Atlantic Trojans Girls Basketball looking for repeat of last season

November 9th, 2023 by admin

The Atlantic Trojans Girls basketball team had their best season in over a decade last year and the Trojans are looking to build off that success in 2023-24. The Trojans were 18-5 last year and tied for the Hawkeye Ten Conference Championship with Glenwood as both teams were 10-3 in conference play. This came after the Trojans had three consecutive seasons going 9-14 and just a few winning seasons in the last 10+ years. Head Coach of the Trojans Dan Vargason hopes his team can build off their breakthrough season and continue that success heading into the new campaign.

The Trojans did lose a lot off of last seasons team as they lost their second, third, and fourth leading scorers so the Trojans team has some big holes to fill. The Trojans got a lot of their success down low inside the paint as they were able to use their height to the teams advantage and do most of their scoring from down low. That will look a lot different this year as Coach Vargason said this years team is much smaller, but the team is quicker and will look to try and score more from the perimeter line.

With official practice for the new season starting this past Monday the Trojans are eager to get started and find out how some of the new pieces will play together. The Trojans with the speed and quickness will look to use that on both ends of the floor to wear opponents down. Coach Vargason said he has loved the energy and enthusiasm through the first week and said that girls energy is very consistent on both ends of the floor and he and his coaching staff love that.

The Trojans season starts a few days earlier than usual as they tip their season off on Friday November 17th but the Trojans have two scrimmage games before to help prepare the team and see where they currently are. Coach Vargason said the biggest thing about the scrimmage games is wanting to get the girls comfortable playing with each other and building the chemistry.

The Trojans girl teams will start their year for the first official game on November 17th when they travel to Pella to take on the Dutch for a 6pm tipoff.

You can listen to the full interview with Head Coach Dan Vargason below.