Congratulations to the following young ladies who will represent Manhasset High School in the Conference V basketball division. The girls are: Seniors Liz Byrns, Meghan Clarke, Laura Molins, Juniors: Cailinn Connolly, Mary Cuddihy, Meghan Gaffney, Michelle La Rosa, freshman; Eileen Gaffney, Dani Iervolino and Whitney Quackenbush.

The team will be defending the conference title won last year with a 12-0 record.

In the Barbara Hoffman tournament held at Manhasset High School, the team defeated Roslyn High on the 10th of December by a score of 54-35 and on the following afternoon played New Rochelle, who defeated Port Washington the previous night. The Lady Indians came out on top of a hard fought game winning in the last few seconds 40-39.

This was the third straight year the girls have won the Barbara Hoffman Tournament. Meghan Clarke was the MVP during the tournament and Liz Byrns was selected for the all-conference team.

On the 21st of December they faced Roosevelt High School to open up the league schedule and came out on top with a 38 - 26 decision. The Lady Indians next home game will be on Jan. 6 at 7:15 pm against the girls of Mineola High School. All are welcome to come and see the Lady Indians play.

Scoring for the season so far is as follows:

Meghan Clarke 58 pts., Liz Byrns 38 pts., Dani Iervoling 22 pts., Eileen Gaffney 22 pts., Meghan Gaffney 18 pts., Laura Molins 15 pts., Cailinn Connolly 9 pts., Whitney Quackenbush 4 pts. and Christine Nash 2 pts.

This is an exciting team to watch and they are intent on again going undefeated in their conference, so if you get a chance come out to see them. The home games are against Valley Stream North on Thursday Jan 6, Mineola Saturday, Jan. 15 (12 p.m.), Valley Stream South Tuesday, Feb. 1 (7:15 p.m.), Clarke Thursday, Feb. 3 (7:15 p.m.) and North Shore on Thursday, Feb. 10 (7:15 p.m.).