Boys High remains optimistic despite a down-season
The Boys and Girls Kangaroos won three consecutive Public School Athletic League championships from 2010-2012, so when they finished last season with just an 8-8 record it was easy to overlook it as barely a blip on the radar. However, the ‘Roos have continued to struggle this season and are currently 6-7 after a loss to South Shore last Friday.
Despite that, head coach Ruth Lovelace isn’t discouraged by her team. Yes, it can be a little frustrating for her at times when she watches them lose games that she is used to seeing them win. She knows her team well, she realizes that it’s a young core, and understands that this same team will come back stronger next year even if they don’t shock some teams in this season’s playoffs.
“I think we’re a little young,” Lovelace said. “The maturity level this year isn’t where it should be, but that’s what happens when you have a lot of underclassmen on the team. We also have five new kids on the team that had had to learn their roles, learn our style of defense. So it’s a combination of maturity level and inexperience.