Senior point guard Jess Tyrer

Senior Jess Tyrer never stopped playing basketball. Even when all of her friends dropped and the coach resigned, Tyrer stayed tough.

“I’ve always played since I was a little kid,” Tyrer said. “Basketball has always been fun to me.”

Being the only senior  makes her the definite leader on the team. She has adapted well to making new friends  who are not in her grade.

“I’m not getting any special treatment but I always try and give the younger kids advice,” Tyrer said.

She first started her basketball career in kindergarten for  Haslett’s Youth Recreation Association.

“It was a very easy transition because the girls were very nice and we clicked,” Tyrer said. “Our team chemistry is a definte golden point on our team.”

Coach Bob Currier expects alot of her  and she has been a starting point guard on the varsity basketball team since sophomore year. When she isn’t shooting hoops, she is watching basketball teams and is a big fan of Michigan State basketball. Tyrer is a fan of Draymond Green because he’s good  and is a tremendous leader. One of her closest friends on the team  is Mariah Beebe because both of them  play the same postion and talk and help each other out. Her expectations for this young team are high.

“Even though we are a young team,” Tyrer said.  ”We have so much talent that we could really go places.”

She wants to leave her legacy of taking the team to the district championship since she lost that her sophomore year and didn’t get a trip back her junior year.

“I hope that we have a sucessful year and our team really clicks and that I help get the team better for the next couple of years,” she said.