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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to the best of Hudson Valley this Morning
with Ed Kowalski for the week that just concluded. This week,
we're highlighting our interview with the Lord's girls basketball team,
who are defending state champions and are on a winning street.
You're not gonna want to miss this interview. Lots of energy.
Good morning. It is seven o eight on a Wednesday
(00:22):
morning in the wk IP studios. You're listening to Ed
Kowalski on the Ed Kowalski This Morning Show. I can
only describe what I'm looking at here. We have the
entire the entire Lady of Lord's basketball team in studio
with us in Jeff's studio. We've got Coachviani here and
(00:42):
the assistant coach, Jess Payden. Jess Payden is here. It
is we are jam packed here. So we're gathered around
just a couple of shared microphones and we are here
to celebrate what is an incredible season that is underway.
Want to be able to talk to as many of
the basketball players that are in studio today and we
(01:05):
I'd like to begin with with Coach Viiani. How are
you doing, sir? And if you could just tell us
a little bit about yourself, the program that you're currently running.
Introduce as many people as you can. Uncle Mike is
looking at me saying, oh my god, look at all
these female basketball players that are in studio. Coach, up
to you. What do you got?
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Oh, I'm doing great, thanks, and yeah, we're off to
a good start this year. We're four and.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Oh you guys won last night? Yeah and you played.
I'm sorry, now, who'd you play? Marlborough? Marlborough? Okay, so
you won last night and you're four and oh right now.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Orn O coming off you know last season where we
won the state titles. So we're we know we got
a target on our backs. But the kids have been
working hard and you know we're coming out every day
trying to play the best ball we can.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Good, good, good, it's coach. Can you introduce who we're
looking at here and just have these folks say hello
to us.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Sure?
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Sure, let's be going to the team captains. Can you
get the team captains?
Speaker 3 (01:59):
All right?
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Yeah, team captains are Elilah Lovegren.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Now who's Lilah. Hi, Lilah, say hello? Say hello to people. Hi, Hi,
you're a senior. Yes, okay, what position do you play guard. Okay, next, coach,
We've got senior guards. Claire Wagner, Claire, which one are you?
Speaker 4 (02:17):
Hi?
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Hi, Claire, don't don't be nervous. It's it's live radio.
Don't be nervous. And and and and who's in there?
Who's the other person in there?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Katie Savona Hi, Katie Hi?
Speaker 1 (02:27):
And her position?
Speaker 2 (02:27):
She's a senior guard.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Also okay? Good? And who do we have in this
in this very quiet, in this very jam pack studio
here okay.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Besides assistant coach Jess Payden here, we've got Cayden Anderson junior.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Hi, Caden, what position do you play? Forward? Okay? Come
on up. Emma Fitzgerald Hi, Hello, Emma, I'm a guard,
and you're you in? I'm you're a junior okay. And
we've got j L.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Colazo cousin. She's a senior. Come on in jail.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Okay, okay.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Who's next, Sophie Next, Sophie Pelish Hello.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Hello, Sophie? What position? Yeah? Okay? Who's next?
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Bianca Velovich Hi, I'm a junior forward, okay, Daylyn Ogilvy Hi,
she's a junior guard.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Junior guard, junior guard okay, Alia Fatigate.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
Hi I'm a senior guard.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
There you go, and we got one more more. Kayleie Fitzgerald.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Hello, twins, I'm a twin.
Speaker 6 (03:39):
I'm a junior forward.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Now where's your twin? Holy cow? We got twin basketball
players in the studio. That doesn't happen every day. Holy cow?
Have you guys been playing? Coach? How long have you been coaching?
Over boards? My fifteenth season? Fifteenth season? Now, all you
girls have come up through playing you were playing? How
long have you been playing basketball? I mean just I mean,
(04:02):
let's let's let's begin with you. How long you've been
playing basketball?
Speaker 7 (04:06):
Since I was younger?
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Like third grade, third grade? How about the captain's in there?
How long you guys been playing basketball?
Speaker 6 (04:12):
Probably probably since like second.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Grade, since second grade?
Speaker 8 (04:17):
Yeah, like third fourth grade.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
So it's safe to say everyone's been playing basketball pretty
much all of their academic and lives, if you will, Okay,
what is it about the Lord's program? I mean, tell
me what do you attribute your success to in terms
of the victory seek the victory sweep that you're on.
How well you played the season. Look, someone's very anxious
to get to that microphone. What's your what's your secret?
What's going on over there.
Speaker 8 (04:39):
We just like are all like friends on the team.
So I think that contributes a lot, because we all
like get along and we all can like come together
like and just like play as hard as we can
and just listen to coach because he knows what he's
talking about. And if we listen to coach, we just
played well together.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Okay, good? How long is your season? When does the season?
When does it begin? And when does it end?
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Well, officially, it begins in November and ends sometime around
March or into March. Last year we went into late
late in March. But the kids play ball all year
round pretty much between AAU afterwards in spring and and
then we have summer leagues and you know, basketball workouts
(05:31):
in the summer into the fall. So it's it's not
every day, but they're playing pretty much year round.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Now, what's your next schedule?
Speaker 9 (05:37):
What?
Speaker 7 (05:37):
What?
Speaker 1 (05:37):
What?
Speaker 2 (05:38):
What?
Speaker 1 (05:38):
What? The holidays now coming up? And who are you playing?
Speaker 2 (05:41):
We have a holiday tournament right after Christmas. Uh, we
go up just outside of Albany and play a couple
of games of a couple of strong teams up there.
April Park tournament up there.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Said, let's get the assistant coach in here. How long
have you been the assistant coach over at Lord's.
Speaker 10 (05:58):
Hi, I'm Jessica Payton and this is my second season
at Lord's.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Okay, okay, And where were you before?
Speaker 10 (06:05):
I was at Newpole's in twenty twenty Before that FDR
High School? So I was at Newpoule's College for a year.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Did you play college basketball?
Speaker 10 (06:13):
I did. I played for Duchess years ago, and I
played for FDR High School local.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Okay, Well, we're good, good, we let's do this. I
want to talk to as many of you as I can.
Mike's got a couple of comments I'll make. So first
of all, ladies, smile. You look like you're in here
for it's radio, Mike, it's radio. They're on TV.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
You can see the smiles through the radio, Yes, you
can when you talk. One of the things they talk
to us tell us all the time to smile when
you're talking.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
You ladies are beautiful. Smile.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
This is a good thing. We're happy to have you here.
You guys are on a run here, I said to
head on the way in. I was on the phone
on the way in with him. I said, Man, I
hope we're not your bad luck.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Shore. You could be here and you lose an xtcav
of me. We don't want to know. That's not going
to happen. That is that is not going to happen.
That is not going to happen. Okay, So we got
so so, and the season will then end. After when
does the season end?
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Well, officially it goes to February and then you have
the playoffs start, so it depends on how far you go.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
And you're pretty confident, coach, we're going to be in
the playoffs again. Oh yeah, oh yeah, are you ladies?
Speaker 2 (07:17):
You agree with that?
