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The Trojans are on the upswing as they finished 4-1 in their Trojan Duals tournament Saturday, with their only loss coming to Albia. Coach Heath DeForest tells KNIA Sports that his team’s love for the sport separates them from the rest of the teams in the state.
“What I do know is that we have a group of kids that love the sport and come in every day and work their tails off. Just for me personally, from previous years we had that but it wasn’t a whole team buy-in. This year, it is a whole team buy-in. There are 24 guys and gals bing in so it is awesome to see this program going in the right direction.”
The Trojans will be looking to start 2021 off on a positive note after finishing sixth in the WCAC Tournament December 19, including two second place finishes from Alex Swanson and Matthew Kauffman. Coach Heath DeForest tells KNIA Sports that he would like to see improvement from his team after the tournament.
“To put it bluntly, I don’t think we showed our capabilities. I think the kids know and understand that. No matter who we go up against, I have certain expectations and they need to have certain expectations of themselves. It doesn’t matter what they are wearing , it just matters who is stepping on the other side of that line. The biggest things we have been working on are going out attacking, fighting and battling.”
Pleasantville got swept in their doubleheader at Des Moines Christian, both teams ranked top 3 in the state Friday. The girls dropped to the Lions 51-33, while the boys nearly got doubled up 66-34. The girls lost their fifth game of the season. Malorie McKinney led the team in scoring, as she scored more than half of the Trojans’ points with 17. Adi Adreon was second on the team with six. Coach Jeff Cook tells KNIA Sports that they did turn the ball over too much, but did a good job defending the Lions’ top scorer, Moriah Prewitt. Prewitt scored just ten points, six below her season average.