North Penn Girls' Basketball Preview

NORTH PENN GIRLS’ BASKETBALL PREVIEW

Coach:  Maggie deMarteleire, 11th season

Assistant coaches:  Mary Frances Traywick and Renee Womack

Last year’s record:  10-2 SOL (Continental Champions) Overall – 26-5.  Lost to Cardinal O'Hara in quarterfinal of states

Notable losses:  Sam Carangi – Villanova, Jess Huber and Irisa Ye  -  University of Sciences

Key returners:  Bri Hewlett – senior, Jess McKenzie – senior, Jenny Hulmes – senior, Carley Adams - sophomore

Others to watch:  Cayla Sharkey – junior, Alaina Mullaly – sophomore, Kate Early – sophomore, Valerie McGriff – sophomore, Alli Lindsay - freshman

Strength:  Senior leadership, depth. 

Question mark: We lost 3,000 points to graduation – who will step up and score?

Outlook:  “We have seniors that have experience, and we have skilled, dedicated younger girls who do not have experience, but have a great opportunity to step up and contribute this season.  Our team chemistry is good which is essential since we have a lot of hard work to do this season in a very tough conference.”

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