At the start of the 2011-2012 girls’ varsity basketball season, two new coaches were hoping to lead the team. Amber Wantman was chosen as head coach with Coach Brewster Cupid as the assistant.

Wantman had only been coaching the team for a week and a half when she was let go. This came as a surprise to the team.

“So am I surprised? No. Am I shocked? Not really. I am just very grateful for this opportunity,” said Cupid, who is now the head coach. “I learned a long time ago that at any given day you can be asked to step up to the plate.”

Cupid, a University of Massachusetts-Amherst graduate, has been coaching basketball and football for eight years, and found out about Wayland through the Dual County League’s reputation.

“If you are a follower of girls high school basketball, you know that the DCL is the place to coach,” said Cupid.

Cupid looks to keep Wayland’s reputation as one of the strong teams in Dual County League.

“The bar is certainly set high for us as a team to really build on the chemistry that coach Thompson has established over the last 15 years,” said Cupid. “That’s something that I’ve noticed and appreciated that coach Thompson did.”

Despite an 0-7 record, Cupid hopes to pick up where Coach Thompson left off and finish strong.

“We’re going to be stronger, we’re going to be more conditioned and we’re going to be fundamentally based,” said Cupid.