Cary Christian and Other Notes.

Hi Girls,

1- It was a bad day Friday for basketball. The final score of the JV Girls Game was 42-19.
We did win the 3rd qtr 10 to 7 but with no chance of catching up we got everybody some well deserved playing time. Unfortunately we did not score in the 4 qtr making the final margin worse than it was. Our other school teams did not have much luck either.

2- #24 Amy Vandeventer scored 30 of Cary's 42 points. I think their team scored 8 points after we subbed out the regulars with about 4 minutes to go in the game. If we can stop #24, we can stop their team. That will be our focus for the next game. It will require a great effort and a great plan. I am working on the plan, you work on the effort part.

3- Leading scorer's for Halifax Academy were, Lindy Clark 4 points, Ashton Bradley 4 points, Jennifer Harvell 4 points, Jamie Harris 4 points, Kaela Kessinger 3 points. Ashton led in rebounding with 6, Lindy and Kaela tied with 3 each.

4- Shooting notes we made 9 out of 39 with a few shots at the end not recorded for 23% from the floor. We made 1 foul shot out of 6. We actually had fairly decent open shots but we did not make very many. We made 25 turnovers a large percentage of which came early in the game against their press. The good news was in the second half when we went back out and executed our press offense like we practiced we made very few turnovers.

5- Got some bad news by e-mail last night from Coach Herman. Ridgecroft scheduled to be our last home game canceled out saying they needed the date to make up a conference game. That will put us one game less to play and take away a win I was counting on since we won on their home court.

6- Meredith has cake duty for Tuesday's game with Parrott.

7- The Parrott game is a must win game for us in the conference this year. I understand that St. David's JV beat Cary's JV Girls team. We will prepare for St. David's with a special defense to start the game.

8- Unless it changes picture day will be next Wednesday right after school, I think we are in at 4:30. Sophmore's wear white and everyone else wears green for the team picture. You may have you individual picture taken in either uniform you prefer, just be ready when it is your turn. We play Faith Christian Thursday at home. Another must win.

9- We will practice as usual Monday and plan to practice Wednesday and Friday if we can find some court time. Friday is scheduled for Picture Day for other teams. Be prepared to practice on those days unless you hear different from me.

10- I assume you will get out of school at 2:30 for both games this week since I have not seen any Tip Time changes, I will bring you up to date if there is something different. The game Thursday is against Faith Christian and is another must win for our team, unfortunately we might not have much practice time this week before we play them.

11- This next week is a huge week for our JV Girls Basketball team, lets be ready to play at our highest level of this year. We need to beat Parrott both times we play them to assure ourselves of getting into the conference tournament.

12- With all the recent issues about grades and teams losing players because of them recently I want to repeat that I have no doubt that the JV Basketball team and the JV Volleyball team probably have the highest grade point average of any sports teams at Halifax Academy, probably competitive with any school we play. Be proud of yourselves and keep up the good work. Nothing is better than Pretty, sweet girls that can play sports except Pretty, sweet girls that play sports and are also smart.

13- I am not certain of our practice time Monday due to school being in session 1 hour later. Come to school prepared to practice, I will let you know as soon as I find out our practice time. Unfortunately, that might be Monday.

Play Hard, Play Smart, Play Together

Let's Go JV Viking Girls, time to pick it up on the court!!!!

Coach May