Girls Basketball update

The players on the EAHS girls basketball team are probably sick of hearing it. Yes, they had a tough year last year. Yes, they were young then and are still a young group now. There are very few teams with as much bulletin board material written about them as this E-town group. And they play like they have something to prove, and that is dangerous for other teams.

So far, it's working out for them very well. They started off very hot, coming out of the games 3-1, but have slowed a bit recently, dropping four of their past five games leaving them at 4-5 overall and 1-2 in Section Two heading into tonight's game at Garden Spot (1-7 overall, 0-4 section). Right now E-town is in second place in Section Two, just one game behind Ephrata. And they should win tonight. (By the way, I'll be covering the E-town/Ephrata game on Monday night, which could be for first place.) But the Bears have already doubled last year's win total and are certainly primed to make some noise this season.

Their top two scorers have been Sarah Fairbanks (14.1 points per game) and Becca Bigler (10.5 ppg), but they also get contributions from Bri Kuhn, Jamie Ahern, Jenna Rosenberry and Emily and Katie Carter. I really like the way E-town defends. I'm really interested to see them play on Monday. The only time I've seen them live so far this year was in a blowout of Mount Calvary. So I'll get more of a grasp on them come Monday.

But definitely a good start for the Lady Bears.