Speaker 6 (07:18):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Okay, okay, good. We're going to take a quick break
right now. We'll be right back with the entire lady
of Lord's football team and the coaching staff. Lots to
talk about up til the eight o'clock hour, but we'll
be right back. Folks.
Speaker 8 (07:29):
Hi, this is Jihan Kevelovic and you're listening to Hudson
Valley this morning with Ed Kwalski on WKIP.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
There you go, good job, there we go. Okay, guys,
there we go. Thank you very very much, Thank you
very very much. Coach. What do you attribute to success
of your program?
Speaker 9 (07:46):
Too?
Speaker 1 (07:46):
I mean Obviously, these individuals are very talented, very athletic.
I know they could probably beat and I know they
could beat me in a game of pickup, There's no
question about it. What do you attribute to the success
of your program to and what is it that makes
these athletes so incredible in your opinion?
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Well, in order to be successful, you have to have
good players, okay, and these girls have. Like they said,
they started playing basketball very early, and they've dedicated a
lot of time and effort into perfecting their game. They
put a lot of time into the practices, and they
in the workouts, and they learn how to play the game.
(08:25):
And then we, you know, we tried to guide them
as coaches and try to bring out the best of them,
you know, together as a team. And it basically it
comes down to the players.
Speaker 6 (08:35):
Though.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
I mean, now, last year when you win the championship, okay,
how many seniors did you lose and and how difficult
was that as you approached this season with the with
the with the individuals who were here who will move
into those positions.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Well, we lost four seniors, three of which never came
off the court basically, and they were on the court
almost all the time. So it was a big quite
a bit of an adjustment, you know, for for the
for the team team, after losing those we lost, you know,
all three of those kids that played all the time,
three of the four and went off went off to
play in college and playing now in college, and so
(09:10):
you know, it's some adjustment. We lost a lot of
ball handling and scoring from last year and these kids
are stepping in now and we're learning, learning the roles,
learning what we have to do in order to you know,
get up to that level again.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
Now, let's talk to the team captains for one second.
I mean, is that a difficult role? I mean, is
that a lot of pressure in terms of being able
to recognize that you guys were seeing were championships last year.
Speaker 6 (09:34):
But prepared us for over the off season and we've
been groomed into the new positions. So it's been a
bit of a challenge, but as we go on, we're
working through it.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Okay, good, good, good. And how many juniors are currently
on the squad right now? I mean, how many seniors
do you have in total on the team right now?
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Six?
Speaker 1 (09:52):
There's six seniors on the team, so you basically are
going to make you may be facing the same situation
that you did last year. Yeah, in terms of winning.
Six seniors who are graduating and who are the juniors?
Then how many juniors do we have? Six juniors? Okay,
there's six juniors, so you okay, good, So you have
that rebuilding chance to be able to continue this this dynasty,
(10:13):
this Lady of Lord's dynasty that's out there. Do you
guys think of it as a dynasty.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
No, that's what they do. They just go out of
you know, it's a game, and then they go out
every game as hard as they can. And we can't
put the pressure on ourselves of what happened last year
or what happened in prior years. We just have to
go out individually and do the best they can every day,
and they do that.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
So coach, I'm curious, what about the program behind the varsity.
Is there a junior varsity team? Yes, so you have
players that you're watching in the junior varsity. Actually, probably
at least six of them are going to step up
the varsity next year. So the program is more than
just what you're taking care of. You and your assistant coach.
(10:56):
You've got to watch the kids coming up behind them
and figure out who it makes sense to put in
place next year.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
Correct.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
Do you do any scrimmages between the varsity and his university?
Speaker 2 (11:06):
Not usually, but we in pre season we do a
lot of open gym work, you know, and the kids
come from both and you know, we get to work
with them.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
So you and your assistant have an eye on the
younger kids that are coming up and have an idea
about the ones that are ready to.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Step up the varsity. Right.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
Correct, So it's not just it's not just losing the
six and worrying about how to replace them. You've already
got those replacements kind of in place, correct, Yes.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
Plus plus any new talent that make him in sure.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Sure.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
Wow, So it's not as bad as you're you're you
were casting a little globe and doom there. I don't
want to make it sound no.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
No, no, no, no no no. I'm just just I mean,
when you have these kinds of dynasties and you need
to be able to have a good form system, and
it seems that there is a good form system in place,
and a.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
Coach who did play come up through the ranks herself,
so you know you I'm.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Sure she's a big help. She and you know she
works hard with the girls and very encouraging.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
And I'm sorry what happened there?
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Now? Wait, wait a minute, what happened there?
Speaker 9 (12:12):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (12:12):
No, so you're not playing this season? No, because you're
there for moral support, right?
Speaker 1 (12:17):
Are you a junior?
Speaker 3 (12:18):
So you'll have a season next year. I told my
a cl as well. And it's not it's not fun.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
The assistant coach is, yeah, well she's she's a trooper.
Freevem being here today, Uncle Mike, So we're happy to
have her. The assistant coach is wearing her state championship
twenty twenty three twenty twenty four T shirt. I love
that T shirt. There you go, there you go. Hey,
let me eat ladies. How are the boys doing over
in basketball? Can we talk about that for a minute?
Oh lots of smiles here, come on. The WKFP announcer's
(12:47):
got an opinion on that. Give us your opinion on that.
Stay your name and your position, so our listeners remember.
Speaker 8 (12:54):
I'm Deianca and I'm junior forward. The boys haven't played yet,
so we don't know how they're doing right now, but
we're just going to support them tonight.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
So they playing tonight. Marlborough Marlborough. Okay, so you guys
are going to be out there in force being able
to support them on how do you think they're going
to do.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
They're going to do this? Should this should be good.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
This year they're going to do well.
Speaker 7 (13:20):
This year has been better than past years.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Really, really, what's the matter with those guys? Are you
kidding me? You want to come out and support their
fellow students and who are all great athletes and are
all very very good looking women here. I mean, my goodness,
I mean they might come out a little bit. I
would hope that they would forgive me. I'm sorry, boys,
you guys should come there you go, I mean, what's
(13:44):
the matter with you guys? Come on? Come on?
Speaker 7 (13:47):
Tommy Simpson?
Speaker 1 (13:51):
All right, Okay, here we got if you if you've
got Tommy, if you if you got Tommy or Zach's
phone number, we'll call them and you guys number. Oh,
there you go. Maybe we'll get them on air with
us to talk about that. Okay, late, ladies. How difficult
is it to be a student athlete these days? I
mean in terms of being able to balance obviously your
(14:12):
your your terrific success and your schedule and your academics.
How difficult is that to be able to do? Yes, ma'am,
introduce yourself in your position.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
I'm kateen Anderson and I'm a forward. I'm a junior.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
It definitely gets stressful sometimes, but just like staying on
top of your work and going home and doing your
school work before practice because we have late practices.
Speaker 10 (14:34):
We practice from seven thirty nine thirty most nights.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
Wow, So like doing our school work before practice and studying,
so when we come home we can just showery and
go to sleep and get a good night rest for
the morning. But it gets stressful sometimes.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Now, are you guys interested? I mean, when you think
about it, this is a question for the seniors and
obviously the juniors as well, But are you thinking about
being able to play at the collegiate level? I mean,
are you looking at that? Is that something that you
would be considering? Now, introduce yourself in your position you're in,
you're a senior, and tell us answer that question for us.
