Two years ago, the East Grand Rapids Intramural Basketball League (IBL) landscape was changed forever. Lindsay Duca, Auden Elliot, and Grace Ruppert started the first ever girls IBL team. While there team name is “BGS”, they are known by many throughout the school as trendsetters.

BGS is group of girls from the Senior Class of 2017. They are made up of individuals who have never played basketball, played for fun, or retired from the game not long ago. Thanks to these ladies, a new girls IBL team has been created by the Junior Class of 2018. This team is known as the “Air Ballers.”

It should be noted that BGS, over a two year span, has obtained a record of 0-16. Justine Bandury, a key member of BGS, had this to say about their record, “Our record definitely doesn’t define us, those are just numbers. Our team is all about heart. No matter what the stats say, at the end of the day it’s about who wants it more and that’s us, we are coming in hungry this year.”

Fellow member of BGS, Emma Keane, talks about the team’s biggest game this year against the new Air Ballers. “The Air Ballers are posers and we don’t see them as real competition. We’re not taking steps this season, we’re taking leaps. BGS will reign!”

It will be interesting to see if Keane’s predictions will become a reality especially with star Auden Elliot out for the season with torn ACL. Banbury says she isn’t too worried about this loss as she expects Liz Shumar and Keane to become the new go to leaders this year.

Make sure to stay up to date on BGS and their third and final season. These girls are determined to shock the East Intramural Basketball League with their first ever win.