4th Grade - Wainwright

The Eagles win! The Eagles win!! The Eagles win!!! Where do we start? You all did so many things well. Even the score is interesting. The final score was 27-14, but the score at the end of the first half was 8-6, and the other team had the 8. That means you all outscored the other team 21-6 in the second half. (Enough math. Don’t worry girls; Coach Dave and Coach Tom have taken over writing this to prevent Coach Tim from doing more equations.) Let’s see, when we last left our heroines they were behind by two at halftime. That's when we challenged you to rise to the occasion and you busted through the roof. Your offense was amazing considering all of the new things you had to learn over such a short period of time. Your teamwork was outstanding. Everyone got to touch the ball, and that shows in the points: Abbi – 6 Ellie - 3 Emma – 10 Katie – 2 Mary – 2 Olivia – 4 That’s over half the team. Katie asked Coach Tim if St. Basil figured out our offense. And Coach Tim mentioned that the wonderful thing about tonight’s game was that when you saw the other team making adjustments to what you were doing, you made your own adjustments. Being able to see the game in front of you and make changes is something that we as coaches can talk about with you, but it is really something you need to figure out for yourself by trying new things. We are all very proud of you. The defense was equally amazing. The zone and the chasers both did a super job. We challenged the three zone players to play against four players from the other team which allowed us to double team number 23. And you did great! You intercepted passes, you blocked shots, and you rebounded. Simply put, you did it all. The chasers were excellent as well. As we mentioned in the last write-up about St. Basil, number 23 is probably the best player we have faced all year and our chasers shut her down. The team’s combined defense completely took St. Basil out of their game plan. Coach Tim wants to say one more thing. He said that our opponents have only averaged 12.6 points per game over our last 7 games. That’s something to be very proud of. Coach Tim didn’t have an explanation as to how the other team scored 0.6 points, but that will give him something to think about. Anyway, we mentioned how the progress of our team has been like putting together a wonderful puzzle. We think you all can see the pieces coming together. We still have many tough games ahead of us and as with games in the past, they may go either way, but the one thing that will always be true is how proud we all are of you. The Coaches ___________________________