Viking Girls JV Tournament Champions!

Hi Girls,

We played a good game against a tough opponent to win the Championship Trophy for the second year in row. Be proud of yourselves, I am proud of you. We played with alot of heart tonight and I appreciate your effort and focus.

I know I push you all pretty hard, but I know we can really play when we are focused and everyone is playing at 100% effort. If I did not push you to play your best, it would be giving up on you and I would not be worthy of being your coach. I am not going to ever not push you to be your best and you don't pushing to be The Best. We are a very young team, we are good right now and can be become a special team.

We won the game tonight 30 to 21. We did a very good job of executing our game plan and guarding Taylor Norris #11(She had 9 points with 3 of them coming late on a desperation 3).
As usual our pressure defense was our best offense. Our 4 corners offense and spread offense sealed the victory for us and I loved the way we played cat and mouse and lulled them to sleep only to attack when they overplayed. That is great basketball and that is Winning Basketball.

I love the style we play, its the most fun style of basketball but it is hard work and requires great focus and heart to play that hard that long. We will concentrate on shooting the ball much more of our practice time a good % of the year and also try to improve our 1/2 court offense. Of course we cannot let any other part of our game slip, especially our tough defense. Remember the Thought for the day that goes: There is no in playing great defense Just Championships.

If we had selected an all tournament team made up of 6 players like we do at some tournaments, the 5 best and the Most Valuable Player for this tournament, I would have voted for Lindy, Jesse, Lindsey, Emily and Taylor Norris and Jamie as the top six players. I would have voted for Jamie as the Tournament Most Valuable Player.

1- Scoring Totals: Jamie 12, Lindy 4, Jesse 4, Emily 4, Lindsey 2, Alex 2, Caroline 2.

2- Rebounds: Lindy 5*, Jesse 4*, Jamie 4*, Caroline 3*, Emily 2, Alex 1, Mer 1. (5 is the minimum for a winning effort star if you are a post player, 4 if you are a perimeter player. Caroline got only 3 but in limited time on the court.)

3- Steals: Jamie 10**, Lindsey 5*, Jesse 3, Lindy 2, Caroline 2, Alex 1. (4 and up is great)

4- Assists: Jamie 3*, Jesse 3 *, Lindsey 1, Lindy 1.

5- Blocks: Jesse 2*, Lindsey 1, Jamie 1, Emily 1.

6- Turnovers: Lindsey 3, Jesse 1, Jamie 2.

7- Foul Shooting: Jamie 4/9, Lindsey 0/2, Caroline 0/1. Team % 33%

8- Shooting %- Caroline 1/1*, Emily 2/3*, Alex 1/2*, Lindy 2/5*, Jamie 4/12*, Jesse 2/7,
Lindsey 1/6, Casey 0/1. 50% for Individual equal star quality. Team %- 35.1%* 33.3% for Team = Minimum Winning performance.

9- Cornerstone Scoring: #11 Taylor Norris 9, #23 Nichole Walker 6, #44 Kali Shaw 4,
#15 Scarlett Harris 2.

10- Scoring by Quarters: 1st- 8-2, 2nd 6-9, 3rd 8 to 3, 4th 8 to 7. Good Work!!

Play Hard, Play Smart and Play Together! Doing those three things we wear on the back of our team shirts plus EXECUTING well wins Championships!


Have a very Merry Christmas, take time to show your family you love them an appreciate all they do for you. Never forget the real reason for the celebration of Christmas is it's Jesus Christ's Birthday, God's only son! We celebrate in honor of him!

Next Practice is next Monday the 28th of December 10:00am to 12:00pm. Be there ready to get even better both as a team and as an individual.

Coach May

PS- Renee is sick with the Flu and says she might be out awhile.
Coach May