The Southern Regional girls basketball team benefited from the COVID-19 pandemic in some way as the new season began. The Rams had an extra week of practice before they had to take the court for an actual game.

“We had our first two games postponed and that gave us a few extra days to get ready for the season,” said head coach Tom Bucci, whose crew fell behind by 16 in the first quarter against Lacey on Feb. 6 and ended up falling short, 43-29.