7th Blue-March 19th-20th

 

This weekend was a big weekend as we captured our first tournament victory for the 7th grade xtreme teams!! We started off well with a very hard fought, back and forth victory against SNBA and never looked back as we controlled the games against Folsom Thunder and Carson Valley. We showed tremendous individual improvement on both ends of the floor as Davion Andrews, TJ Aldrich-Shadle, Brandon Lessard, Jacob DeBartoli, & Matt Stockman all stepped up their games over the last two weeks. The additions of Malacci Wharry and Chris Hurley have really strengthened our team and made us a much faster paced team now. Our Tournament MVP was "The Captain" TJ Aldrich-Shadle. He led us in scoring, hit a huge 3 pointer and lay-up against SNBA, & provided on court guidance and leadership and took 2 charges this weekend!! Excellent Job!

 HARDWOOD PALACE CRT 6 SAT 19/MAR/11 6:45 PM

YBA-X BLUE 51        SNBA 47

 

SUMMARY: A very close, well matched game that went down to the final seconds. We led early but the game was back and forth all game and they led 41-33 going into the 4th, which they didn't know is our quarter. We closed incredibly strong & won the 4th quarter 18-6. Davion Andrews, Brandon Lessard, Malacci Wharry, & especially TJ played outstanding in the 4th. A total team effort and a big improvement in our level of play!

 

DEFENSIVE MVP: Adam with 10 rebounds, 2 steals & excellent individual defense on their best player.

OFFENSIVE MVP: Malacci with 9 points and 6 assists

MVP: TJ with 15 points, 66% shooting from the field, 3 steals, 4 rebounds, only 1 turnover, & a charge

BIGGEST IMPROVEMENT: Brandon Lessard 8 points on 4-4 shooting also had 8 rebounds and an assist

 

ROCKLIN HIGH SCHOOL SUN 20/MAR/11 9 AM

YBA-X BLUE 43      FOLSOM THUNDER 26

 

SUMMARY: A game that we controlled throughout and never had any issues with the other team. We did what we were supposed to do, and that's handle a less competitive team. We played very active & aggressive defense and we came up with 18 steals, 2 blocks and 17 defensive rebounds. We played together and everyone on the team scored at least 3 points and had at least 1 steal and 1 rebound! Very impressive team play. the leading scorers were TJ with 8, Malacci & Davion had 7, and Adam had 6. The leading rebounder was Adam again who had 11 rebounds. TJ had 4 steals, followed by Davion and Matt who had 3 each. A solid effort that showed our growth as a team. 

 

DEFENSIVE MVPS: TJ for his 4 steal performance and Matt for 3 steals and being a one man fast break stopper

OFFENSIVE MVP: THE WHOLE TEAM!!

  

ROCKLIN HIGH SCHOOL SUN 20/MAR/11  12;15PM

YBA-X BLUE 47     CARSON VALLEY 38

 

SUMMARY: A good game that we won by working hard & sticking to the gameplan. We wore them out with the press and pulled away in the 4th. Excellent job by the whole team and by Malacci (12 points 6-7 fg, 2 assists 2 steals), Davion (Smothering Defense, 8 points, an assist and a block) and Adam (10 rebounds, 7 points). A nice win to close our first tournament victory!

 

DEFENSIVE MVP: Davion Andrews for his excellent defensive effort

OFFENSIVE MVP: Malacci "no airballs" Wharry for effective shooting (6-7) and 2 assists

 

Coaches thoughts

 

An excellent way to go about winning our first tournament... We have the talent and the chemistry to get much, much better... I saw almost the whole team improve individually in the last tournament from Brandon's offense, TJ's 3 point shooting, Davion's shooting and decisions, Adam's willingness to try as hard offensively as he does on Defense, Jacob's ballhandling and decisions, Matt's passing to our improved team basketball intelligence... We can be successful with the proper amount of effort, teamwork, execution, and desire.. I look forward to seeing the continued improvement in the upcoming weeks...

 

Coach Adam 

 

"Never let what you can't do get in the way of what you can do"- John Wooden