The Arlington Lady Warriors 2020 are a group of young ladies I’ve
had the pleasure of observing many of them for what seems like forever but looking at the
archives, you can too, it’s only been a couple of seasons. I go on and on about
progression and upside with the youth and believe me this group keeps getting
better and they’re definitely not done
2020
Alyssa Lafontaine -5’9 forward-she’s always played hard, I
wrote after seeing her initially she never takes a play off and on top of that
she loves to defend. Several highlight moves in the video tell me the offense
has taken another turn as she’s adding more outside scoring instead of just
attacking strong, which she does quite well
Kennedi Burns -5’8 guard- I think my exact words were “shifty
guard that had another gear” when I first saw her but she’s taken that to
another level. I’m seeing more creativity and getting wherever she wants to go
and she scores multiple ways
Camryn Hill –5’9 forward-she had a growth spurt which
enables her to be even more of a threat as she gets older. I talked her ball handling and ability to
handle the ball under pressure but what I’m seeing tied into her maturity is
that she’s becoming more powerful on both ends of the floor and finishing with
contact
Jursei Powell -5’7 guard- loved watching her in the skill
segment when I first saw her, not only because of what she did but she
implemented what she learned into the game segment. Fast forward to now, you
can’t teach comprehension and her ability to create her shot and score as well
as better ballhandling tells me she’s working
Nina Milliner-5’4 PG- one of my favorite sayings is “the
game starts at the one” and I couldn’t keep my eyes off of this one when I
first saw her. She’s a powerful PG that understands the game and can get her
teammates involved but the energy she brings trickles down to her teammates. I
loved her ability to get to the rim and take the lick as well as pulling up for
the jumper but that defense was, well on point
Jasmyne Brown -5’9 forward-I called her long and agile as
well as smooth and silky and like Milliner, I said with their work ethic, their
best basketball is ahead of them. Jas really did some interesting things, like
throwing outlets on the money as well as running the floor and receiving them.
She’s added a soft jumper and her timing enables her to block numerous shots
2021
Kendall McGruder- another player did was so impressive in
the skills segment when I caught her initially that showed what she learned
during the games. She already could see the floor and finish with contact but
let me tell you something, that ball handling has definitely taken off, she
razzled and dazzled through traffic, the mid and long range also gives her
multiple weapons
Kate Renner and Z’mya Cox are both newcomers to Girlz Prep Report and they too showed up well
in the skill segment. I like the intensity both bring on defense, Renner showed
she could nail the jumper while Hurd did some acrobatic things I’m still amazed
at. Plenty of upside for both of these talented young stars
