69 www.ReadMPM.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.MountPleasantPodcast.com BY L. C. LEACH III Scouting Report Girls High School Basketball Preview The girls high school basketball season promises to be an entertaining and competitive one across the East Cooper. As players run laps, sweat through drills and perfect their skills in practice and scrimmage for a late November tip-off, it’s time to review the scouting report of the local talent. Here is a look at five schools and their head coaches, both new and veteran, and their outlooks for the upcoming season. WANDO LADY WARRIORS Over the last 10 years, the Wando High Lady Warriors have been hovering in zones of good and better. Now, 10-year head coach Jeff Emory thinks the team might be entering its best years yet. “We were 12-13 two seasons ago, but rebounded to 15-13 last year,” Emory said. “And I feel that this group will offer a competitive balance throughout the roster and give us a great deal of positive leadership.” So far, the Lady Warriors have won two state basketball titles – 1977 and 1980. And it is exactly those kinds of days that Emory is looking to return to soon, returning primary leadership from nine players: Senior guard Isabel Waite, who played in all 28 games last season; All-Region senior point guard Selah George; forwards Mya Andrus and Sadie Andrus; guard Mackenzie Eikenberry; guards Avery Warden and Riley Craft; and forwards Mason Byrd and Grace Wilcenski. “They have done a great job setting the tone for the season,” Emory said. “This team reminds me of the 2021 our sports Coach Jeff Emory leads drills and plays at a Wando girls’ basketball practice.
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