Upward Basketball 2018 - Week #7

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 ~ Eric Hendrickson ~ 

Popee and Nanee came to watch this week.  Phoebe's teacher also came to watch Phoebe again but we did not get any pictures with him this time..

Silas - Game #7 - 8:30

Silas did what resembled a cart wheel for his introduction.  (It was funny.  He does not know how to do a cart wheel.)  We told him later that day that it would be best not to do that one again.

Silas played tight on this boy the entire game.  The boy was getting tired of it and pushed Silas a few times.  It didn't stop Silas from sticking on him like Velcro.

I had to leave at half time to coach Phoebe's game.

Silas scored 4 baskets.

Phoebe - Game #9 - 9:30

We had 3 girls out sick this week so our 4 remaining girls had to play a double header.

For the first game, the other team only had 3 girls (of course their 2 best girls were there). 

Much of the game Phoebe was playing on the tall girl.  It is hard to get a shot off when playing that girl.

Our girls were only down 9 to 4 at half.  I was very impressed with their play.

Play for Jesus!

We ended up losing the game 24 to 8 but this was our best game played for the year.  Phoebe had 2 points.  Our girls rose to the level of their competition.  Girls were passing, setting screens, and handling the ball.  I only give out the "Christ-like" star for special reasons and I gave each girl a Christ-like star for their efforts on the court during this game.

Phoebe - Game #10 - 10:30

We turned right around and played game #2.  Our girls were tired but ready to play.

The girl Phoebe played on was very aggressive and for the most part was single handedly out scoring us.

We were down 8 to 5 at halftime.

Macy missed the first free throw.  I told her to use her legs for the second one.  She did and she made her second shot.

Phoebe played tough tough defense for both of this mornings games.  She protected the ball well, went for rebounds, and was on the ground fighting for every single jump ball.  Way to go, tough girl!

Nice looking shot Phoebe!  She ended up with 4 points.  Our team lost a tough game 21 to 12, but I was impressed with their effort and watching the great improvement by our team.

Sarah - Game #9 - 1:30

Another weekend playing the team that has now beat us 3 times in a row.  Unfortunately, the other team's coach had taken 3 of the core girls from that team to play in a basketball tournament out of town this weekend.

Nice form on that free throw Sarah!

Since the other team was short on players, the church recruited a girl that was on my team last year (she is now a 7th grader).  She is a good player and Sarah got to guard her.  They also recruited a cheerleader so that they would have enough girls to play.

We didn't play great, but we did win 22-9.  Sarah had a good game and scored 13 points.  Next week is our last week and we play 2 games.  If we win both, we will have the best record.