CENTRAL BUCKS EAST GIRLS’ BASKETBALL PREVIEW
Coach: Tom Lonergan (517-199 Overall-27th Year, 252-75 @ CB East-12th Year)
Assistant coaches: Melissa Carr (7th Year), Jenna Cooper (2nd Year), and Nancy Smith (4th Year)
Last year’s record: 23-6 Overall, 13-1 Conference, SOL Continental Conference Champs (4th Consecutive Title, 9th Title in last 11 Years), 2nd Consecutive State Playoff Appearance (10th in last 11 Years), 6th Seed in District going into states, lost in 2nd round of state playoffs to Abington
Notable losses: Liz Martin (Gettysburg College-Playing), Sarah Martin (Ursinus College- Playing), and Kristina Pogue (University of Georgia-Not Playing)
Key returners (include grade/position): Courtney McManus, SR, PG/SG and Melissa Remmey, SR, PF
Others to watch (include grade /position): Lindsey Kelly, JR, C and Shannon Devlin, JR, SG and Emily Kiersnowski, FR, SG and Shaun Kane, FR, PG/SG
Outlook: “We will have a lot of depth, although much of it will be very, very young. We will be more guard oriented then over the last several years with the departure of our long-time dominate force inside the paint Liz Martin, who graduated last year. We have the youngest team that I have ever had in my 12 years at CB East, and I am really looking forward to this upcoming season. We always consider ourselves a contender for the conference championship, as well as a district and state championship. This year our conference will be down a little from last year (because of a lot of very talented players graduating), but it will be as competitive as ever. I think that CB South has a nice, well-balanced team that will compete for the conference title as always with their strong guard-play. CB West will also be a factor this year, which a lot of credit should be given to their new coach for turning around a program that was 0-22 just a few years ago. Their team has been together for almost three full years now; they are well balanced and should be in the mix. And you can't count out Souderton and North Penn who also graduated a lot, but still bring back some solid players that are able to have a young team be built around them.”
Fun fact: This year’s team is going to Florida over Christmas to play in the Windermere Prep Holiday Classic in Orlando.
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