St. David's Notes

Hi Girls,

Hope you all got home ok. Here's some stat's from the St Davids Game and a few observations.

1- We lost the game 34 to 10. 7 points worse than last time we played them.

2- We were tied 2 to 2 after the first quarter. It was 12 to 2 after the second quarter. 23 to 6 after 3 quarters and 34 to 10 after 4 quarters.

3- If we had kept it a little closer in the second quarter maybe we could have kept it close. Of course in the third quarter we got out scored by 17. Mainly because we lost our focus on beating their press and playing the triangle defense as solidly as we did early in the game. The fact that one of the official only saw fouls when we made them did not help our cause. I for one cannot wait until the day that games are officiated by a computer driven overhead camera and all calls are called correctly. I think that would be great for our program.

4- Scoring leaders were: Kalee Dickens with 4 on 2 of 3 from the floor. Ashton Bradley with 4 on 4 of 4 from the line. Meredith Stephenson with 2 on 2 of 2 from the line. We made 6 out of 7 foul shots and 2 out of 16 from the floor.

5- St Davids scoring: #22 Taylor Dickens 16 points. #30 Kaitlin Dunston 4 points, #25 Jamie Park 4 points no one else had over 3.

6- Rebounding: Kaylee Dickens 3, Ashton Bradley 2, Meredith Stephenson 2, Kaela Kessinger 2, Lindy Clark, Jamie Harris , Jennifer Harvell, Kimberly May all 1 rebound.

7- Steals and Assists: Kaela, Jennifer and Kimberly 1 steal each. Assists: Kimberly 1. Turnovers: we made 19 as a team most against their press and traps.

8- Observations: Winning is a lot more fun than losing, the fact we played this team closer than most is not much consolation. We lost by 24, the JV Boys by around 40 and the Varsity Girls by 34. I came home before the Varsity Boys played. Our conference is just super tough, especially those teams in Raleigh. We might not ever be small enough as a school to be 1A again at least not in the forseeable future so outside of someone deciding to let us join another conference(hint) we will just have to suck it up and become more committed to basketball and the other sports.

9- We have not lost to a 1A school this year. We have beaten some good 2A schools. We have a good chance to win both of our last two games. We need to step it up and end this year on a high note. Our record is now 11 and 9. It will be 12 if we count Ridgecroft backing out as a forfeit and 14 if we win out.

10- Tuesday night is our last home game this season. After the game with Cary I understand there is going to to be a team pizza party in the cafeteria. Plan to stay and eat and be sure to thank the parents that are putting this together for you.

11- You have been such a great group to coach. We have learned so much basketball this season. If we were still a 1A team I doubt we would have lost. We would be looking for a place to hang a banner or to put up a trophy. Keep your heads up high, losing is demoralizing but we still have alot to be proud of, we are a good team and one day soon it will show again. Maybe we can get lucky and someone 6'2" tall will come along one day that like's to play basketball and is in the 7th grade. All these big city seem to get lucky, maybe its our turn.

See you at practice Monday 3:15pm.

Coach May