With the start of the 2012-2013 CCL basketball league came the usual teams of high school guys ready to defeat their opponents. But this year, the CCL team Victorious Secret was added to the mix. Victorious Secret is the first all girls team since 2004, and is made up of only junior girls, three from DHS and four from MHS.<\/p>\n
Junior Mallory Fogus started the team with a few of her friends from MHS. The team consists of DHS juniors Fogus, Olivia Shelton, Kate Martin, and MHS juniors Kayla Keyser, Anne Trapani, Maddie Hayes, and Becca Singer.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a really fun way to spend time with friends,\u201d Fogus said. \u201cBeing able to play with girls from Midland is awesome, too, because we\u2019ve always been rivals before now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fogus, Martin, and Shelton played both freshmen and JV basketball at DHS before deciding not to play in their junior years.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s awesome to be able to continue to play basketball, since we all decided not to play with our school anymore,\u201d Fogus said. \u201cIt\u2019s a totally different game, and a lot less intense.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the past, the CCL league has generally been made up of boys teams only, with the girls sitting in the bleachers watching the them have fun. Fogus is excited for the\u00a0change this year and hopes to make an impact on other girls in Midland.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope [other girls] see us having fun so that they will be convinced that it\u2019s worth making their own team,\u201d Fogus said. \u201cIt would be awesome to be able to play another girls team once in a while.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fogus hopes that eventually the entire league will be coed, to provide a little more excitement for fellow teams.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019d be nice to have the league half and half so everyone can feel involved,\u201d Fogus said. \u201cThe boys always look like they\u2019re having so much fun, and the girls can have that much fun too if they have a team to play on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some people believe that the boys teams will treat Victorious Secret differently, due to the fact that they are the first girls team in years. Fogus believes that that isn\u2019t the case.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one has ever treated us rudely, which we really appreciate,\u201d Fogus said. \u201cWe can hold our own out there, so if anyone is rude to us, we\u2019ll just go out there and play our best.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shelton, also known as Swerve on the court, has seen a little bit of a difference between intensities.<\/p>\n
\u201cInitially the guys play differently against us,\u201d Shelton said. \u201cBut then they realize that we\u2019re here to win and they step it up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Victorious Secret expects to win at least one game in the season, even though they are playing many boys who are taller and stronger than them.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe go into every game picturing that championship win,\u201d Fogus said. \u201cWe also have some very inspirational coaches and fans, which will help us to accomplish anything we set our minds to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both Fogus and Shelton are happy to be a part of CCL.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cThe best part is watching Mallory drain threes from half court,\u201d Shelton said. \u201cThe girls are all awesome and being able to play with them in such a fun league is so exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n
The team is currently 0-2, with plans for advancement later in the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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