The two newest additions to the Dodge City Community College Conquistador women's basketball roster have more appeal to coach Steve High than just their shooting touch.
Though Cimarron's Yomaira Rosas and Brooke Boyd, who played for Spearville High School, both showed range and craftiness with the ball in their respective senior seasons, High was also excited to bring two players from the immediate area to his team, as he continues to expand the roster and grow the program.
"It's important to try to sign as many area players as we can," High told the Globe. "They bring fans from their high school days and in general bring a greater following to our program."
That's not to say that their basketball abilities didn't also show through on the court. Both Boyd and Rosas completed successful high school runs after the 2008-2009 season.
Boyd, a 5-foot-2-inch distributing point guard, averaged nine points, seven assists and two steals in her senior season with the Lancers under coach Lorie Stein. She was a four-year letter-winner in basketball and is part of the state-bound Spearville 4x100-meter relay team as well.
Rosas averaged eight points and five rebounds from the wing position in her senior season with the offensively balanced Cimarron Bluejays under coach David Ediger. She was part of a run to the Class 3A state championship game in her junior season before earning honorable mention bids to the All-Hi Plains League and Daily Globe All-Area teams as a senior.
"Both of these young ladies have proven that they can shoot the ball, which can hopefully open things up for us on the inside," High said. "These are two young ladies that work really hard and will no doubt compete for playing time in our program. If they come to college with the same intensity they showed in the high school games we saw, it'll help them adapt to the college game."
After five initial signings during the 2009 recruiting season, High and the Conqs will now focus on finding more post presence to complement the perimeter talent they have been able to gather. Only two players, point guard Marcella Sedoc and 5-foot-9-inch post player Robin Parker, will return to the DCCC basketball roster from last year's team.
"We need bigs," High said. "We still need some true post players. You can never have too many bigs."
The Conqs' 2009 graduating class included two 6-foot basketball players in Samantha Askew and Shannan Lane.
As it stands now, 5-foot-10-inch incoming freshman Lauren Billinger from WaKeeney is the tallest player on the team. High described Billinger as more of a hybrid wing/post in an April 27 Daily Globe story.
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The two newest additions to the Dodge City Community College Conquistador women's basketball roster have more appeal to coach Steve High than just their shooting touch.
Though Cimarron's Yomaira Rosas and Brooke Boyd, who played for Spearville High School, both showed range and craftiness with the ball in their respective senior seasons, High was also excited to bring two players from the immediate area to his team, as he continues to expand the roster and grow the program.
"It's important to try to sign as many area players as we can," High told the Globe. "They bring fans from their high school days and in general bring a greater following to our program."
That's not to say that their basketball abilities didn't also show through on the court. Both Boyd and Rosas completed successful high school runs after the 2008-2009 season.
Boyd, a 5-foot-2-inch distributing point guard, averaged nine points, seven assists and two steals in her senior season with the Lancers under coach Lorie Stein. She was a four-year letter-winner in basketball and is part of the state-bound Spearville 4x100-meter relay team as well.
Rosas averaged eight points and five rebounds from the wing position in her senior season with the offensively balanced Cimarron Bluejays under coach David Ediger. She was part of a run to the Class 3A state championship game in her junior season before earning honorable mention bids to the All-Hi Plains League and Daily Globe All-Area teams as a senior.
"Both of these young ladies have proven that they can shoot the ball, which can hopefully open things up for us on the inside," High said. "These are two young ladies that work really hard and will no doubt compete for playing time in our program. If they come to college with the same intensity they showed in the high school games we saw, it'll help them adapt to the college game."
After five initial signings during the 2009 recruiting season, High and the Conqs will now focus on finding more post presence to complement the perimeter talent they have been able to gather. Only two players, point guard Marcella Sedoc and 5-foot-9-inch post player Robin Parker, will return to the DCCC basketball roster from last year's team.
"We need bigs," High said. "We still need some true post players. You can never have too many bigs."
The Conqs' 2009 graduating class included two 6-foot basketball players in Samantha Askew and Shannan Lane.
As it stands now, 5-foot-10-inch incoming freshman Lauren Billinger from WaKeeney is the tallest player on the team. High described Billinger as more of a hybrid wing/post in an April 27 Daily Globe story.
