By Alexander Bello
Remember when we were all in school, and were able to go see and support the various PHS Indian teams, especially this year’s Varsity Basketball Team? That seems like years ago, but just a few short weeks ago our Indians Basketball team had a great year!
The Basketball team of 2019-20 has done better than the last few years completing their season with a new coaching staff. The new focus of the team on practice and perfection means that they have been and will continue to win games, which means that they also have a better roster. The harder roster has not stopped this team from continuing to win, striving for excellence. In fact, it has made them dig deep and work harder. Senior, Cam’ron Sylvester said, “It’s great to see all the hard work from all the players come together with a winning season.”
It is a winning season they had too, with 18 wins, and going to the quarterfinals against Kennedy. Most of the varsity players are seniors and being there last year, they put in all their effort to represent Passaic and make the city proud. For whatever reason, they have certainly left their mark. Senior, Hector Mateo said, “It is something we all love doing, but we wanted to finish our time at Passaic with a ‘W’ to remember us.”
The main players that have been putting up numbers are Coby Sylvester (PG) and Antrell Monroe (SG) they have been putting the team on their backs and scoring about 20 points a game. They have been putting up numbers since they were freshmen, so it is nothing new to them. They were made for scoring because of their love of the game.
They key to this team is that they work together to score. Everyone on the team works hard and plays their heart out in every game. The stats prove it. Their defense was the greatest advance to the winning this season. They focused on a good defense being a good offense. No team this year was able to run up the score on these Indians.
PHS basketball is just beginning their rise to greatness. Little by little they will work hard to continue their momentum. They are working to keep it going through next year. Next year will also be a tough roster, so they need to keep it going.
When everything opens up and we are all back at school we all need to support the hard work and success of the Varsity Basketball Indians! People should definitely come to support their games at the high school and will enjoy the show they put on. Hopefully our team can win this year and we’ll be here rooting and supporting them. Go Indians!!!
