West Basketball Coming Soon!

Christian Leslie and Maxwell Curnett

The West Boys’ Basketball season is coming to town! The West Basketball season is starting December 18th, 2017 and it ends on February 15th, 2018. The 7th and 8th-grade boys will be playing against the East Rockets, Liberty Lions, Discovery Eagles, and Pioneer Wildcats for a two month season. There are many students that are going to try out for the basketball team and use their skills to make our school best this year. 

Many students will be attending tryouts, which will be Monday, December 18, for the 7th graders and Tuesday, December 19, for the 8th graders. If you’re invited back, you will attend a try-out on Wednesday, December 20. At tryouts, players will show their skills to the coaches. The coaches will pick the best players they see. Don’t forget, you will also need a current physical form to try out. Good luck!

Coach Wells, the coach for West boys basketball team, has been interviewed by reporter, Maxwell Curnett. Coach Wells really enjoys coaching the basketball teams and likes coaching in general. He also is looking forward to this season and upcoming seasons because he loves coaching. He states, “He likes the time that the players are investing and the growth over the short period of time in the season”.

The A team and B team has had a pretty successful season last year. The A team is usually 8th graders and the B team is usually 7th graders. Last year, East and Pioneer were a really tough team and will most likely be the biggest competitors. The A team’s record last year was a great 5 wins and 3 loses. The B team’s record was an astonishing 6 and 2.

If basketball is your thing, then try giving tryouts a “shot”. Show your skills to make the upcoming team. We’ are going to need help this year to beat the other teams! See you at tryouts!