RIMERSBURG — Dominika Logue discovered that finding an open shooter on the wing wasn't all that different from evading a pass rush.

Yes, a pass rush.

Logue, a freshman on the Union girls basketball team, spent three years as a quarterback on a youth football team.

“My parents didn't allow me to play at the senior level,” Logue said.

No matter. The seasons she spent under center more than prepared her for the rigors of high school basketball.

Logue is quick to list the skills she learned on the gridiron that translated to the court.

“Court vision. Not backing down from contact. Quick decision-making,” Logue said. “And it helps with fast breaks.”

Logue has been on a personal fast break this season for Union, a team that is chock full of young talent and is a mildly surprising 8-9 overall and 3-3 in the Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference this season.

Not many outside the tiny borough of Rimersburg thought the Damsels would have such early success.

“Especially with three freshmen starting,” Logue said. “We've been very competitive and we had that drive us to be better.”

Logue didn't waste any time establishing herself as the young star of the team.

In her first varsity game, she turned in a 26-point, nine-rebound, eight-assist night in a win over Reynolds.

Logue is leading the team in scoring at 13.7 points per game.

But like any basketball player worth her weight in high tops, Logue said she knows she has things she has areas of her game she needs to improve.

“I feel like I need to be more consistent,” Logue said.

That will come with experience — after all, Logue is only 17 games into her varsity career.

She already has shown a skill set that can make her one of the most dangerous players, not only in District 9, but perhaps the state.

At 5-foot-10 and quick, Logue is a matcup nightmare for most of the players tasked with guarding her.

“I think one of the funniest things is when people find out she's 5-10 and they ask, 'And she's your point guard?'” said Union coach Ally Kepple. “I say, 'Well, yeah.' She can shoot the 3. She can handle the ball. She can rebound. She's a complete player.”

Kepple will also occasionally use Logue in different spots on the floor.

“We'll move her to the wing sometimes to shoot from the corner,” Kepple said.

“That's one of the things that's so great about her,” Kepple added. “She makes other players around her better.”

Scoring has never been a problem for Logue.

“That's what I'm most comfortable doing,” Logue said. “That's what I'm best at right now.”

Logue has been around the Union program since she was in elementary school. She served as the scorekeeper for the Damsels.

Logue said the time spent around the team was invaluable.

“It was very beneficial for me,” Logue said. “I got to see the game from a different perspective and I could watch all the finer points.”

Logue, who is also a member of the track and field and volleyball teams at Union, spends a bulk of her summer playing AAU basketball.

Logue said going up against quality opponents in AAU has helped hone her game.

“In AAU, you're playing against really good players from all over,” Logue said. “You're playing against players from the WPIAL, which is more aggressive and physical. It's definitely more intense and you have to step up your game. It's nice to see what it's like in other districts.”

With three freshmen, including Logue, and a sophomore in the starting lineup, Kepple is already seeing the groundwork for better girls basketball days at Union, which has struggled at times after a long period of sustained success.

Getting back to that Union tradition is also very much in the minds of the players.

“I want to win some championships,” Logue said. “I feel like we can do that. That would be awesome.”