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Stallions’ young bench learning on the job ♦
This year’s Stansbury girls basketball team is somewhat of a paradox: the Stallions are both extremely experienced, yet extremely inexperienced at the same time.
Entering this season, Stansbury’s starting five of Payten Staley, Sarah Gatluak, Malia Tia, Epa Tia and Ainsley Thurber have combined to play 169 varsity games in their playing careers, with Staley and Malia Tia the only seniors. Behind them, however, the Stallions have 17 games of varsity experience coming into the 2020-21 campaign: Natalie Ogden has seen action in nine games, while Jessica Smart played in three games last season and Kyla Collins played in five games two years ago. Throw in a limited number of practices, and it has been a challenge for coach Brittany Davies and her team as they try to get up to speed.