There’s young, and then there’s Heritage young.
When you’re as youthful and inexperienced as the Heritage Timberwolves, small successes are big victories.
Karrin Wilson already has seen those successes come in bunches from her young squad, such as chemistry and commitment.
And so has a stat line she hasn’t seen in her nine seasons at Heritage: a triple-double from one of her players.
Wilson’s talking about Katie Peneueta, who in her high school debut Nov. 29 against Evergreen. The most impressive stat of her triple-double was her 17 blocks in addition to 19 points and 14 rebounds.
“You forget she’s 14,” Wilson said of the 6-foot-1 freshman.
Peneueta is one of a trio of freshmen, along with three sophomores, Wilson hopes to build her program around over the next few years. For now, though, it’s a building phase after the graduation of 11 seniors and no current player on the roster outside of junior Bri Gould’s one varsity game in 2016-17 entered this season with prior varsity experience.
A challenge of such a young and inexperienced squad is how to problem-solve on the court together.
And Wilson knows “every game is going to present new situations this group hasn’t experienced before,” she said.