Speaker 4 (15:05):
I'm Lilah.
Speaker 7 (15:06):
I'm a senior guard and definitely looking to play at
the next level.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Yeah, okay. And and and have you had I mean
with the with the success of the team coach, have
you had colleges come over and and and watch the
girls play?
Speaker 2 (15:18):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (15:18):
Okay, yeah, what's that process?
Speaker 6 (15:20):
Like?
Speaker 1 (15:20):
I mean, when when these guys when when the when
the when the scouts come in to watch you, are
you aware that they're there? And does it affect your play?
Speaker 7 (15:29):
Not really, mostly just locked in on the game and
you don't really look to the crowd to see who's watching.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
But are you aware that they're there?
Speaker 7 (15:36):
Sometimes?
Speaker 3 (15:37):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Sometimes yeah, I would assume you wouldn't want to let
them know that coach, that people are there in the
they're watching.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
At the high school level, especially at the higher divisions,
they they have to kind of tell you they're coming,
and so a lot of times they know they're there.
But you know, as as a player, as a coach,
you really, like Lila just said you, when you're on
the court, you just have to walk in on the
game and not worry about who's watching, and you know
(16:07):
what's going on, you know on the outside there.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
I think Uncle Mike is up to something in studio there.
I get the sense that he might be talking to
one of the boy basketball players at Lady of Lords
right now. I know I could be wrong. Let's I'll
tell you what. Let's take a quick break and see
what kind of Shenanigans Uncle Mike is up to. We'll
be right back with the very successful Lady of Lords
(16:32):
girls basketball team and their coaches. Za Kwalski will be
right back.
Speaker 4 (16:37):
Hi, this is Kitan Anderson, a junior forward with our
Lady of Lords very successful defending championship basketball team. You're
listening to Hudson Valley this morning with Ed Kowowski on
fourteen fifty thirteen seventy AM ninety eight point five FM WKIP.
(16:57):
And I understand that we have another call caller on
the line. Hello, Zach, is that you know that this
is a radio station.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Why are you calling?
Speaker 5 (17:10):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
I got a pome call and they said and they said,
calm back, So now I'm on the phone. Well, welcome
to w k I P.
Speaker 8 (17:17):
Zach.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
We are talking to what is Zach Hart's? Zach Hart?
Is that correct? Zach Hart? Is the is the towering
six foot eight center at the Lady of Lord's boys
basketball team. Hi, Zach, Welcome to air where all the
girls wanted to talk to you this morning. Zach. Wow,
Hey brother talking Mike.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
Thanks for having the courage to call good luck?
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Oh, thank you, Zach. You're playing now? You guys start
your season tonight, is that correct? Yeah? And who are
you playing? Okay? Well, I think the girls are going
to be out there watching you and cheering you on.
We're disappointed that the boys basketball team doesn't really so
get getting on, getting off to get get out to
see the girls basketball team, Zach, can you help us
(18:04):
on that? Can you make sure that your your fellow
athletes are out there supporting the very successful girls championship team? Please? Yeah,
of course? Okay, very good, All right, Zach, thank you.
I want to say get anything to Zach before we leave.
Speaker 4 (18:18):
Good luck tonight, Zach.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Thank you. Zachtly get back to bed school so we'll
see in school. We'll see We'll see you in school.
By Zach six foot eight. On a serious note, I mean,
you guys are very successful. You you you were, you
were very dedicated student athletes. And one of the things
(18:41):
that I wanted to just sort of ask your opinion
to anyone who wants to be able to give it.
You know, right now we're seeing you know, you know,
in our country right now, a tremendous amount of issues
pertaining to allowing individuals who may be biologically male to
play in female sports and so on and so forth.
What are your what are your thoughts on that? Okay,
(19:04):
somebody's got an opinion over there, Okay.
Speaker 9 (19:08):
I think that like there's male and there's female sports
for a reason, and like as a female, like I
feel like threatened and like scared if I go into
the court and I see a male, like they are
like biologically like supposed to be stronger than us and
like in that way. And some people are like, oh,
like you're sexist, because like you're saying a male is
strong than female. Like no, that's how like God created
(19:30):
them and as like a female and like not a
super strong one. If I if they go into the
court and I see a male, like, I'm gonna be scared,
Like I don't want to play against a man in
a sport that like I'm supposed to feel safe in
as like a woman.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Is that a hard opinion to have? I mean, I
know that that's a very I think.
Speaker 9 (19:48):
Yeah, I think it's kind of common sense, Like if
you really I don't know if you really think no.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
But the reason I asked that, the reason I asked
that question and thank you very very much. Now, who
is the individual who that was, like one of the
captains you just said that Katie, that was Katie Savona
Savonas had had the courage to basically issue that opinion,
you know. But one of the things we spoke about
off air, coach are the strides that that Title nine
has created in this country, you know, you know, for
(20:14):
being able to equalize funding and being able to just
make sure that female athletes had the same advantages of
programs that male athletes for decades have had in this
particular country. And there's a lot of our listeners and
I'm one of them, I mean, and I feel the
same way that a lot of times you're seeing that
being eroded right now in terms of these kinds of things.
(20:37):
I mean, there was an issue right now that was
reported in the Post this morning about a volleyball player
who was going up against a trans athlete on the
opposing team who spiked the ball put her into a coma,
you know. I mean, those are the kinds of things
that I think people are worried about.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Well, I think it biologically makes sense. I Mean, males
have hostosterone. They they're generally stronger, more muscular. I mean,
you know, when you're talking about it at low levels,
it's if you about young kids, it's not a big deal.
But as you get up into the high school, in
college and above, I mean, it definitely, you know, makes
(21:15):
a difference. You know, New York State has a rule
and we years ago we had a coach and it
wasn't Brian Georges, but it's another coach who actually had
boys practicing with the girls. It's illegal to even have
boys practicing with the girls in New York State, Okay,
And yet you know this, this stuff is coming out
now that you know, if they can't practice, what was
(21:35):
the reason why they weren't allowing practice and now they're
going to allow him to play. You know, there's it's
just there's science behind what we're thinking, you know what
we're saying.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
So coach, you're talking about the about the volleyball. Any
did anybody watch the Olympics and you saw that boxing situation. Yeah,
that poor girl she went in and she tried, but
she says, I'm I'm going to get injured fighting.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
This guy is a man, I'm fighting.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
Right, And that should have been that was on international television, right,
And yet there should have been more of an uproar
than there was. He ended up winning the gold medal,
I think the transgender individual whatever. He ended up winning
that gold medal because none of those women were gonna
beat him, and he wasn't the great in the male ranks.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
He would have been going in the first round.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
Well, the way things have gone politically now with this
whole woke culture, people are afraid to speak up. A
lot of people have the same feelings that were expressing,
but they won't say it because they're afraid they're going
to be labeled a bigot or whatever.
Speaker 3 (22:36):
So the good news for all the ladies in this
room is January twentieth, there's a new sheriff in town.
