The accent is on youth for the Lady Tigers

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Leading Lyndonville into the upcoming season will be this group of veterans including, from left, Ella Lewis, Kaylee Nesbitt, Savannah Poler, Prezli Silversmith, Lorelei Dillenbeck and Karlee Rounds. Missing from the photo is Danielle Weldon.

The Lyndonville girls varsity basketball team will be dominated by underclassmen this season as the Lady Tigers lineup includes only two seniors.

Savannah Poler and Danielle Weldon are the only seniors on the Lady Tigers squad which also returns experience in juniors Kaylee Nebitt and Prezli Silversmith, sophomore Karlee Rounds, and freshmen Ella Lewis and Lorelei Dillenbeck. Another returnee, sophomore Gracie Johnson, is out with an injury.

“It’s a very, very young group,” said Coach Kate Draper. “We’re looking to work hard, improve on last year and keep progressing in a forward direction.”

The Lady Tigers graduation losses included Alecia Hinkson, Anna Lewis, Stacey Buckland, Grace Hayes and Paige McDonald. Hinkson led the team in scoring with 220 points and rebounds with 160 and Lewis scored 144 points and a team leading 51 steals.

The Lady Tigers will host Rochester Academy Charter in the non league season opener on December 3.

Schedule
December: 3 – Rochester Academy Charter, 5:30 p.m.; 4 and 7 at Kendall Tournament; 11 – Notre Dame, 7 p.m.; 17 – Elba, 7 p.m.; 19 – at Wheatland-Chili, 7 p.m.; 30 – at Barker, 6 p.m.
January: 8 – at Kendall, 7 p.m.; 10 – at Holley, 7 p.m.; 14 – at Alexander, 7 p.m.; 16 – Byron-Bergen, 7 p.m.; 22 – Holley, 7 p.m.; 24 – Oakfield-Alabama, 7 p.m.; 28 – at Attica, 7 p.m.; 30 – Pembroke, 7 p.m.
February: 4 – Kendall, 7 p.m.; 6 – Wheatland-Chili, 7 p.m.; 12 – at Elba, 7 p.m.; 14 – Barker, 7 p.m.; 18 – at Notre Dame, 7 p.m.