New Season New Expectations

The Uplift Titans basketball team ended the 2008-2009 basketball season with big expectations for the next year. Last season the team was in the blue north a conference in which they went (8-1) and finished second in the conference. They also won a regional championship in the state playoffs, and were this close to winning sectionals. No one in the city expected us to win because we were a new school which gave us really low expectations coming into last year. Going into the season we had a big chip on our shoulders because everyone expected us to lose. We worked hard everyday in practice because we knew that we had something to prove to ourselves and all of our doubters. We had three seniors last year Misgna Paulos, Richard Samuels, and Sened Tesfay who all contributed very big to the team last season. Misgna was the best player on the team last year and the leading scorer, Richard was the big man in the middle who gave us a post presence, and Sened was the heart and soul of the team who inspired everyone to give a little more. With the new season coming up we will miss those guys a lot, but we can not dwell on the past other players just have to steptheir game up and make up for the parts we will be missing. This year we are going up to a new conference the Red North, and we expect to win because this is something we really want. As long as we stay focused and continue to work hard we will have a great season exactly like we expect.