- January 29, 2025
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With roars from the crowd and cheers from the bench, the Olympia Titans girls basketball team topped the Evans Trojans 63-54, taking home the Class 8A District 3 championship Friday night at Ocoee High School.
Head Coach Robert Carmody said that winning the district title was the main goal for the program in his first season as head coach.
“This was the primary goal,” Carmody said. “One of my main goals was to get to the championship game so we could advance to regions. Next goal is to win the next game; I like our odds.”
With an intense back and forth game across the court, the Titans did not manage to pull ahead until the third quarter. They squeaked by and maintained their lead throughout the remainder of the game.
“I feel we didn’t finish as well as we could have,” Carmody said. “We missed a ton of free throws, a ton of layups — but (winning the district) was huge.”
The win did not come easily, and the Lady Titans felt the pressure.
“I think it was tough,” Tiana Spikes said. “We kept our head playing as a team and listened to our coach.”
Spikes tied with MacKenzie Loos and Umesha Beck with for seven points on the night. Leading the Titan in points for the night was Taylor Hair with 17 points.
Going into districts, the Titans knew the talent that they would be facing when they went up against the Trojans.
“I expected Evans to come out and fight and give everything — and they did and then some,” Carmody said.
Looking ahead to their coming game, Spikes said that with a better start the Titans will be in good shape.
“To be honest, today we came out with a slow start — if we come out with a faster start it should be easily put away,” Spikes said.