Winter sports outlook: Mount Si girls working on strong defense

Published 2:50 pm Wednesday, December 9, 2015

The move from 3A to 4A has been a big step for the girls basketball team at Mount Si High School. After playing in 4A last year, the team feels they are ready to really improve.

Head coach Taylor Bass said that the last season gave them the experience they needed to play in 4A.

“Last year was a good year for us overall. We were moving up from 3A to 4A and knew that we were going to play bigger schools with a bit more individual talent,” Bass said. “We were able to put a very good foundation on the defensive end for us and it’s something that showed with our first game already.”

Annie Hiebert, senior and team captain, agreed, stating the team has made the big adjustments already and is focused teamwork.

“It was a big adjustment moving up, but I think this year we have seen all of our competition so it’s definitely an easier transition,” Hiebert said. “We can’t play individually to beat teams like this, we have to play all together and I think that’s going to show this season.”

This season has given them a chance to really develop the players and the team’s connection.

“We have Annie Hiebert is the returning captain she’s definitely someone who we are going to look at to lead us both on and off the court. Emma Smith is a returning kid who played a lot, Hayden Frederick is a returning starter, Cam Buck is a returning starter who is a senior,” Bass said. “So we didn’t lose too much but the best thing is that we are bringing some kids up who played JV last year and are going to be able to help us on both ends of the court.”

With a constantly improving team, Bass is confident they will be able to have a strong showing.

“The biggest thing for us is we want to be a team that teams fear,” Bass said. “We want to be a team that makes state every single year, so we have that mentality where we come in here and work hard every single day. We put a lot of pride in how hard we work.”

Mount Si Varsity Girls Basketball

Mon., Dec. 9, home vs. Redmond,  7:15 p.m.

Fri., Dec. 11, at Inglemoor, 6:30 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 16, home vs Issaquah,  7:15 p.m.

Fri., Dec. 18, at Bothell, 6 p.m.

Sat., Dec. 19, at Cedarcrest, 6 p.m.

Wed., Jan. 6, at Woodinville, 7:30 p.m.

Fri., Jan. 8, home vs Newport, 6:30 p.m.

Sat., Jan 9, at Skyline, 6:30 p.m.

Wed., Jan. 13, at Redmond, 7:15 p.m.

Fri., Jan. 15, home vs Eastlake,  6:30 p.m.

Wed., Jan 20, at Issaquah, 7:15 p.m.

Fri., Jan 22, home vs Inglemoor,  6:30 p.m.

Fri., Jan 29, home vs Bothell, 6:30 p.m.

Wed., Feb. 3, home vs Skyline, 7:15 p.m.

Fri., Feb. 5, at Newport, 6:30 p.m.