4th Grade - Wainwright

What a great game! Yeah we know it is tough to lose, but you all played very well and sometimes the other teams comes out on top. In fact (allow Coach Tim to put his engineer hat on for a minute) the score ended up 21 to 9. This means, Guilderland scored 12 more point than us (or 6 baskets). Our games are 24 minutes long which means that Guilderland only scored 1 more basket than us every 4 minutes (that is how long each group of girls play between substitutions). We think that is pretty good. To us, that is a close game. Well that is enough math for a Saturday night. As we mentioned at the game, we are very proud of the way you all played. Coach Tim talked to the referee after the game and she was amazed at how much our team has improved since the Niskayuna game, and we agree. Our defense was outstanding tonight. You were very aggressive and there were a lot of jump balls. It was tough on offense. We give a lot of credit to Guilderland, they also played tough defense and didn’t give us too many open shots. But when you think about our first couple games, 9 points is pretty awesome. As we mentioned before (and will no doubt mention again), we don’t like to make a big deal about the points as there are a lot of other things you all are doing out there that doesn’t show up on a score sheet, but here they are: Abbi - 3 Olivia – 4 Sarah – 2 Well we have a couple practices this week and two games this coming weekend. You all have been working really hard and it shows. We feel that with the effort you all have been making these close games will start to turn around as the season continues. Once again, we could not be more proud of how well you all are doing. Keep up the hard work, it is paying off. ___________________________