Finding Winning Ways

  • Finding Winning Ways
    Finding Winning Ways
  • Lady Jacket head coach Matthew Butler discuss strategy (above left), junior Evelyn Dirkse (20) drives the ball upcourt (top left), sophomore Marianna Paniagua (24) takes the jump shot (top right), Lady Jackets break from a time out (above). Photos by Wendy Orozco courtesy of Brett Voss’ The Sports Buzz
    Lady Jacket head coach Matthew Butler discuss strategy (above left), junior Evelyn Dirkse (20) drives the ball upcourt (top left), sophomore Marianna Paniagua (24) takes the jump shot (top right), Lady Jackets break from a time out (above). Photos by Wendy Orozco courtesy of Brett Voss’ The Sports Buzz
  • Finding Winning Ways
    Finding Winning Ways
  • Finding Winning Ways
    Finding Winning Ways
With only three players who have ever played varsity basketball, the young and scrappy Meridian Lady Jacket basketball team entered the 2022-23 Texas high school girls basketball season with a new head coach and a lot of growing up to do. But after opening the season with a nine-game losing streak, not only did the Lady Jackets finally claim their first victory of the year, they followed it up…

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