I think things are gonna change.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Yeah, do you guys like listening to you? I mean,
you know, Caitlin Clark is someone who is just an amazing,
amazing athlete. And I have read and I listen. I
can't play basketball to save my life. I am absolutely
uncoordinated and you can see I'm vertically challenged in terms
of not being tremendously That isn't always a case well,
(23:04):
but it is in my case. Go, it is in
my cage but but I have read somewhere that Caitlin
Clark from the time she was like six years old
playing basketball and a lot of you guys did the
same thing. You were playing basketball from the time you're
six years old. They said that she had the most
amazing ability to be able to just project where the
ball goes. I mean, she was able to see things,
(23:25):
you know, in terms of setting plays up that that
that others at her age and certainly now, didn't have
the ability of being able to do that. What do
you think the skills are that make you great basketball players?
What are the things in terms of of of of
skill that you worked on over the years as you
were coming up that has made you successful? Is anyone
(23:45):
anyone is that question makes sense?
Speaker 6 (23:47):
Good?
Speaker 1 (23:47):
They go on. The Captain's got a raising her hand
in there. I feel like a teacher.
Speaker 6 (23:52):
I think definitely having a lot of basketball IQ is
really important. Obviously, everything like dribbling, shooting, defense is important,
but I think being able to play the game and
know how to play the game is what's most important.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
Yeah, basketball IQ, I mean, and you know there are
things that you can learn, but there are things, I mean,
like in Kaitlyn's situation, Kaitlyn Clark situation. These are things
that are almost instinctual. Would you agree with that, coach?
I mean, do you? I mean, how many of your
players are instinctual players versus players who've just worked so
hard to develop their skills.
Speaker 2 (24:26):
Well, yeah, it's definitely comes into playing a lot of basketball,
you know. And the more the younger you are, and
the more you play and you know, handle the ball
and understand the game definitely comes into play. And you know,
some kids have better skill, but they don't have the
basketball IQ as others, and they don't see. You have
(24:46):
to be able to predict almost what's going to happen
and understand before it happens. And do you know, you
know what's going to happen. You see, you see what's unfolding,
and you can you get you get a feel for.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
That, right you know. It's interesting. I remember once reading
a story about Larry Bird. Larry Bird basically would arrive,
you know, hours before a game or to begin, and
he would take a ball and just dribble it along,
dribble it along the Boston garden, you know, and he
knew where the dead spots were in the floor, and
he set that up. He took the time to be
(25:19):
able to invest in understanding how the ball was going
to react in certain areas of the court. I mean,
do you guys do that? I mean, do you I mean,
does that make sense? Or is that assistant coach there?
Does that make sense to you? Or is that just
sort of like someone who was just obsessive, compulsive and
was the terrific basketball player himself.
Speaker 10 (25:37):
No, that makes a lot of sense. You know, to
know the game is to love to get the game.
I love the game since I can tell great too.
So yeah, so that makes a lot of sense that
he would do something like that. And you know, our
girls may do similar things, but not that exactly.
Speaker 3 (25:54):
All right, good, so we've got to take a break ahead.
But when we come back, I'm curious she brought up
Caitlin Clark. All the girls in the room here, were
you shocked at the way she was treated when she
went to the NBA? She's been beating up and throwing
off the court, and I mean she went from being
a star in college where she was idolized. That first
year was a rough year for her. Were you shocked
that she was treated the way she was? Well, we'll get.
(26:16):
We'll get a response to that when we come back.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
Let's take a quick break and we'll be right back
with the defending championship Lord's Ladies basketball team. We'll be
right back the Warriors, right you guys are the Warriors.
The Warriors. Somebody who called me and asked them what
the mascot was. I didn't know. Now I know. We'll
be right back. He listening at Kowalski on Hudson Valley
this morning. We'll be right back, folks.
Speaker 11 (26:35):
Listening Dalen o'gilgy at our Lady of Lurid defending championships
and you're listening to Hudson Valley this morning with ediek
on fourteen fifty thirteen seventy am wkip.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
There you go, There we go, she's flexing. There you go.
Good job, good job, good good, good job. So, assistant
coach Paydon, you said something that I just didn't recogn
it didn't realize you guys last night won your your
your last home game of this season? Yes we did,
(27:08):
and so I mean you're off. You're off now to
to the to You're on the road, on the road. Yes,
and then the new season starts on January one. Genuary okay,
so so you're on the rough for a little bit,
so we'll get that all squared away. We'll get that
all squared away. We spoke about the process in terms
of balancing. You know, I'm just blown away that the
(27:28):
that's the practices can last till nine thirty at night. So,
I mean, you guys are busy. How do you balance
all of that? How do you balance all of that
as an athlete? You know, in terms of what you're
trying to be able to do. Unfortunately they don't go
to bed at nine o'clock. Well, that's what I do.
That's because you get up right, That's exactly right, that's
what I do. I mean, is it difficult to balance?
(27:49):
Anybody who's difficult to balance in terms of what you're doing,
or you're just so used to it, anybody who hasn't
spoken so far? Amelia, get up here. I want to
talk to a junior. Amelia, get up here. I want
to talk.
Speaker 10 (27:58):
This is Amelia, and you are I'm a senior guard.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
Oh, a senior guard. I'm sorry, I think you're a
jun I apologize. Is it difficult to balance as you know,
your your your academics, in your in your in your
athletic career.
Speaker 5 (28:11):
Yeah, it's definitely hard because like a lot of us
live kind of far from the school, so when we
get done at nine pint thirty, we have to go
right home and shower and eat, and it's just it's
really difficult because we have so much schoolwork, and yeah,
it's just really hard, like figuring.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
Out when to do it.
Speaker 1 (28:27):
And like, yeah, of the seniors that are here, where
do you want to go to college?
Speaker 5 (28:34):
I'm looking to go down south?
Speaker 1 (28:36):
Okay? Yeah, okay, good, I'm hoping for any want to
stay in the Northeast. Anybody the seniors? Where else you
guys are playing? You want to go to Massachusetts?
Speaker 2 (28:46):
I want to go to the Massachusetts area.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
Okay, that's a great place to go to school in.
And tell you that a lot of fun, a lot
of fun up there. So good. Is that an intimidating
process as seniors? I mean, we could do a whole
other show in terms of just the whole college application process.
But is that an intimidating thing? Is it more difficult
to be applying to colleges as an athlete or a
non athlete, or is it just difficult to all around?
Speaker 7 (29:08):
I think probably athletes is less difficult because if you're
planning to play in college, you already kind of have
an idea of what colleges you're going to apply to
based off who you're talking to.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
Up against the last couple of minutes that we're here today,
I can't thank you enough for coming in. I think
you guys are remarkable. I think Lady of Lords is
a remarkable school in a terrific program. We're going to
definitely be at your games as to watch this incredible
undefeated season continue to unfold. So I really wanted to
thank you for squeezing into this studio in terms of
(29:42):
all the girls that are here. Coach Vianni, assistant coach Paydon,
thank you so very much. We're going to have you
guys back. Thank you very very much for your time,
t thanks for having you. Are very very welcome. You
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You're listening to the best of Hudson Valley this Morning
with Ed Kowalski for the week that just concluded. This week,
we're highlighting our interview with the Lord's girls basketball team,
who are defending state champions and are on a winning street.
