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Stonewall Jackson: Team for All Seasons
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"I told them I wished they were all four girls, but don't tell your brothers," Tillett said.
Osbourn , entering its 10th year in AAA, improved from 1-20 in 2003-04 to 10-14 last season, its most wins since 1996-97. That progress in part explains why the Eagles have been so disappointed by the early season snow-outs. They want to play.
"We felt like we had built something last year and we have more to build on," Eagles Coach Lauren Milburn said. "We definitely have more of a winning mentality than we have in the past. You can just see the mentality that they're ready to play and ready to bring it."
Senior Quynh Nguyen has emerged as more of a leader, and Tina Milillo and Alexis Hargbol are other senior returning starters. They were three of the team's top four scorers last year.
Six of Osbourn's 10 wins came against programs (Battlefield, Freedom and South Lakes) that won one game or fewer, but the Eagles also knocked off Hylton early in the season.
Battlefield had no seniors last year but returns just five players off that inaugural team, in part because of more talented girls who have entered the program. Four of the returning Bobcats were starters in 2004-05, including LaTonya Carter, the team's only senior.
"We're still really, really, young, with only five people back and a whole new group still getting to know each other," Coach Eric McCaslin said. "So it will take a while as far as chemistry goes."
The Bobcats beat Brentsville in their season opener. Sister transfers from California -- Raquel and Selina Mann -- have cracked the starting lineup, and Washington state transfer Danielle Crabtree also is in the rotation.
