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Whittier Girls Basketball Preview

2006-07 record: 8-12, didn't qualify for state tournament

**Returning starters (1): Yvonne Calvin, 5-10, Sr., center

**Returning lettermen: Kendra Hobbs, 5-6, Jr., guard; Tiffany Mannion, 5-6, Soph., guard

**Newcomers: Brittany Warner, 5-4, Jr., forward/guard; Alex Duda, 5-7, Jr., forward; Samantha Dietrich, 5-7, Jr., forward; Shauna Fusco, 5-4, Jr., guard; Kristina Terry, 5-10, Soph., center; Annemarie Perez, 5-4, Soph., guard; Michelle Dube, 5-4, Soph., guard; Alicia Rondeau, 5-8, Soph., forward; Jaime Severino, 5-8, Soph., forward; Julie Then, 5-6, Soph., forward; Angie Lopez, 5-6, Soph., forward; Nina Berube, 5-4, Frosh., guard; Danielle Martin, 5-6, Frosh., guard; Kaisha Rodriguez, 5-3, Frosh., guard; Monica Lewis, 5-8, Frosh., forward

**Candidates in all grades: 42

**Captains: Yvonne Calvin

**Returning leaders: Yvonne Calvin 11.7 ppg

**Returning honorees: Yvonne Calvin, CAC All-Star

**Assistants: Cheryl Begin, varsity assistant; Paul Bonasoro, JV

**Opener: Dec. 11 hosting Chelsea, 5 p.m.

**Odds and ends: After finishing 20-5 in 2005-06, the Wildcats didn't make the playoffs last winter. ... The Cats finished with a losing record for the first time since 1996-97. ... Experience is at a premium and returnee Tiffany Mannion will be out until midseason due to a dislocated elbow suffered in volleyball. ... The lone returning starter, Yvonne Calvin, is the last remaining Wildcat from TD Banknorth Garden state semifinals team two years ago.

**Coach Kevin Bradley (11th year, 164-75): "Yvonne Calvin is doing a great job with the younger kids and I couldn't ask for more. We'll have a lot of freshmen and sophomores playing. The football team was the same way this year and at the end of the season we were a ferocious team. I want us to be in games after the first half of the season, be right there in striking distance, and make a run in the second."