{"id":6611,"date":"2023-02-10T13:08:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T18:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/?p=6611"},"modified":"2023-02-10T13:08:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T18:08:25","slug":"boys-varsity-basketball-team-prepares-for-saint-joseph-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/?p=6611","title":{"rendered":"Boys Varsity Basketball Team Prepares for Saint Joseph Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6615\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6615\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Boys-Basketball-2023-RT-007-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6615\" src=\"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Boys-Basketball-2023-RT-007-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Varsity player, Owen Bull.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lola Karimi &#8217;25<br \/>\n<em>EE\u00a0<\/em>Staff Writer<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Trumbull High School varsity boys basketball team, composed of 15 players, is 8 in 5 this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senior Captains Sean Racette and Luca Antonio, \u201chave been nothing but excellent trying to guide this team to our goals\u201d, according to sophomore player Ryan Johnston. &#8220;They always have our backs when things are good or bad but most importantly the team looks up to them every game or practice\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The boys are going into this game with a strong mentality, planning to \u201cleave it all on the court\u201d, according to Coach Bray.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The players all agree that the loss last year against St. Joseph stuck with them, and they are all excited to get another shot.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6619\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/February-Articles-Feb-10-2023-at-12_35-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6619\" src=\"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/February-Articles-Feb-10-2023-at-12_35-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophomore player Ryan Johnston.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter who we have played this year our team comes into the game having confidence that we will win&#8221;, said Johnston. &#8220;With a lot of preparation for each and every game on the court in practice or watching film we feel ready to go every time\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This has been a good season for the boys, and they have spent months preparing for their big game Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have been competitive in\u00a0 all our games at home and on the road&#8221;,\u00a0Coach Bray said. &#8220;We are playing great defense, hustling, and working hard on every possession. We always stress playing hard, smart and together!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe team knows every game on our schedule is like playoff basketball, and we will approach the St. Joe&#8217;s game no differently: prepare at practice, stay focused and be ready on Friday,\u201d Bray added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lola Karimi &#8217;25 EE\u00a0Staff Writer The Trumbull High School varsity boys basketball team, composed of 15 players, is 8 in 5 this season. Senior Captains Sean Racette and Luca Antonio, \u201chave been&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6611"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6620,"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6611\/revisions\/6620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}