8th Grade White-January 29-30

YBA Xtreme White vs. Placerville Blazers

Saturday 1/29/11 at 9:00 a.m. YBA squared off against a solid Placerville Blazers team.  YBA missed several early transition basket chances and let the opponent gain confidence.  YBA settled for too many long range jump shots overall instead of attacking the basket and making the extra pass and playing as a team. For the first time pressing in a game YBA did ok but gave up too many transition baskets. Keys for improvement from this game: reduce turnovers, pass the ball more, and rebound the ball on the defensive end. 

• Defense player of the game:   Mathew Dzwilewski, Josh O’neal
• Offense player of the game: none
• Best Hustle: Sanam Bains   
• Best Attitude: Cody Abendschein

YBA Xtreme White vs. Cal Reign

Saturday 1/29/11 at 10:05 a.m. YBA squared off against the Cal Reign.  YBA had great energy. A big line-up proved to have some success with an aggressive 2/3 zone, creating easy transition baskets and allowing YBA to cut a sizable lead down to 8 at one point but going back to a steady diet of quick long range shots and not getting back on transition defense let this one get away from YBA.  Definitely our best game of the year now we need to build on this momentum. Keys for improvement from this game: up our intensity, rebound, rebound, rebound on the defensive end, take higher percentage shots on offense. 

• Defense player of the game:   Jermaine Washington
• Offense player of the game: Tyrell Minor
• Best Hustle: Josh O’neal , Sanam Bains   
• Best Attitude: Cody Abendschein

YBA Xtreme White vs. Rocktown Ballers

Sunday 1/30/11 at 2:25 p.m. YBA squared off against the Rocktown Ballers.  I am extremely proud of our effort and thought the kids really left it out on the floor in this one…all any coach can ask.  A definite horse race from the opening tip and a game that never left a single digit lead for either side, saw several lead changes and remained a 2 point game for the majority of the game.  If YBA can learn to finish in transition  i.e. attack the basket and score the ball on fast break lay ups we will be very competitive.  YBA’s man defense was outstanding.  Keys for improvement continue to reduce turnovers, get the ball middle against a press, continue to make the extra pass on offense, take high percentage shots, and finish in transition. 

• Defense player of the game:   Tyrell Minor
• Offense player of the game:    Sanam Bains
• Best Hustle:  Jermaine Washington Jr., Tyrell Minor, Mathew Dzwilewski, Sanam Bains,

                                     Cody Abendschein, Josh O’Neal

• Best Attitude: Cody Abendschein

7th Grade Blue-January 29-30

This weekend we were in the D2 level of the tournament at Hardwood Palace. We played hard and finished with 1 win and 2 losses, with one loss coming by 1 point when we had 4 shots to win the game in the last minute. We followed that game up with our winning effort and beat our next opponent by 4, and making the late game shots to put us into the lead and seal the win. Our last game was a measuring stick for us and the loss we suffered showed us that we must execute at a higher level to be able to compete against the next level of teams. 

Blue Team 28 Napa BGC 29

We started off missing 6 lay ups in a row and didn't score until the 1:40 mark. The score was 10-2 after one quarter and got as high as 16-6. We slowly fought our way back to 27-20 deficit. We controlled the game throughout the 4th quarter and trailed 28-29 with 1:35 left to go. Unfortunately, our poor shooting did us in late in the game as we missed our final 5 shots and couldn't get the winning score to fall.

DEFENSIVE MVP: Will Duval for his overall Defensive performance and effort level

Blue Team 34 Firestorm 30

It was the same story, different game as far as the score and flow of the game. We trailed closely throughout the game, the major difference was that we hit shots early so we never had a big deficit to come back from. We again dominated the 4th quarter and took the lead 26-25 with 3 minutes left. We had a defensive lapse and a badly executed pass that resulted in a 5-0 run in 12 seconds that left us down 30-26 with 2:40 left. I was very happy (afterwards) because we didn't fold and we also capitalized on our opportunities. Monty Khela was huge throughout the game especially the start and finish as he scored 6 points in the 1st quarter and 7 of our last 10 points including 2 free throws to put us down 2 then a huge 3 point shot that put us up by 2 with 35 seconds left. TJ Aldrich-Shadle then sealed the game by grabbing a rebound and going coast to coast through their whole team for a layup to put us up 4 with 16 seconds.

