Schneider returns to improving team

Written by Abbey Grone

Tuesday, 02 February 2010 22:01

Oct. 23, 2009: the break of his fibula. Jan. 20, 2010: he’s back in the game. Nine weeks of hobbling through the halls on crutches and four weeks of waiting to officially start his season, FHN’s quarterback, senior Jake Schneider, is now back in the game; however, this season he is trading the field for a court. He is starting his second year of varsity basketball, just in time for Districts.

“I’m excited,” Schneider said. “I get to play basketball again. The only thing that’s different is I’m starting a little bit later and that’s about it.”

Though Schneider will not be orchestrating the team’s offense as he does in football, he will try to contribute in other ways according to junior Andrew Richart, such as keeping the attitude of the team positive.

“I think its good he’s back,” Richart said, “He’s got a good attitude. I hope he didn’t come back to early and screw himself over.”

With districts coming up the second week of February, varsity coach Bill Moyer is planning extra preparation for the tournament, not only with Schneider but the team as a whole.

“We’ll be working on a lot of defense and rebounding,” Moyer said. “They work hard, they play well in spurts but they need to become more consistent and play better during crunch time.”

The boys are 8-7 now and hoping to improve that record, but their main priority is districts.

“Hopefully we’ll come out as one of the top teams in conference,” senior Nick DiMarco said. “So far this season we’ve been pretty good and I’m hoping we’ll be in the top three.”

Though the Knights record has almost equal wins and losses, some of the boys hope to change how they play during districts.

“The season was average,” Schneider said. “In districts I don’t expect us to win every game but to play a little bit better than we have been playing.”