Christ Church Girls hoops building for the future

Neill Kirkpatrick • February 14, 2025

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By Neill Kirkpatrick

Special to the HSSR

Greenville – Christ Church Episcopal Lady Cavaliers Head Coach Jordan Filiatreau knew moving to Class AAA from Class A could be a struggle for his team especially with only two seniors returning from last season’s third round playoff team.

“I knew we would be young and we would go through some growing pains. The jump to 3A has been tough and to get us ready we scheduled 4 and 5A competition in the non-conference. While our record may not show it but our team has not given. They continue to get better every day. Our goals for the rest of the season are to steal a game come playoffs and continue to build culture into the 2025-2026 Season,” said coach Filiatreau.

Coach continued, “The biggest area that the team has improved is changing the brand of basketball we are trying to play from Iso ball to consistent ball movement. This has cut down on turnovers and gets more girls involved in the flow of the game.”

Seniors Linda Rogers and Caroline Johnson have been sold defensively all year and have been the leaders of the team. Johnson, a three-sport star, leads the team in scoring at 9 points per game, leads the team in three’s with 20 and is second in steals with 2.8 per game. She has over 500 career points and has a shot at getting to 200 career rebounds and steals.

Junior Sydney Shaw, Isla Boyd, and Emma Blair Jones have been solid all season and have provided valuable minutes in the paint all year.

Coach is excited about his sophomore class as they have contributed all over the court and have

Gotten better each day. Saddler Fox, Sopia Mahfood, Katy Cox, Cason McCall, Katie Greco, and Ryan Hunt make up the class. Cox is a three-point specialist and is tied for second on the team with 17.

Fox also has 17 three’s on the year. She is second in scoring at 6.5 points per game and is second on the team in rebounding at 4.6 per game while Hunt leads the team in rebounding at 5.4 a game.

Mahfood is the team leader in steals at 3.9 thefts a game. She is also an outstanding soccer player scoring 16 points as a freshman.

Freshman Ava Lanzi has played in every game and has provided solid minutes off the bench.

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