Defensive MVP: Matt Stockman for his performance in the press

Mr. Clutch: Monty Khela 

We played a very good El Dorado Hills Trojans team last and simply were over matched. We played them close every quarter except the 3rd. The defensive effort level and the teamwork were satisfactory, however we learned that it also takes execution, better ball security and capitalizing on our opportunities on both ends of the floor to be able to compete against a high level team. I love our team unity and spirit during the game, we took our loss with dignity and came out of it with a better understanding of our team and our weaknesses. We will improve on our performance and do better next time. 

Defensive MVP: Adam Dollison for shutting down their primary scorer

Coaches Thoughts

We stepped back to step forward this tournament as we had to learn how to lose a close one to learn how to win one. We showed strength of character, team unity & the resolve needed to be success. We cannot forget the lessons we learned, unless we want to repeat them. We our on the path that we want to be on, we have only to put in the work and allow time to work it's magic so we grow comfortable with each other as teammates and coaches. 

Coach Adam   

7th Grade White-January 29-30

Saturday vs Rocktown Ballers & Folsom Thunder- Today's two games were a huge learning experience for us. We didn't do many of the 'little' things which definitely translated both on the court and scoreboard. Despite our losses, however, we managed to keep our heads high and take those lessons with us into Sunday's game vs the Reno Ballers. Even though the scoreboard didn't reflect our outcome, the final score had us down, it was really a huge win for us. We finally implemented the things we've been practicing and it definately showed on the court and in the player's eyes. It was a good feeling for all of us.

This weekends overall effort:
Hustle - Joseph
Attitude - Garret
Offensive - Daniel
Defensive - Joseph L.

6th Grade White-January 29-30

Game #1
We had a smooth first quarter, then the other team started to press us.  I'm very proud of the boys for picking up their spirit and not giving up in such a tough game.
Game #2This was the most competitive game of the day. The boys did a great job defensively.  They were picking up in a full court man, getting turnovers, making layups and executing our press breaker beautifully.
Game #3This was a hard fought game for us.  The kids started close in this game. The boys gave it all they had until the very end.
Game #4This was a great win.  They boys had lots of energy.  Everyone contributed on the offense because they shared the ball wonderfully.
Game #5Great Defense!!! Again they shared the ball on offense.  Which lead to everyone contributing again.  This was a great win with lots of energy.

Best offense this weekend goes to Matthew O
Best defense this weekend goes to Nate H
Best Hustle Goes to Justin A

Great weekend boys!  I'm very proud of how well you did.

Coach Parker

5th Grade Blue-January 29-30

In our first game against the Reno Ballers we learned the importance of "helping the helper" and man to man defensive rotations.  Jade had a huge game for us crashing the boards and finishing down low. Adam Orr also played big down the stretch and hit some key buckets. Despite being down ten points most of the game, we battled back to cut the lead to four. Matt was the hustler of the game and hit a huge three to cut the lead and make it a close ball game. In game two, we struggled to make shots, but saw some great on ball defense by both Jacob Cruz and Derek. Our defensive rotations improved and Todd and Jackson rebounded strong. We lost to the yellow jackets.  In our last game, the guys came out with fire and rebounded, rotated, and trapped hard. Adam Orr was a beast on the boards and Matt, Derek, Jacob, and Diego shot the ball great. We won by sixteen and Jade was the hustler of the game and made sown great post moved down low.  All in all, it was a great learning weekend!

4th Grade-January 29-30

What a great weekend.  In our first game we beat an upstart 916 Select.  We were in control the whole game, but just couldn’t pull away.  We have been working on our composure over the last couple of weeks and never let the Select team get close enough to get any hope.

The second game was a redemption game.  We played the Rocktown Ballers blue team that beat us 2 weekends ago.  Unlike the first game, we were able to keep out composure and put the pressure back onto the Ballers.  Thanks to a huge late rebound by Joey, great ball handling from Spencer and a clutch free throw from Vince, we managed to pull out a 3 point victory.  There were plenty of opportunities for us to lose our focus and composure, but we simply could not be cracked.

In the championship game we played the Reno Ballers.  We struggled mightily in the first half, although we ended the half tied at 9.  I challenged the boys to up their focus and intensity and push the lead out to 10 by the end of the third.  At the end of the third we were up 11 and ended up winning in lopsided fashion.  We played great team defense giving up only 3 points in the second half.  Well done boys.  This was a team effort and all of our boys deserve a pat on the back for this one.