8th Grade Blue-May 21-22

YBA Xtreme Blue vs. Chico   

Saturday 5/21/11 YBA played Chico and lost 35-32…must be Center High or morning games because YBA teams played 3 morning games in a row (freshman and both Xtreme teams) and not one YBA team won.  YBA came out solid and lead at the half 22-8.  But the second half saw an onslaught of turnovers and momentum shifted to Chico and they were allowed to “believe” a very powerful emotion in athletic competition.  YBA was not able to match Chico’s intensity in the second half and this parlayed into a lack of offensive execution and a lack of rebounding at both ends of the floor. It happens but this one definitely got away.  Keys for improvement from this game: focus and intensity for 28 minutes = 4 quarters, rebounding, offensive execution, help side defense and defensive rotation, aggressively attacking the basket on the offensive end for 4 quarters. 

• Defense player of the game:    none            
• Offense player of the game:    none
• Best Hustle:   none     
• Best Attitude:  none        

YBA Xtreme Blue vs. Carson Valley

Saturday 5/21/11 YBA won 52-33. Coming off a let down in the morning game YBA came out ready to play from the tip.  Defensive rotation and ball pressure were greatly improved and rebounding was ok but we failed at times to maintain body contact when boxing out and this hurt our rebounding at times.  Offensively we played sound and executed the offensive sets effectively attacking the rim for 28 minutes…the big men were able to finish off interior baskets and this was key to this win.  Ish continued to provide leadership at both ends of the floor and played a solid game at the guard position. Keys for improvement from this game: boxing out and maintaining body contact (ball - you -man principles) until our team secures the rebound, play with this level of intensity every game for 28 minutes win or lose.    

• Defense player of the game:   Team
• Offense player of the game: Ish (leading the team)
• Best Hustle:  Team
• Best Attitude:  Ish   

YBA Xtreme Blue vs.  – Jackson Allstars

Sunday 5/22/11 YBA won 42-12.  YBA came out with good energy and put this game away in the first few minutes and Jackson was never able to recover and make this a game.  Simply put this performance was 4 quarters of a team working as one cohesive unit and competing, playing hard, rebounding and executing the game plan and the result was a dominating victory. Keys for improvement from this game: stay mentally tough, bring this intensity to Reno, play within yourselves, make good decisions on defense and offense and be aggressive and confident at both the offensive and defensive ends of the court, play like you belong there in Reno. 

• Defense player of the game:  Team 

• Offense player of the game: Team 
• Best Hustle:   Team 
• Best Attitude: Team