Champions

Ever since my freshman year at West Hills, the Girls Varsity Basketball team has dominated and has been one of the most successful sports teams at our school.

            The girls’ basketball team has been CIF champions or semi-finalists every one of the last four seasons. This year, they are currently competing for 3^rd place in CIF. They planned to get second last week, but lost to Serra High School. It was a very intense and important game at Serra. They are a very competitive school and a big rival to Patrick Henry High School in boys’ basketball and football. Although we didn’t have the home court advantage, the Wolf Pack showed up and supported the Lady Wolf Pack. Losing to Serra was a tough blow for the girls, but they were still in good spirits after the game. On a Facebook event page, 4 year varsity player, Emily Cole, says, “Thank you for everyone who came! It’s not over yet; we play Thursday against West View at Mira Mesa.” The girls are staying positive and looking forward to their game later on this week.

            Emily goes on to tell us that if they win against West View, they will go to the state play offs! This is still a very big accomplishment and will be a big game for the team. State play offs are a huge deal and we wish them the best of luck. I caught up with senior star, Haley Forseburg and asked her what this game against West View means to her and her team. She said, “We’re playing for the third place in CIF and the winner goes to the state championship which is fun, but it is also a very big challenge.” Haley has been to the state championships before and said that there are a ton of great teams that go from all different types of schools.She said that the Lady Wolf Pack always tries their hardest, but usually gets beat. “The score is usually like 90 to 30,” Forseburg added. Winning is kind of bitter sweet for the team; they’re happy they won, but they know that state championships are a lot of hard work.

            Win or lose the spot for third place, this is another year in a long run that the WHHS Girls Varsity Basketball team has been in CIF. The girls’ teams at West Hills are continuously successful and continuously show that boys are not always athletically superior. Good luck to our Lady Wolf Pack basketball players in their future games.