After a dismal 2023-24 season, things look up for ECS
Evangelical Christian School head coach Steven Kaspar watches from the sideline during action against Power Center Academy on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Last year, the ECS girls basketball team won just one game. After dropping their first two, they downed Tipton-Rosemark. And then finished with 17 consecutive defeats.
Fast forward to this season, however, and it’s a whole new ballgame at ECS. Following Tuesday’s 47-15 victory over Power Center Academy, the Eagles are 13-1.
The meat of the schedule — featuring league games against rivals like Harding and Lausanne and Northpoint — is still to come. But ECS is certainly playing like a team that could fulfill coach Steven Kaspar’s preseason prediction.
“The difference is so drastic,” said senior post player Natalie Regel. “We all just realized we’re better than who we were last year. We can push ourselves more than what we pushed ourselves last year.
“Putting in more effort. ‘We can win this.’ Not just going through the motions.”
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John Varlas
John Varlas is a lifelong Memphian who has covered high school sports in various capacities for over 20 years.
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