[thetribe]

the swindal girl was one of the most up and coming girls players in the 15th region during her sophmore year at east ridge under spears. she averaged 19-20 points per game and about 10 rebounds. i can't understand why she doesn't perform for us as she did at er, maybe her heart isn't into it or maybe she isn't happy. i just can't figure it out because if she had performed last year as a junior at shelby valley like she did her sophmore year, we very well could have won the region. and one other thing, coach rowe said in the class a meeting that he might win 8 games this year if he got to play piarist enough. i do not like that attitude becasue we have some really great players coming back. swindal, sawyers, tackett, and coleman should have us right in the thick of things. maybe i got more faith in them than coach rowe. my source was one of the coaches in the meeting, i will not give his name.

I thought that Swindall played really well last season. She picked up a lot of points in every game I witnessed her play and it seemed like she would average nearly 20 points for Shelby Valley. I'm not certain but I would almost bet that she was the leading scorer for Valley after she was cleared to play. Coach Rowe's comment about 8 wins if they played Piarist enough doesn't show the least bit of confidence in the team that he has to work with or maybe he made the comment to seem like the hero when the team does well, which they will. Swindall and Coleman is where the talent lies for the Wildcats this year. I want to see how their guard play is but I know that neither Sawyers or L. Tackett will be the scorers for the team. Shelby Valley will play down low with Swindall a lot and Coleman can hit from anywhere on the court so they will combine for 40+ a game. Sawyers and L. Tackett will probably contribute less than 20 points between them. All in all, Valley will have another good season but won't see the title.