With a record of 5-2, the Girls’ Basketball team is continuing their season through the month of January. The girls’ have spent hours practicing for their games for a chance to continue on to playoffs.

Over Christmas break, the team played in a tournament at Freedom that took place from Dec. 29-30, their win brought them one step closer to making it to the playoffs, just like the 2013-14 season.

“Our intensity has picked up and our confidence has been boosted by winning the tournament over Christmas break,” Freshman starter, Bailey Prell said.

When January started, the girls continued their season, playing for a chance to make it to the playoffs. On Jan. 5, they lost against Carlynton with the final score being 72-22. Then, on Jan. 6, the team went up against Lincoln Park, the final score of that game was 44-32 with a victory for the girl’s.

“We are trying to attack the other teams defensives and trying to figure out how to beat them,” Prell said.

On Jan. 8, the girls won their game against Avonworth, with a score of 48-30. The girls play on Feb. 2 against Avonworth and on Feb. 5 against South Side at home. The regular season for the Girls’ Basketball team ends on Feb. 6 with a game against Quaker Valley. For the scores to these games, go to fhs-press.com.

Even though the regular season will be coming to an end, that may not be the end for the team.

“The seniors this year put in a lot of hard work over the past four years to make this team successful, and we [seniors] always said that our senior year, we would be a good team,” Senior MadisonDaubenspeck said.

“I wish to go far into the playoffs and have an experience like the soccer team did,” Senior Alexis Shingleton said.

The team only has four seniors, and most of them have been playing with each other since their freshman year, and they have all continued making relationships with their team members; both new and old. Throughout the years, their relationships have grown closer and stronger.

“[My favorite part is] probably just the experience of playing with girls that equal skill level and also having girls to look up to,” Prell said.

“The thing I’m going to miss most about basketball is spending time with my teammates,” Shingleton said.

The team has hopes of winning the next few games to take them into the playoffs. If playoffs are reached they have the potential to make it as far as they did in the 2013-14 season. With support from fellow classmates and families, the team will attempt to do their best to exceed their goals this season.

“I think that if we keep working hard and going hard towards the hoop we will do very well and win most of our games and maybe even go far into the playoffs,” Junior Courtney Susan said.