High school girls basketball: Teams focusing on skill development, more than games<\/p>\n
Published 6:18 pm Thursday, July 23, 2026<\/p>\n
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Staff report<\/p>\n
SALISBURY<\/p>\n
Lakai Brice will be coaching the Salisbury girls basketball team for the 14th time this fall, so she\u2019s got a handle on what works for her team and what doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t do any camps or jamborees this summer,\u201d Brice said. \u201cWe just focused on getting in the gym a lot and working on skill development and fundamentals. It was a getting back to basics summer for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
The numbers are looking very good for the Hornets,<\/p>\n
\u201cSeven freshman,\u201d Brice said. \u201cThe biggest freshman class I\u2019ve ever had and they\u2019re putting in some good work.\u201d<\/p>\n
Salisbury did well to win 13 games last season. The Hornets scored 1,070 points, while allowing 1,069.<\/p>\n
CARSON<\/p>\n
Carson\u2019s girls also had a mostly quiet summer.<\/p>\n
Part of that was because of head coach Chloe Monroe\u2019s hip replacement surgery that is scheduled for August.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a good summer, but we had a lot of kids out of town, so we didn\u2019t do many team camps,\u201d Monroe said. \u201cLots of skill workouts and we got in the weight room.\u201d<\/p>\n
EAST ROWAN<\/p>\n
Summer ball went well for the East Rowan Mustangs, coached by Bri Evans.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe held a lot of workouts and we had a double-figure turnout for all but one,\u201d Evans said. \u201cWe had anywhere from 10 to 18 kids.\u201d<\/p>\n
Evans said some of her younger players have made a nice jump.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re getting better,\u201d she said. \u201cBut we\u2019re going to be super-young.\u201d<\/p>\n
SOUTH ROWAN<\/p>\n
South Rowan\u2019s girls were another program that emphasized skill development over playing a lot of summer games.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got two more days of workouts,\u201d South head coach Alex Downs said. \u201cWe\u2019ve had some exciting new faces join us.\u201d<\/p>\n
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