3rd Grade-March 5-6

Playing in a 4th grade bracket, the YBA-Xtreme 3rd grade team came out strong! They first faced off against a very scrappy team, from Incline. Using tough defense, they struggled with the smaller confines of Court 8, but walked away with the win in the end.

The second game was against a very good 4th grade passing team from Yerington. They found the open man more than once, and took a double digit lead in to the fourth quarter. Though down, the 3rd graders did not back down and battled back to lose the game by six points. The Xtreme team played a great game despite missing many layups and open open shots. They learned that defense can make games interesting.

The final third place game was against cross-town rival Rocktown Ballers 4th graders. Clearly outmatched, physically, the 3rd grade Xtremers had to dig deep in this one. Someone forgot to take the lid off the basket as the team had a hard time putting the ball in the basket. They made just enough shots and played great, hardnosed defense to come out of a low scoring game with a two point win. The lesson learned was if the team could play bad (offensively) and still win, that is a good thing!

Overall, three great games by the team. More than one (actually five) people came to me and said they love how the players are improving ad getting better, and that the improvement is noticeable! As a coach, that is what we are striving for at this age - improvement with each session.  Great job team!!