Head Coach Kristen McDonell has led the Norwood High varsity girls’ basketball team to victory with 19 wins and 3 losses in the 2025-2026 season. She has made the team an outstanding high school basketball team, which placed them seventh in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) Division II Girls Basketball Power Ranking as of Feb. 17.
For basketball and any other sports teams. It can be important to go watch a college-level game of the sport, and it also leads to team bonding, which is also important because it makes the players closer to one another.
“We went to a college game in Providence,” said head coach Kristen McDonnell.
One thing that happens to lots of high school players is that their position on the court may change at some point in their high school career.
“We’ve had kids step up and become scorers, and we’ve had kids that needed to rebound,” said McDonnell.
When playing sports, players become dedicated to their sport and are always working hard in practice, games, off the court, and during the off-season.
“ I think working hard every day in practice is really shown in our games, and having fun together, keeping our energy and intensity up always has helped us win as much as we have,” said senior captain Bella Coras.
Having fun but intense practices makes players better because they are more focused while having fun
“The intensity is always high during practice, and we can make playing fun while always getting the most out of it,” said senior captain Isabella Morgan.
The team’s next stop is now the Elite 8, which is the eight best teams in the state of Massachusetts.
Their season has unfortunately ended after March 6 after a (66-46) loss against the Medfield Warriors.
