Staley Boys Basketball

Staley Boys Basketball

MICKSTALEY HIGH SCHOOLBASKETBALL HAD A HISTORICYEAR GOING UNTIL IT ALLHISTORICALLY CAME TO AN END.HAYLEY LEWIS CELEBRATINGSENIORS...[PKG]Kyan"It was really weird, I didn'tbelieve itat first"Hayley"A season cut short."Byron"We walked in the gym kindaalreadyknowing, but we really didn'twant tobelieve it"Hayley"Minutes before what was supposeto be practice, the news broke"Neff"They were bombarding me withCoach whats up, and that's kindawhen it all happened"Hayley"The State basketball tournamentcancelled"Neff"The season had come to an endina different way than you knowhadever preceded this"Hayley"The Missouri State High SchoolActivities Association makingthedecision due to the spread ofCOVID19"Kyan"It's crazy I mean it reallyjustfeelsit's crazy."Byron"After he told us I think wewere allkinda like we don't want this tobe thelast time we see each other"Hayley"So a cancelled practice quicklyturned into an emotional teammeeting."Neff"The overwhelming narrative oftheentire conversation was howthankfulwe were for the opportunity andhaving had the chance to coachthese boys and the relationshipsthatwere built"Kyan"It was a tough conversationsandthen he pretty much explainedhowthis was a crazy season and itwasjust a crazy turn around for thewholeschool."Byron"He explained how proud he wasofus and how much we'veaccomplished as a team and werepretty special"Hayley"The falcons made schoolhistory,advancing to the final four atstate forthe first time ever"Kyan"There's nothing like it, I meanfromgoing to, we never even had abanner, never won anything towinas much as we did this year itwasjust a crazy turn around."Byron"Hanging the conference bannerdistrict banner, and becoming astatefinalist was a greataccomplishment."Hayley"Staley ended their historicseasonwith a record of 23-6,graduating 4seniors.

Reporting in KansasCity,Miss