By:Elizabeth Paniagua, staff writer

As our Winter sports come to an end, our girls basketball team’s hard work has not only taken them to the D3 CCS championship but also a big CCS win! It was an extremely close game against Notre Dame High School with a ending score of 51-50. Lets see what some players had to say about this amazing season.

“Making CCS was expected for my team,” says senior shooting guard Sofia Kwan. 

When Kwan was asked what strategies she uses for her games, she said that meditating was one way she could calm down and stay focused before her game. Kwan’s favorite memory from winning CCS this year was in the final quarter, when the whole team looked at each other and realized they were going to win. Kwan feels accomplished about being a CCS champion and beating Notre Dame, the team they had lost to last year. She also feels good ending her senior year of high school as a CCS champion. 

Amaya Moore (11) has almost the exact same response as Kwan. Moore says it was her first time playing basketball for high school so it felt really good making it to CCS. One strategy Moore uses to focus on the game and her role,  including what she has to do during a game. Moores favorite memory was also when the whole team realized they had won. Moore recalls when the last buzzer went off at the end of the game and her whole team started jumping up and celebrating together. Lastly, Moore feels good about winning CCS because even though she’s made CCS before in a different sport, she didn’t win. “It feels good being on the winning side for once.” says Moore. 

As you can see, our lady vikings are just as proud of each other as we are of them. Their hard work and dedication will never be unnoticed and it has brought them the title of “CCS Champions.” Great work girls!