The Valley Christian Girls basketball team has started their season off strong. On Wednesday, November 20th, they had their first game at home, starting out strong with a 53-37 win against Blue Ridge. After this win, the Trojans hit the road for their second regular season game on November 26th. They took on the Globe Tigers and won with an incredible score of 75-15. Both Kendall Rice (10) and Kendall Goncharoff (10) each had 5 steals to help lead the girls to victory.  

To further prepare for the season ahead, the girls entered the Black Friday Classic to jumpstart the season. Through playing tough teams including Window Rock, Casteel, and Tuba City, the girls were challenged with some good competition. Although they went 1-3 in the tournament, they had some huge takeaways and key players. Our leading scorers for the weekend were Abby Grier (10) and Ellie Phillips (11). Abby had 17 points and Ellie Philips had 14 points against Window Rock.  

Captain Bella Ferrara (12) shared her highlights from the tournament saying, "Although we did not win as many games as we were hoping to, it was still a wonderful tournament as it taught us many lessons on the court and allowed us to prepare for playing better teams later on in the season." 

After having the tournament to reflect on, the girls went on to playing Apache Junction on the road. They brought home the victory with a score of 81-16. The leading scorers for this game were Kendall Goncharoff with 19 points and Ellie Phillips with 14 points. Other key players during this game were Bella Ferrara and Ariana Maurer (12) with 10 rebounds each and Charis Sellars (10) with 7.  

Make sure to come out and support your girls basketball team as they kick off their season! For more information about games look at www.govalleychristian.com.  

Go Trojans!