Midnight Madness hypes up fans at start of basketball season

Midnight Madness brought the Jacket faithful to the high school gymnasium on Friday, Nov 22, to start the 2019-2020 season.

Players expressed optimism about the year ahead.

“This is a really good team. We have a lot of talent and have played together for a really long time, so we should be pretty good,” said Morgan Featherstun, a junior player.

Lydia Knowlton said she is excited for all the chemistry of the team.

Emilio Navarro, a senior on the boys team, said that he’s “looking for a great season with nothing but dubs,” an expression short for Ws, or wins.

“Our top priority is the NLL championship,” said Jackson Sizemore, a senior starter on the varsity boys team. He also suggested the team could go further in competition.

Both teams continue their journeys tomorrow night in away games.

Dance team performing their dance: Morgan Bowe, Lauren Ross, Madalyn Hembree, Madison Zam, . Photographer: Neela Azizi, Nov. 22, 2019
Arrival of students and adults. Photographer: Neela Azizi, Nov. 22, 2019
Crowd of students watching the introduction of the basketball teams. Nov. 22, 2019 Photographer: Neela Azizi
JV Basketball Team being introduced (left to right): Jack Mitchell, Luke Manges, Will Rettig, Dylan Paule, Kannon Klusmeyer, Dillon Esper, Josiah Brown, Joey Bohmon, Ramiro Sanchez, Gino Menard. Nov. 22, 2019. Photographer: Neela Azizi
Freshman Girls Basketball Team being introduced (left to right): Aubrey Petree, Ashlyn Short, Megan Gibbs, Ashlyn Brown, Abby Robinson, Kelsey Cloyne, Natalie French. Nov. 22, 2019 Photographer: Neela Azizi
Freshman Boys Basketball Team being introduced (left to right): Jake Tinney, Josh Gilts, Carter Petteys, Andrew Hunt, AJ Bernthisel, Matt McEwen, Jonah Thanasiu, TJ Takats, Avery Hunt, AJ Bibb, Abdurahman Hashem, Matthew Watkins. Nov. 22, 2019 Photographer: Neela Azizi
GIrls JV Basketball Team being introduced (left to right): Olivia Achenbach, Kacey Laumann, Kenley Koval, Katie Sims, Ryan Nordahl, Avery Adamski, Joselynn Thomas, Skylar Young . Nov. 22, 2019 Photographer: Neela Azizi
Gymnastics Team being introduced (left to right): . Nov. 22, 2019. Photographer: Neela Azizi
Gymnasts and students have a handstand competition. Photographer: Neela Azizi, Nov. 22, 2019
Spotlight on the cheerleaders dancing. Photographer: Neela Azizi, Nov. 22, 2019