LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - The Lansing Catholic girls basketball team won the Division 2 state championship in the 2022-23 season. Just two years later, the Cougars did not field a varsity team in the 2024-25 season.

A team of all freshmen and sophomores played a JV schedule in 2024-25, and now the Cougars are back playing varsity this season. Lansing Catholic opened its season on Monday night with a 45-33 loss to Saranac.

Freshman Sydney Hanes scored 22 of the Cougars’ 33 points in her first high school game. First-year coach Rose Sarmiento Temple coached the JV team last year and says she’s looking forward to watching her team grow over the course of the season.

“Coming into this year, we kind of knew what kind of work was cut out for us. We’re a really young team; we just look to grow f

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