Future ACSC Basketball Champions?

 By Ting-Yi Huang

ACSC Basketball is right around the corner. What better way to anticipate it than to ask Mr. Van, one of the varsity basketball coaches, what his thoughts on the upcoming event will be like. With the team's amazing first place win during the Island Shootout tournament, Mr. Van confidently stated that “the Island Shootout tournament really galvanized the team, and showed us that we can be real competitors at ACSC.” This year’s varsity basketball team shows promising results in their performance, something that they will surely carry into ACSC.

Diving into the team itself, let’s ask the captain, Sean Lee (12), what he thought about the recent win in the Island Shootout tournament. “I think overall, it was good. We did a good job on keeping the ball and attacking the basket. But, I think we are still struggling to communicate and move without the ball. Moreover, I think we need to work more as a team so that we have a better chemistry,” he said. With this in mind, the team has had more training since the tournament, certainly learning from their mistakes, as well as improving their team chemistry and telepathic-like communication during games.

The team without its captain is like a boat without its sailor, and how good the team can be depends on the captain as well. Asking Darnell Dwumfour (12) how he felt about his captain, he said, “Sean is the strength of this team. As a captain, he united the team to its greatest. When times were tough, Sean was there to save the day. Although he fell off during the end, we still ended up taking the dub. Yay!” It’s obvious that this team feels very proud to have Sean as their captain, and for good reason as well. 

Bonded together through friendship and perseverance, Dalat’s Varsity Basketball team, even though they won the Island Shootout tournament, still works very hard to become better throughout every training they have. As Mr. Van says, “The goal is to win, and if the individual players can buy into the philosophy of the team, we can beat anyone.” 

With this mentality and persistence, it’s safe to say we will see extraordinary performances during ACSC. Go Eagles!