They have to play. They need to get that game experience. It's hard to create a tight game situation in practice. Playing is important, but they need to work on ball-handling, too.

They probably exceeded my expectations. The freshmen had a good squad of eighth-graders last year (16-4 overall). They were an athletic group of girls and I was feeling good before the season started, but you never know. I didn't know about the competition.