The Lady Warriors continued their tradition of playoff berths. Led by Angie Ruiz, senior, and Priscilla Lopez, freshman, the Warriors finished with a “decent” record of 12 wins and seven losses.

          This season was perhaps Ruiz’s hardest season because she suffered with various injuries, which sidelined her for a couple of games. She said, “I think I played my best even though I was injured.”

          Despite her injuries, Ruiz finished with an average of 9.8 points per game and an impressive 1.5 blocks per game. The team will miss Ruiz since this is her senior year.  She will be heading to Cal State Dominguez Hills next year.

           Lopez was also a great help for many if not all the games. She led the team in scoring, assists, and steals. For that reason the Lady Warriors gave her the opportunity to become captain in her freshman year. Lopez said,  “It is wonderful to know that my team made it to the playoffs.”

          This season has had its ups and downs from the uncertainty of whether or not there was going to be a basketball team this year to ineligibility problems of some of the girls. 

          These issues were solved by having girls that had never played before or had little experience playing come and assist the team. During the final stretch of the season these girls were valuable to the team by providing defense and points when needed.

          Girls like Caree Morley, junior, who had never played the game of basketball decided to play, and now she has lasting memories. She will never forget the first three-pointer she hit during warm-ups when Bethel played Baker.

          Although this has been one of the toughest seasons, making it to the playoffs was “worth it”.