You're not gonna want to miss this interview. Lots of energy.
Good morning. It is seven o eight on a Wednesday
(00:22):
morning in the wk IP studios. You're listening to Ed
Kowalski on the Ed Kowalski This Morning Show. I can
only describe what I'm looking at here. We have the
entire the entire Lady of Lord's basketball team in studio
with us in Jeff's studio. We've got Coachviani here and
(00:42):
the assistant coach, Jess Payden. Jess Payden is here. It
is we are jam packed here. So we're gathered around
just a couple of shared microphones and we are here
to celebrate what is an incredible season that is underway.
Want to be able to talk to as many of
the basketball players that are in studio today and we
(01:05):
I'd like to begin with with Coach Viiani. How are
you doing, sir? And if you could just tell us
a little bit about yourself, the program that you're currently running.
Introduce as many people as you can. Uncle Mike is
looking at me saying, oh my god, look at all
these female basketball players that are in studio. Coach, up
to you. What do you got?
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Oh, I'm doing great, thanks, and yeah, we're off to
a good start this year. We're four and.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Oh you guys won last night? Yeah and you played.
I'm sorry, now, who'd you play? Marlborough? Marlborough? Okay, so
you won last night and you're four and oh right now.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Orn O coming off you know last season where we
won the state titles. So we're we know we got
a target on our backs. But the kids have been
working hard and you know we're coming out every day
trying to play the best ball we can.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Good, good, good, it's coach. Can you introduce who we're
looking at here and just have these folks say hello
to us.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Sure?
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Sure, let's be going to the team captains. Can you
get the team captains?
Speaker 3 (01:59):
All right?
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Yeah, team captains are Elilah Lovegren.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Now who's Lilah. Hi, Lilah, say hello? Say hello to people. Hi, Hi,
you're a senior. Yes, okay, what position do you play guard. Okay, next, coach,
We've got senior guards. Claire Wagner, Claire, which one are you?
Speaker 4 (02:17):
Hi?
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Hi, Claire, don't don't be nervous. It's it's live radio.
Don't be nervous. And and and and who's in there?
Who's the other person in there?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Katie Savona Hi, Katie Hi?
Speaker 1 (02:27):
And her position?
Speaker 2 (02:27):
She's a senior guard.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Also okay? Good? And who do we have in this
in this very quiet, in this very jam pack studio
here okay.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Besides assistant coach Jess Payden here, we've got Cayden Anderson junior.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Hi, Caden, what position do you play? Forward? Okay? Come
on up. Emma Fitzgerald Hi, Hello, Emma, I'm a guard,
and you're you in? I'm you're a junior okay. And
we've got j L.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Colazo cousin. She's a senior. Come on in jail.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Okay, okay.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Who's next, Sophie Next, Sophie Pelish Hello.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Hello, Sophie? What position? Yeah? Okay? Who's next?
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Bianca Velovich Hi, I'm a junior forward, okay, Daylyn Ogilvy Hi,
she's a junior guard.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
Junior guard, junior guard okay, Alia Fatigate.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
Hi I'm a senior guard.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
There you go, and we got one more more. Kayleie Fitzgerald.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Hello, twins, I'm a twin.
Speaker 6 (03:39):
I'm a junior forward.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Now where's your twin? Holy cow? We got twin basketball
players in the studio. That doesn't happen every day. Holy cow?
Have you guys been playing? Coach? How long have you been coaching?
Over boards? My fifteenth season? Fifteenth season? Now, all you
girls have come up through playing you were playing? How
long have you been playing basketball? I mean just I mean,
(04:02):
let's let's let's begin with you. How long you've been
playing basketball?
Speaker 7 (04:06):
Since I was younger?
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Like third grade, third grade? How about the captain's in there?
How long you guys been playing basketball?
Speaker 6 (04:12):
Probably probably since like second.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Grade, since second grade?
Speaker 8 (04:17):
Yeah, like third fourth grade.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
So it's safe to say everyone's been playing basketball pretty
much all of their academic and lives, if you will, Okay,
what is it about the Lord's program? I mean, tell
me what do you attribute your success to in terms
of the victory seek the victory sweep that you're on.
How well you played the season. Look, someone's very anxious
to get to that microphone. What's your what's your secret?
What's going on over there.
Speaker 8 (04:39):
We just like are all like friends on the team.
So I think that contributes a lot, because we all
like get along and we all can like come together
like and just like play as hard as we can
and just listen to coach because he knows what he's
talking about. And if we listen to coach, we just
played well together.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Okay, good? How long is your season? When does the season?
When does it begin? And when does it end?
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Well, officially, it begins in November and ends sometime around
March or into March. Last year we went into late
late in March. But the kids play ball all year
round pretty much between AAU afterwards in spring and and
then we have summer leagues and you know, basketball workouts
(05:31):
in the summer into the fall. So it's it's not
every day, but they're playing pretty much year round.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
Now, what's your next schedule?
Speaker 9 (05:37):
What?
Speaker 7 (05:37):
What?
Speaker 1 (05:37):
What?
Speaker 2 (05:38):
What?
Speaker 1 (05:38):
What? The holidays now coming up? And who are you playing?
Speaker 2 (05:41):
We have a holiday tournament right after Christmas. Uh, we
go up just outside of Albany and play a couple
of games of a couple of strong teams up there.
April Park tournament up there.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Said, let's get the assistant coach in here. How long
have you been the assistant coach over at Lord's.
Speaker 10 (05:58):
Hi, I'm Jessica Payton and this is my second season
at Lord's.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Okay, okay, And where were you before?
Speaker 10 (06:05):
I was at Newpole's in twenty twenty Before that FDR
High School? So I was at Newpoule's College for a year.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Did you play college basketball?
Speaker 10 (06:13):
I did. I played for Duchess years ago, and I
played for FDR High School local.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Okay, Well, we're good, good, we let's do this. I
want to talk to as many of you as I can.
Mike's got a couple of comments I'll make. So first
of all, ladies, smile. You look like you're in here
for it's radio, Mike, it's radio. They're on TV.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
You can see the smiles through the radio, Yes, you
can when you talk. One of the things they talk
to us tell us all the time to smile when
you're talking.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
You ladies are beautiful. Smile.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
This is a good thing. We're happy to have you here.
You guys are on a run here, I said to
head on the way in. I was on the phone
on the way in with him. I said, Man, I
hope we're not your bad luck.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Shore. You could be here and you lose an xtcav
of me. We don't want to know. That's not going
to happen. That is that is not going to happen.
That is not going to happen. Okay, So we got
so so, and the season will then end. After when
does the season end?
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Well, officially it goes to February and then you have
the playoffs start, so it depends on how far you go.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
And you're pretty confident, coach, we're going to be in
the playoffs again. Oh yeah, oh yeah, are you ladies?
Speaker 2 (07:17):
You agree with that?
Speaker 6 (07:18):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Okay, okay, good. We're going to take a quick break
right now. We'll be right back with the entire lady
of Lord's football team and the coaching staff. Lots to
talk about up til the eight o'clock hour, but we'll
be right back. Folks.
