“I love playing basketball, it’s one of the best sports that I can do alongside baseball. I’ll be trying out for both the basketball team and the baseball team; I really want to make the team and hopefully JV in basketball. I played for my middle school’s basketball team [varsity] and scored a lot, carrying my team sometimes. Once my 8th-grade season ended, I didn’t stop my work ethic or my motivation. I often worked daily and all throughout the summer on my handles and shooting around the paint. I do many things before I play, like I do polymeric and leg workouts while also going to all the open gyms they provide, and I work my upper body and stamina. I also do stretches so that I can be flexible and drink a lot of milk for strong bones. I overall had an amazing 8th-grade varsity season. I had a lot of fun with my teammates, so hopefully here at GP I can make a lot of new friends and have a good time playing basketball,” Easton Woodcook said.