The girls’ lacrosse season will open with new coach next spring, but their conditioning already is underway.

“I am excited to have Jenny [Pazderak] coaching,” sophomore Ashley Peters said. ” I am glad we are conditioning this year because we didn’t last year. We have a lot of new girls so hopefully we can build a strong team.”

Conditioning takes place once a week at West Shore for 45 minutes and consists of distance running, interval training, sprints, lateral movement and core strengthening.

“I have a great feeling about the upcoming lax season,” Coach Pazderak said. “The fact that we are getting a good turnout now for preseason conditioning is excellent. This will make practices focused more on technical and tactical skills once the season begins.

By Valery Linkenhoker