What does Saint Henry need to do to improve in 2010/2011? What do they need to keep doing to be successful? Remember, please be constructive.

Well, for starters they need to win two games in the 9th Region tournament, instead of one game as they've done the past two seasons. Provided that everyone is healthy, they have a legitimate chance to do just that this year. This year will also be the first time in many,many years that they have a legitmate shot to win the 9th Region All A title. NCC will definitely be the favorite, Holy Cross should be much improved, but St. Henry deserves to be mentioned in the same breath. St. Henry and NCC play each other in the opening round, so one of them will be sent home early. St. Henry returns a solid nucleus in Abby Janszen, Taylor Gamm and Shannon O'Daniel. Jessica Knaley will most likely take one other starting post spot with a another guard most likely to grab the final starting spot. Their top 6-7 all played significant varsity minutes last season. They will have some decent height in the post positions and should be pretty deep at the guard position. They will lose some quickness this year, but their ball handling, while not really a weakness last year, should be improved. They should be a pretty decent shooting team this year. I would also expect them to be a strong rebounding team as well. Janszen and Knaley are both capable of averaging double figures in rebounds. If Abby Janszen's leg recovers 100%, she is capable of averaging a double/double in points & rebounds. I believe she's already had a couple triple/doubles (steals) in her career. All in all, it should be another excellent year for Lady Crusaders basketball.

 

They will once again play a challenging schedule with the likes of Boone, Ryle, NCC, NDA, Highlands, Scott, Lexington Christian Academy, Assumption and a return trip to the Mercer Co. Titan Christmas Classic. The 34th District should be interesting as Dixie and Ludlow should be improved, Lloyd will still be very young and it will be interesting to see how Villa responds to the graduation of their talented senior class.

St. Henry benefits from being in the weakest district in the Ninth, and will go into the regional tournament almost certainly as a winner. But, to win two games in the regional, they will have to knock off either Boone County or Ryle. A tall task indeed.

 

If healthy they are a top five team in the Ninth, and I think they are in the mix for the all A regional title, though NCC is going to be a tough out.

Will the coaching staff be the same? I heard the assistants were all leaving.

I have been told that Coach Mike Clary has excepted the varsity asst. job there.