Speaker 8 (07:29):
Hi, this is Jihan Kevelovic and you're listening to Hudson
Valley this morning with Ed Kwalski on WKIP.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
There you go, good job, there we go. Okay, guys,
there we go. Thank you very very much, Thank you
very very much. Coach. What do you attribute to success
of your program?
Speaker 9 (07:46):
Too?
Speaker 1 (07:46):
I mean Obviously, these individuals are very talented, very athletic.
I know they could probably beat and I know they
could beat me in a game of pickup, There's no
question about it. What do you attribute to the success
of your program to and what is it that makes
these athletes so incredible in your opinion?
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Well, in order to be successful, you have to have
good players, okay, and these girls have. Like they said,
they started playing basketball very early, and they've dedicated a
lot of time and effort into perfecting their game. They
put a lot of time into the practices, and they
in the workouts, and they learn how to play the game.
(08:25):
And then we, you know, we tried to guide them
as coaches and try to bring out the best of them,
you know, together as a team. And it basically it
comes down to the players.
Speaker 6 (08:35):
Though.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
I mean, now, last year when you win the championship, okay,
how many seniors did you lose and and how difficult
was that as you approached this season with the with
the with the individuals who were here who will move
into those positions.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Well, we lost four seniors, three of which never came
off the court basically, and they were on the court
almost all the time. So it was a big quite
a bit of an adjustment, you know, for for the
for the team team, after losing those we lost, you know,
all three of those kids that played all the time,
three of the four and went off went off to
play in college and playing now in college, and so
(09:10):
you know, it's some adjustment. We lost a lot of
ball handling and scoring from last year and these kids
are stepping in now and we're learning, learning the roles,
learning what we have to do in order to you know,
get up to that level again.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
Now, let's talk to the team captains for one second.
I mean, is that a difficult role? I mean, is
that a lot of pressure in terms of being able
to recognize that you guys were seeing were championships last year.
Speaker 6 (09:34):
But prepared us for over the off season and we've
been groomed into the new positions. So it's been a
bit of a challenge, but as we go on, we're
working through it.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Okay, good, good, good. And how many juniors are currently
on the squad right now? I mean, how many seniors
do you have in total on the team right now?
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Six?
Speaker 1 (09:52):
There's six seniors on the team, so you basically are
going to make you may be facing the same situation
that you did last year. Yeah, in terms of winning.
Six seniors who are graduating and who are the juniors?
Then how many juniors do we have? Six juniors? Okay,
there's six juniors, so you okay, good, So you have
that rebuilding chance to be able to continue this this dynasty,
(10:13):
this Lady of Lord's dynasty that's out there. Do you
guys think of it as a dynasty.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
No, that's what they do. They just go out of
you know, it's a game, and then they go out
every game as hard as they can. And we can't
put the pressure on ourselves of what happened last year
or what happened in prior years. We just have to
go out individually and do the best they can every day,
and they do that.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
So coach, I'm curious, what about the program behind the varsity.
Is there a junior varsity team? Yes, so you have
players that you're watching in the junior varsity. Actually, probably
at least six of them are going to step up
the varsity next year. So the program is more than
just what you're taking care of. You and your assistant coach.
(10:56):
You've got to watch the kids coming up behind them
and figure out who it makes sense to put in
place next year.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
Correct.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
Do you do any scrimmages between the varsity and his university?
Speaker 2 (11:06):
Not usually, but we in pre season we do a
lot of open gym work, you know, and the kids
come from both and you know, we get to work
with them.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
So you and your assistant have an eye on the
younger kids that are coming up and have an idea
about the ones that are ready to.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Step up the varsity. Right.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
Correct, So it's not just it's not just losing the
six and worrying about how to replace them. You've already
got those replacements kind of in place, correct, Yes.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
Plus plus any new talent that make him in sure.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Sure.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
Wow, So it's not as bad as you're you're you
were casting a little globe and doom there. I don't
want to make it sound no.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
No, no, no, no no no. I'm just just I mean,
when you have these kinds of dynasties and you need
to be able to have a good form system, and
it seems that there is a good form system in place,
and a.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
Coach who did play come up through the ranks herself,
so you know you I'm.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Sure she's a big help. She and you know she
works hard with the girls and very encouraging.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
And I'm sorry what happened there?
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Now? Wait, wait a minute, what happened there?
Speaker 9 (12:12):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (12:12):
No, so you're not playing this season? No, because you're
there for moral support, right?
Speaker 1 (12:17):
Are you a junior?
Speaker 3 (12:18):
So you'll have a season next year. I told my
a cl as well. And it's not it's not fun.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
The assistant coach is, yeah, well she's she's a trooper.
Freevem being here today, Uncle Mike, So we're happy to
have her. The assistant coach is wearing her state championship
twenty twenty three twenty twenty four T shirt. I love
that T shirt. There you go, there you go. Hey,
let me eat ladies. How are the boys doing over
in basketball? Can we talk about that for a minute?
Oh lots of smiles here, come on. The WKFP announcer's
(12:47):
got an opinion on that. Give us your opinion on that.
Stay your name and your position, so our listeners remember.
Speaker 8 (12:54):
I'm Deianca and I'm junior forward. The boys haven't played yet,
so we don't know how they're doing right now, but
we're just going to support them tonight.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
So they playing tonight. Marlborough Marlborough. Okay, so you guys
are going to be out there in force being able
to support them on how do you think they're going
to do.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
They're going to do this? Should this should be good.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
This year they're going to do well.
Speaker 7 (13:20):
This year has been better than past years.
Speaker 1 (13:23):
Really, really, what's the matter with those guys? Are you
kidding me? You want to come out and support their
fellow students and who are all great athletes and are
all very very good looking women here. I mean, my goodness,
I mean they might come out a little bit. I
would hope that they would forgive me. I'm sorry, boys,
you guys should come there you go, I mean, what's
(13:44):
the matter with you guys? Come on? Come on?
Speaker 7 (13:47):
Tommy Simpson?
Speaker 1 (13:51):
All right, Okay, here we got if you if you've
got Tommy, if you if you got Tommy or Zach's
phone number, we'll call them and you guys number. Oh,
there you go. Maybe we'll get them on air with
us to talk about that. Okay, late, ladies. How difficult
is it to be a student athlete these days? I
mean in terms of being able to balance obviously your
(14:12):
your your terrific success and your schedule and your academics.
How difficult is that to be able to do? Yes, ma'am,
introduce yourself in your position.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
I'm kateen Anderson and I'm a forward. I'm a junior.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
It definitely gets stressful sometimes, but just like staying on
top of your work and going home and doing your
school work before practice because we have late practices.
Speaker 10 (14:34):
We practice from seven thirty nine thirty most nights.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
Wow, So like doing our school work before practice and studying,
so when we come home we can just showery and
go to sleep and get a good night rest for
the morning. But it gets stressful sometimes.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Now, are you guys interested? I mean, when you think
about it, this is a question for the seniors and
obviously the juniors as well, But are you thinking about
being able to play at the collegiate level? I mean,
are you looking at that? Is that something that you
would be considering? Now, introduce yourself in your position you're in,
you're a senior, and tell us answer that question for us.
