Norsemen Basketball Season Begins!

Here in NCHS in the recent years the most exciting part of the year has been the basketball season. In the past seasons the team and community have had high aspirations of winning the state championship title last year’s Norsemen accomplished. But there’s only one problem in that, four out of our five starters graduated.

This year it is going to take more than talent to win; many of the players believe that the skies is the limit if the Norsemen play as a team and are in great shape along with demonstrating a great work ethic. When asked about this season Taylor Wright stated, “We can win the regional if we set our minds on it.” The Norsemen have won the regional for the past 3 years, and just because the team’s base is young, doesn’t mean that the winning ways have to stop. Taylor Wright said, “The keys to victory this season are, defense and proper execution on offense.” Here in Newark players pride themselves on their work ethic and showing the community that they can play and that they can win. When Taylor was asked about the goals for the season he responded confidently by saying, “I would love to make the All-Conference team, along with helping the Norsemen make a second appearance at the state finals this season.”

By Jake Ramey