Shelcie Gosney also scored 10 points, as IHS continued to look to establish her in the post one year after she had knee surgery.<\/p>\n
\u201cShelcie has been solid and strong. We are so proud of her coming back from her knee injury,\u201d Whitt said. \u201cShe\u2019s showing us she\u2019s here and ready to play basketball her senior year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Whitt said the team also saw more of its usual leadership from senior guard Charlize Valdez. Class 2A No. 12 IHS will need plenty of that with Ebonee Gomez, a senior, and Monika Lucero, a junior, out for the season. Each suffered a torn Achilles tendon injury in the season-opening loss at No. 2 Sanford (4-0).<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s such a crazy injury to have happen and to have it happen to two girls in the first quarter of our first game,\u201d Whitt said. \u201cBoth had surgery last week. Unfortunately, that injury is a hard one to come back from and takes a lot of healing. Ebonee, being a senior, won\u2019t be able to return and play again, but she\u2019s here with the team to support them. Monika, we hope she can rehab and be back out here next year.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s difficult because those are two of our top-seven players who have been together since elementary school. The girls still playing felt something without them on the court, and we were kind of off. We have six freshmen now working in to help us, and that\u2019s quite an element of challenge for us coaches to get them to speed when the skill levels are so different. But I am super proud of the freshmen and our sophomore Harmony Reynolds in there helping us a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n IHS will look to continue its strong start to league play at 4:30 p.m. Friday at Ouray.<\/p>\n