Speaker 4 (15:05):
I'm Lilah.
Speaker 7 (15:06):
I'm a senior guard and definitely looking to play at
the next level.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Yeah, okay. And and and have you had I mean
with the with the success of the team coach, have
you had colleges come over and and and watch the
girls play?
Speaker 2 (15:18):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (15:18):
Okay, yeah, what's that process?
Speaker 6 (15:20):
Like?
Speaker 1 (15:20):
I mean, when when these guys when when the when
the when the scouts come in to watch you, are
you aware that they're there? And does it affect your play?
Speaker 7 (15:29):
Not really, mostly just locked in on the game and
you don't really look to the crowd to see who's watching.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
But are you aware that they're there?
Speaker 7 (15:36):
Sometimes?
Speaker 3 (15:37):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Sometimes yeah, I would assume you wouldn't want to let
them know that coach, that people are there in the
they're watching.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
At the high school level, especially at the higher divisions,
they they have to kind of tell you they're coming,
and so a lot of times they know they're there.
But you know, as as a player, as a coach,
you really, like Lila just said you, when you're on
the court, you just have to walk in on the
game and not worry about who's watching, and you know
(16:07):
what's going on, you know on the outside there.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
I think Uncle Mike is up to something in studio there.
I get the sense that he might be talking to
one of the boy basketball players at Lady of Lords
right now. I know I could be wrong. Let's I'll
tell you what. Let's take a quick break and see
what kind of Shenanigans Uncle Mike is up to. We'll
be right back with the very successful Lady of Lords
(16:32):
girls basketball team and their coaches. Za Kwalski will be
right back.
Speaker 4 (16:37):
Hi, this is Kitan Anderson, a junior forward with our
Lady of Lords very successful defending championship basketball team. You're
listening to Hudson Valley this morning with Ed Kowowski on
fourteen fifty thirteen seventy AM ninety eight point five FM WKIP.
(16:57):
And I understand that we have another call caller on
the line. Hello, Zach, is that you know that this
is a radio station.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Why are you calling?
Speaker 5 (17:10):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
I got a pome call and they said and they said,
calm back, So now I'm on the phone. Well, welcome
to w k I P.
Speaker 8 (17:17):
Zach.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
We are talking to what is Zach Hart's? Zach Hart?
Is that correct? Zach Hart? Is the is the towering
six foot eight center at the Lady of Lord's boys
basketball team. Hi, Zach, Welcome to air where all the
girls wanted to talk to you this morning. Zach. Wow,
Hey brother talking Mike.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
Thanks for having the courage to call good luck?
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Oh, thank you, Zach. You're playing now? You guys start
your season tonight, is that correct? Yeah? And who are
you playing? Okay? Well, I think the girls are going
to be out there watching you and cheering you on.
We're disappointed that the boys basketball team doesn't really so
get getting on, getting off to get get out to
see the girls basketball team, Zach, can you help us
(18:04):
on that? Can you make sure that your your fellow
athletes are out there supporting the very successful girls championship team? Please? Yeah,
of course? Okay, very good, All right, Zach, thank you.
I want to say get anything to Zach before we leave.
Speaker 4 (18:18):
Good luck tonight, Zach.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
Thank you. Zachtly get back to bed school so we'll
see in school. We'll see We'll see you in school.
By Zach six foot eight. On a serious note, I mean,
you guys are very successful. You you you were, you
were very dedicated student athletes. And one of the things
(18:41):
that I wanted to just sort of ask your opinion
to anyone who wants to be able to give it.
You know, right now we're seeing you know, you know,
in our country right now, a tremendous amount of issues
pertaining to allowing individuals who may be biologically male to
play in female sports and so on and so forth.
What are your what are your thoughts on that? Okay,
(19:04):
somebody's got an opinion over there, Okay.
Speaker 9 (19:08):
I think that like there's male and there's female sports
for a reason, and like as a female, like I
feel like threatened and like scared if I go into
the court and I see a male, like they are
like biologically like supposed to be stronger than us and
like in that way. And some people are like, oh,
like you're sexist, because like you're saying a male is
strong than female. Like no, that's how like God created
(19:30):
them and as like a female and like not a
super strong one. If I if they go into the
court and I see a male, like, I'm gonna be scared,
Like I don't want to play against a man in
a sport that like I'm supposed to feel safe in
as like a woman.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Is that a hard opinion to have? I mean, I
know that that's a very I think.
Speaker 9 (19:48):
Yeah, I think it's kind of common sense, Like if
you really I don't know if you really think no.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
But the reason I asked that, the reason I asked
that question and thank you very very much. Now, who
is the individual who that was, like one of the
captains you just said that Katie, that was Katie Savona
Savonas had had the courage to basically issue that opinion,
you know. But one of the things we spoke about
off air, coach are the strides that that Title nine
has created in this country, you know, you know, for
(20:14):
being able to equalize funding and being able to just
make sure that female athletes had the same advantages of
programs that male athletes for decades have had in this
particular country. And there's a lot of our listeners and
I'm one of them, I mean, and I feel the
same way that a lot of times you're seeing that
being eroded right now in terms of these kinds of things.
(20:37):
I mean, there was an issue right now that was
reported in the Post this morning about a volleyball player
who was going up against a trans athlete on the
opposing team who spiked the ball put her into a coma,
you know. I mean, those are the kinds of things
that I think people are worried about.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Well, I think it biologically makes sense. I Mean, males
have hostosterone. They they're generally stronger, more muscular. I mean,
you know, when you're talking about it at low levels,
it's if you about young kids, it's not a big deal.
But as you get up into the high school, in
college and above, I mean, it definitely, you know, makes
(21:15):
a difference. You know, New York State has a rule
and we years ago we had a coach and it
wasn't Brian Georges, but it's another coach who actually had
boys practicing with the girls. It's illegal to even have
boys practicing with the girls in New York State, Okay,
And yet you know this, this stuff is coming out
now that you know, if they can't practice, what was
(21:35):
the reason why they weren't allowing practice and now they're
going to allow him to play. You know, there's it's
just there's science behind what we're thinking, you know what
we're saying.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
So coach, you're talking about the about the volleyball. Any
did anybody watch the Olympics and you saw that boxing situation. Yeah,
that poor girl she went in and she tried, but
she says, I'm I'm going to get injured fighting.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
This guy is a man, I'm fighting.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
Right, And that should have been that was on international television, right,
And yet there should have been more of an uproar
than there was. He ended up winning the gold medal,
I think the transgender individual whatever. He ended up winning
that gold medal because none of those women were gonna
beat him, and he wasn't the great in the male ranks.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
He would have been going in the first round.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
Well, the way things have gone politically now with this
whole woke culture, people are afraid to speak up. A
lot of people have the same feelings that were expressing,
but they won't say it because they're afraid they're going
to be labeled a bigot or whatever.
Speaker 3 (22:36):
So the good news for all the ladies in this
room is January twentieth, there's a new sheriff in town.
