The 2024-25 edition of the Enid High girls’ basketball team has a new coach, new players, and a new style of play, and they hope to bounce back from a few seasons where they haven’t done as well as they have hoped.
At the top, the team is welcoming back Aly Seng, who played for the Pacers at a time when they were very competitive. After stints coaching at Hennessey, where they made regionals, to NOC as an assistant, and a couple of years at Chisholm, where they won district, she is excited to return to her alma matter to help get them back to where they once were.
“My goal is to build this team back up and gain the kids back that have been slipping through the cracks. There are a lot of kids here at school that could help the team. Since I just got here in October, we are just getting ready to play with this team, but I’d like to build a little more of the pipeline from the little leagues to the high school team,” said Seng.
As for this year’s team, while they do have 3 seniors who will contribute, there will be times when there will be three freshmen and two sophomores on the court, which shows their youth. But that’s not to say they don’t have some good players. Sophomore Power Forward Anabelle Miller is a budding star that the team will rely a lot on. “Anabelle is a competitor. She’s strong, she rebounds like crazy, she can score pretty much any time she wants to, and we will need the ball to go through her to be successful,” said Seng. The team will also look to Amarianna Solomon, a freshman guard for some minutes. “She’s tough, also a competitor, great at getting to the rim to score, and just an overall dynamic player,” Seng said. Junior Guard Olivia McCoy is also a key to this year’s squad. Seng said, “Olivia is probably our best outside shooter, tough as nails, and really brings a lot of fire to the court.”
“We are going to play fast and get the ball up the court quickly, which hopefully gets us some easy baskets. We will be fun to watch. We want to be gritty and play intense, which they are doing a good job at. We need to improve our outside shooting, but the girls have been in early every day to get up some shots, so that will come,” said Seng.
The team would love to have the support of the community and just asks to be given a chance. “If you come out and support these girls, it would mean so much to them. They are working so hard, and we are going to put an entertaining product on the Court. We have a way to go, but people in the stands will help these girls know they are supported. And in turn, we want to be out in the community giving back as well,” Seng said.
