Trinity’s Morris, Aull hit scoring milestones

February 25, 2021 | 12:05 am

Updated February 25, 2021 | 12:04 pm

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The Trinity Lady Raiders don’t have a senior on their roster this season, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t getting production from younger players.

Junior Cassidy Morris and sophomore Josie Aull have each hit scoring milestones in the last couple of weeks, with Morris eclipsing 2,000 points and Aull hitting 1,000 points in a win over Todd County Central on Feb. 6.

For Morris, scoring points has been a goal of hers since she first put on the Lady Raider jersey in 7th grade. She said she had a friend that finished her career with nearly 2,500 points — a number Morris wants to hit before her time at Trinity is done.

“I’ve always had this goal of reaching a certain point total before my high school career was over,” she said. 

Morris said it’s difficult to wrap her head around scoring that many points but when it comes to her drive, it’s not that hard to figure out how she can score at such a high rate.

The Trinity standout also plays volleyball and softball for the Lady Raiders and she said she has to try her best no matter what it is.

“I’m a really competitive person so it just kind of fit me,” she said on why she picked up basketball.

Morris missed all of volleyball season with a knee injury she sustained toward the end of the 2019-20 hoops campaign.

She said she knew what her role was going to be this year but it was hard to get where she wanted to be.

“It’s been hard because I’m not able to put myself out there like in past years because of my injury,” she said. 

She said it’s been frustrating.

“I think the hardest part is getting in shape,” she said. “The beginning of the season, I wasn’t doing the greatest so I think I’ve gotten a lot better trusting myself, trusting my legs.”

With a population of around 500, it’s hard to find strangers among the residents of Whitesville.

Morris and Aull said said growing up in a small town has its perks.

“It’s fun because you know everybody in Whitesville,” Morris said. “I go to the games, everybody knows me, I know them.”

Aull agreed.

“It feels good because you grow together as a family,” she said. 

In another small town about 80 miles south of Whitesville sits Elkton, where Aull hit the 1,000-point mark for points as a Lady Raider earlier this month.

Aull knew she was approaching the milestone but the coaches didn’t let her know until she just a point away.

“I heard I was close but I didn’t know how close,” she said. “When I played against Todd County, I hit two 3-pointers and they said ‘one more.’”

For Aull, the points are great but she’s hungrier for the wins that come with them. When she hit 1,000 points, Aull said it didn’t change her thinking at all; she just continued to do her job for Trinity coach Emily Hernandez.

“Points are just points,” she said. “I like winning.”

Aull and Morris have grown up together and have been teammates in multiple sports.

Each said that’s been a key to their success.

“We’ve played together our whole lives so we just know,” Aull said. “If I’m having a bad game, she’ll take over and when she’s having a bad game, I’ll just take over. We feed off of each other.”

Despite being just a sophomore, Aull said she’s taken it upon herself to be a leader this season.

“I’m one of the ones with the most varsity experience so I knew my role was going to be big,” she said. “Having to lead the team because we’ve got a lot of young players on it.”

Aull said it’s not weird to see herself in that role despite her young age.

“When I was their age, all the sophomores and juniors were the same way,” she said. “I just learned and went on from there.”

When asked about her goal for this year and her next two years as a Raider, Aull said she’s hungry for something that hasn’t been done and nearly her entire life.

“Winning district,” she said. “We haven’t won a district title since 2004.”

February 25, 2021 | 12:05 am

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