Sport
17 May, 2022
Cassia off to represent state in basketball
YOUNG basketballer Cassia James will be representing the Far North Queensland this weekend after being selected to compete in the Peninsula Basketball Championships in Toowoomba.
YOUNG basketballer Cassia James will be representing the Far North Queensland this weekend after being selected to compete in the Peninsula Basketball Championships in Toowoomba.
Training with Mulgrave Coastal Basketball Association alongside some of the most experienced players in the Far North, Cassia believes she is ready to take on her competition. Starting her basketball career in her backyard court at Mount Molloy since she was a kid, Cassia’s love for basketball has pushed her to aim high and keep her head in the game.
“I started when I was 12 and that’s when I started getting into rep teams and then into junior advanced training squad, where we were going to do a tour to the USA,” she said. “I’ve been training with my team a lot in Smithfield and then when I get home in Mount Molloy I train in the back yard on our little court.”
Leading up to the championships, Cassia felt a mixture of nerves and excitement as this is her first time competing at this level with girls older than her. Regardless, she is prepared and ready to face some of the biggest basketball teams in the state.
“It’s a bit nerve-wracking because all the girls on the team have done this before and I am the only newbie and only one from the Tablelands, but I am catching up with the terminology and other difficult things,” she said. “It’s going to be hard and it’s going to be worth it.”
