4th Grade - Wainwright

The Eagles win again! We found ourselves in yet another close game, but this time you ended up on top 9-4. The experience you gained from those tight games earlier in the season helped you last night. You showed toughness, poise and grace under pressure. Similar to how the 4 pictures from our Pizza Party (below) came together to make a beautiful team collage, you are continuing to put the pieces of your own team puzzle together. Last night, you added a couple more pieces. Menands provided you with yet another challenge. Number 42 was very tall. She was difficult to guard and blocked many of our shots. But, as always, you came through with teamwork. You helped each other out on defense and made it difficult for them to get her the ball by coming up with more steals than we could count. Team defense was definitely the name of the game. On offense, points were really hard to come by, but we love how your passing and ball-handling skills are improving. Finding an open teammate and getting them the ball is the most beautiful play in basketball. It's an act of trust and giving that brings a team closer, frustrates opponents, leads to baskets and, last, but certainly not least, makes your coaches jump up and down like monkeys at feeding time. We saw several such passes last night, but don't be surprised if we spend more time in practice working to see more. The points were as follows: Abbi – 2 Emma – 2 Olivia – 3 Sarah - 2 We think if you look back over our season so far, you can all be very proud of your accomplishments. Our first couple games were definitely a growing experience, but then we learned our offense and we started winning. We have been in every game since, in fact, in the last 9 games you have outscored your opponents 144 to 107 (you know Coach Tim and his love of math! :-). After our Holiday break, we have not seen a team that can match your teamwork. On offense and defense you are learning our plays and bringing it all together. You've worked very hard, and it is showing on the court. Keep it up, Eagles, and let's finish the season strong! The Coaches ___________________________