I think things are gonna change.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Yeah, do you guys like listening to you? I mean,
you know, Caitlin Clark is someone who is just an amazing,
amazing athlete. And I have read and I listen. I
can't play basketball to save my life. I am absolutely
uncoordinated and you can see I'm vertically challenged in terms
of not being tremendously That isn't always a case well,
(23:04):
but it is in my case. Go, it is in
my cage but but I have read somewhere that Caitlin
Clark from the time she was like six years old
playing basketball and a lot of you guys did the
same thing. You were playing basketball from the time you're
six years old. They said that she had the most
amazing ability to be able to just project where the
ball goes. I mean, she was able to see things,
(23:25):
you know, in terms of setting plays up that that
that others at her age and certainly now, didn't have
the ability of being able to do that. What do
you think the skills are that make you great basketball players?
What are the things in terms of of of of
skill that you worked on over the years as you
were coming up that has made you successful? Is anyone
(23:45):
anyone is that question makes sense?
Speaker 6 (23:47):
Good?
Speaker 1 (23:47):
They go on. The Captain's got a raising her hand
in there. I feel like a teacher.
Speaker 6 (23:52):
I think definitely having a lot of basketball IQ is
really important. Obviously, everything like dribbling, shooting, defense is important,
but I think being able to play the game and
know how to play the game is what's most important.
Speaker 1 (24:07):
Yeah, basketball IQ, I mean, and you know there are
things that you can learn, but there are things, I mean,
like in Kaitlyn's situation, Kaitlyn Clark situation. These are things
that are almost instinctual. Would you agree with that, coach?
I mean, do you? I mean, how many of your
players are instinctual players versus players who've just worked so
hard to develop their skills.
Speaker 2 (24:26):
Well, yeah, it's definitely comes into playing a lot of basketball,
you know. And the more the younger you are, and
the more you play and you know, handle the ball
and understand the game definitely comes into play. And you know,
some kids have better skill, but they don't have the
basketball IQ as others, and they don't see. You have
(24:46):
to be able to predict almost what's going to happen
and understand before it happens. And do you know, you
know what's going to happen. You see, you see what's unfolding,
and you can you get you get a feel for.
Speaker 1 (24:58):
That, right you know. It's interesting. I remember once reading
a story about Larry Bird. Larry Bird basically would arrive,
you know, hours before a game or to begin, and
he would take a ball and just dribble it along,
dribble it along the Boston garden, you know, and he
knew where the dead spots were in the floor, and
he set that up. He took the time to be
(25:19):
able to invest in understanding how the ball was going
to react in certain areas of the court. I mean,
do you guys do that? I mean, do you I mean,
does that make sense? Or is that assistant coach there?
Does that make sense to you? Or is that just
sort of like someone who was just obsessive, compulsive and
was the terrific basketball player himself.
Speaker 10 (25:37):
No, that makes a lot of sense. You know, to
know the game is to love to get the game.
I love the game since I can tell great too.
So yeah, so that makes a lot of sense that
he would do something like that. And you know, our
girls may do similar things, but not that exactly.
Speaker 3 (25:54):
All right, good, so we've got to take a break ahead.
But when we come back, I'm curious she brought up
Caitlin Clark. All the girls in the room here, were
you shocked at the way she was treated when she
went to the NBA? She's been beating up and throwing
off the court, and I mean she went from being
a star in college where she was idolized. That first
year was a rough year for her. Were you shocked
that she was treated the way she was? Well, we'll get.
(26:16):
We'll get a response to that when we come back.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
Let's take a quick break and we'll be right back
with the defending championship Lord's Ladies basketball team. We'll be
right back the Warriors, right you guys are the Warriors.
The Warriors. Somebody who called me and asked them what
the mascot was. I didn't know. Now I know. We'll
be right back. He listening at Kowalski on Hudson Valley
this morning. We'll be right back, folks.
Speaker 11 (26:35):
Listening Dalen o'gilgy at our Lady of Lurid defending championships
and you're listening to Hudson Valley this morning with ediek
on fourteen fifty thirteen seventy am wkip.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
There you go, There we go, she's flexing. There you go.
Good job, good job, good good, good job. So, assistant
coach Paydon, you said something that I just didn't recogn
it didn't realize you guys last night won your your
your last home game of this season? Yes we did,
(27:08):
and so I mean you're off. You're off now to
to the to You're on the road, on the road. Yes,
and then the new season starts on January one. Genuary okay,
so so you're on the rough for a little bit,
so we'll get that all squared away. We'll get that
all squared away. We spoke about the process in terms
of balancing. You know, I'm just blown away that the
(27:28):
that's the practices can last till nine thirty at night. So,
I mean, you guys are busy. How do you balance
all of that? How do you balance all of that
as an athlete? You know, in terms of what you're
trying to be able to do. Unfortunately they don't go
to bed at nine o'clock. Well, that's what I do.
That's because you get up right, That's exactly right, that's
what I do. I mean, is it difficult to balance?
(27:49):
Anybody who's difficult to balance in terms of what you're doing,
or you're just so used to it, anybody who hasn't
spoken so far? Amelia, get up here. I want to
talk to a junior. Amelia, get up here. I want
to talk.
Speaker 10 (27:58):
This is Amelia, and you are I'm a senior guard.
Speaker 1 (28:02):
Oh, a senior guard. I'm sorry, I think you're a
jun I apologize. Is it difficult to balance as you know,
your your your academics, in your in your in your
athletic career.
Speaker 5 (28:11):
Yeah, it's definitely hard because like a lot of us
live kind of far from the school, so when we
get done at nine pint thirty, we have to go
right home and shower and eat, and it's just it's
really difficult because we have so much schoolwork, and yeah,
it's just really hard, like figuring.
Speaker 2 (28:26):
Out when to do it.
Speaker 1 (28:27):
And like, yeah, of the seniors that are here, where
do you want to go to college?
Speaker 5 (28:34):
I'm looking to go down south?
Speaker 1 (28:36):
Okay? Yeah, okay, good, I'm hoping for any want to
stay in the Northeast. Anybody the seniors? Where else you
guys are playing? You want to go to Massachusetts?
Speaker 2 (28:46):
I want to go to the Massachusetts area.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
Okay, that's a great place to go to school in.
And tell you that a lot of fun, a lot
of fun up there. So good. Is that an intimidating
process as seniors? I mean, we could do a whole
other show in terms of just the whole college application process.
But is that an intimidating thing? Is it more difficult
to be applying to colleges as an athlete or a
non athlete, or is it just difficult to all around?
Speaker 7 (29:08):
I think probably athletes is less difficult because if you're
planning to play in college, you already kind of have
an idea of what colleges you're going to apply to
based off who you're talking to.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
Up against the last couple of minutes that we're here today,
I can't thank you enough for coming in. I think
you guys are remarkable. I think Lady of Lords is
a remarkable school in a terrific program. We're going to
definitely be at your games as to watch this incredible
undefeated season continue to unfold. So I really wanted to
thank you for squeezing into this studio in terms of
(29:42):
all the girls that are here. Coach Vianni, assistant coach Paydon,
thank you so very much. We're going to have you
guys back. Thank you very very much for your time,
t thanks for having you. Are very very welcome. You
can listen to Hudson Valley This Morning with Ed Kuwalski
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