Get used to seeing the youngsters.
That's the word from Norwich Free Academy girls basketball coach Bill Scarlata who, at times, had as many as four freshmen on the court together in their game vs. Windham.
"We may have to that this year," Scarlata said after the four-point loss to the Whippets, "We may have to play them a lot more and see if they want to play hard."
Kastine Evans, whom we wrote about around the holidays as a player to watch in 2007, is living up to that billing. Evans scored 16 points and had nine rebounds for the Wildcats against Windham as she played much of the game.
"She played a great game today, in fact, I thought most of our freshmen played well at the varsity level so I was happy to see that," Scarlata added.
The Wildcats really haven't hurt themselves, record-wise nor respect-wise, by utilizing their younger players. NFA is off to an 11-2 start and, as of last week, were ranked fifth in the state in the Hartford Courant girls basketball poll.