top. [The Lions] are a very promising group and have made great strides this season. We just have to keep pushing forward in the off-season.”
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