By Courtney Russo – News Editor

The Jonathan Law girls basketball team is excited to start the winter season.

Law opens the season on December 13 at home against Amistad. This year’s captains are seniors Chloe Konareski, Tessa Piselli, Taylor Corretti, Haley Struffolino, Ella Franzman, and Lilly Baird.

“As a captain, I help incoming freshmen by always being there for them if they have any questions or need support on or off the court,” Stroffolino said. “I ensure they have fun and always feel part of the team.”

The Lawmen finished 10-10 last season and hopes to improve on that record this year. 

“This season I hope we better our record,” sophomore Maddy Bonnano said. “I think if we keep up how we have been playing at practice then we can achieve that goal.”

The team has been putting in a lot of hard work by consistently practicing and training hard.

“This year’s practice hours are 2:30-5:00 p.m. every weekday,” sophomore Madi Black said. “We also practice 9:00-11:00 on weekends.”

This year, the team has set goals to make sure they thrive and improve on the court. Team members described this year’s squad as energetic, determined, and committed.

“Im hoping that we can improve our communication skills and be able to talk more on the court,” Franzman said,. “I think a big factor that comes into some of our losses last season was our lack in communication skills.”

Nine incoming freshmen have also joined the team this season.

“My expectations as a freshman are to play good minutes on JV and work hard at practice,” freshman Addie McKenna-Hansen said. “Hopefully, that will get me on the varsity bench.”

Law added a new workout schedule this offseason to get ready for the year.

“Something we did differently this year was during the off-season we didn’t enter the fall league,” Franzman said, “We held open gym workouts twice a week which was super beneficial because we were able to work on ourselves and work on tons of drills.”