Last February, Milano’s Lady Eagle basketball team ended district play with just one district win. A team with no junior or senior on the roster, the girls commonly found themselves overwhelmed against much older teams on Tuesday and Friday nights.
Head coach Stacey Compton even made a point at the school’s athletic banquet towards the end of the 2020-21 school year to highlight the fact that all of her girls were underclassmen.
Fast forward to last week, MHS faced Holland to decide playoff seeding after both teams finished 4-6 in District 27-2A.
Although Milano’s 41-36 loss to the Lady Hornets this past Friday led to an early first-round exit threes days later against topranked Weimar, the experience was one that Compton and her players saw as positive.
“It feels really amazing,” MHS junior Aaliyah McBrewer said. “The fact that we can come from last year to being a team in the playoffs, it’s just amazing.”
Compton said her team worked hard and learned a lot of new things over the past year.
“They have a taste of it now,” Compton said. “They were excited about it and they weren’t scared coming in, so I’m excited for them.”
GAME —The Lady Eagles fell to Weimar, the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches’ 24th-ranked team in Class 2A, at Cedar Creek High School 65-28. Leading scorers for MHS were Laynie Rose and Natalie Compton, who each scored seven points.
Despite the double-digit loss against a district champion, Milano players were tired but grateful after the game and already motivated for what the 2022-23 season has in store.
“We’ll be more confident, it’s going to be our year next year too.” McBrewer said.
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