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4C McDonald County Press Thursday, November 28, 2019 W i n t e r S p o r t p r e v i e W With three returning starters back, the 2019-2020 McDonald County Lady Mustang basketball team looks to improve on its 7-18 record from last year. Also back is head coach Chris Kennedy, who enters his second year at the helm of the Lady Mustangs. "We have a year of basketball under the same system, so we should be able to step forward and make some progress," Kennedy said. "So far I have seen that. We are trying to come out every day and get better in practice and hopefully that will carry over into games where we can step up and win some crucial games in conference and districts." Leading the returning starters is four- year starter Ragan Wilson. Other start- ers back are Rita Santillan and Kristin Penn. Wilson earned second team all-con- ference as a junior, while Satillan earned honorable mention honors. Wilson averaged six points a game last year while Santillan averaged eight. "Ragan is the best leader we have," Kennedy said. "She is pushing herself and everybody on the team to get better. Rita in an anchor we can rely on. She gets us going when it comes to hustling and getting after it. Penn is a really good outside shooter. She has started to step up and figure the speed of the game out at the varsity level." In addition to the returning starters, Kennedy has four other returning letter- men in Laney Wilson, Caitlyn Barton, Familiarity Should Help Lady Mustangs RICK PECK/SPECIAL TO MCDONALD COUNTY PRESS The McDonald County High School 2019 varsity girls basketball team. Rick Peck Special to McDonald County Press Date Opponent Level Time Dec. 2-6 at Carl Junction Varsity TBA Dec. 12-14 14 at Lady Eagle Classic Varsity TBA Dec. 17 at Webb City HS Var/JV/9th 4:30 p.m. Dec. 19 Carthage HS Var/JV/9th 4:30 p.m. Jan. 4 at Eldorado Springs Varsity 10 a.m. Jan. 7 at Hillcrest HS Var/JV 5 p.m. Jan. 10 Aurora HS Var/JV 6 p.m. Jan. 17 at Seneca Var/JV 5 p.m. Jan.20 at Monett HS Var/JV/9th 6 p.m. Jan. 23 East Newton Var/JV 6 p.m. Date Opponent Level Time Jan. 28 Cassville HS Var/JV 5 p.m. Jan. 31 Neosho HS Var/JV 4:30 p.m. Feb. 3-8 at Seneca Girls Invite Var/JV TBA Feb. 10 at Lamar Var/JV/9th 5 p.m. Feb. 14 Nevada Var/JV/9th 4:30 p.m. Feb. 17 TBA East Div Var/JV 6 p.m. Feb. 20 at Mount Vernon Var/JV/9th 6 p.m. Feb. 25 at Joplin HS Var/JV/9th 5 p.m. Feb. 27 Carl Junction Var/JV/9th 5 p.m. Feb. 29-Mar.7 Districts Varsity TBA Varsity/JV/9th Girls BasketBall schedule Mcdonald county hiGh school 2019-2020 Girls BasketBall roster NO. NAME GRADE 11 ........................Rita Santillian .................Senior 41 ......................... Jaylie Sanny ...................Senior 13 ....................... Alexia Estrada .................Senior 15 ........................ Ragan Wilson .................Senior 1 ......................... Caitlyn Barton ................. Junior 5 ..........................Sydney Killion ................. Junior 23 ......................... Kristin Penn ................... Junior 30 ........................ Laney Wilson .................. Junior 33 .......................Abby Wiseman ........... Sophomore 11 .......................... Kloe Myers ............... Sophomore 42 ....................... Ebenee Munoz ............ Sophomore 43 ..........................Addy Leach .............. Sophomore 30 ....................... Megan Elwood ..............Freshman 10 ........................ Kylan Horton ...............Freshman 11 ....................... Sosha Howard ..............Freshman 13 .......................Helen Martinez .............Freshman 23 ........................Samara Smith ..............Freshman 1 ........................... Misty Sohse ................Freshman 25 ..................... Analisa Ramerez ............Freshman Senior members of the McDonald County High School 2019-2020 girls basketball team. From left to right are: Rita Santillan, Ragan Wilson, Jaylie Sanny and Alexia Estrada. RICK PECK/SPECIAL TO MCDONALD COUNTY PRESS SEE LADY MUSTANGS PAGE 5C