The Morningside girls basketball team is coming  off an outstanding year in 2020, and is looking forward to the upcoming season. 

The team will be lead by a returning first team All-American Sierra Mitchell and honorable mention all america Sophia Peppers

Sophia had an incredible seasons last year as she average a little over 14 points per game. 

Sophia credits her success to her coaches and teammates who helped push her to become the best player she could. 

Sophomore point guard Alexis Spier and Senior Sophia Pepper both are very excited about the upcoming season. Alexis played an important but minimum role on varsity as freshman last year and Sophia coming off her best season ever as a mustang.

Her favorite part of her freshman campaign was “getting to play during the National Tournament.”

The team is returning 4 out 5 starters from last year, but they did lose some valuable defensive players.

Alexis  Spier said, “Me and some other teammates have really put an emphasis on improving our defense this offseason and preseason.”

Their goal is to help fill the role and bring the same energy to the team that the Faith and Grace, who graduated, brought to every game. 

The ending of last year was a hard one for the team last year as they were two wins away from winning the National tournament. 

Alexis believes that being so close to winning it all has taught the team many lessons that they will be able to bring into this upcoming season. 

Sophia Peppers said “being so close to accomplishing our goals pushed the team to work even harder during the off season.”

Sophia Peppers is looking forward to the upcoming season and wants to have an unforgettable senior year.
When I asked her what would make it unforgettable she talked about accomplishing the huge goals this team has. 

The team had a thrilling performance during the 2020 national tournament, the team thrived off of the hometown crowd. The tournament was located in Sioux City, Iowa and Alexis believed “the energy brought by the fans helped us to play our best every game”

The upcoming season will kickoff in under a month as team will travel to play Saint Xavier in Illinoi on November 5th. 

The team is excited for this road trip and has big goals of winning a National championship this year.