VFW

We have completed our first year of tournament play with 6 tournaments in 6 months. We started this team with our new philosophy on March 1, 2006 and will be completing our 6th month at the end of August 2006. Congratulations to the boys for taking the Championship in the Pasadena Bruins Tournament this weekend. We had three good games starting with an unusual game plan by the Raptors, the result was a 19-11 victory. In the second game our strategy was to run to wear down their starters. We were successful in a 35-17 victory over the Pasadena Bruins. In the final game of the tournament we needed a victory to take the championship, the game was close all the way and we need to practice our press break a little more. The result was a 29-27 victory over the San Fernando Dragons. In our 6 tournaments this year we finished with a 14-4 record. 3 Championship Trophies and 3 Second Place finishes. In our 4 loses, 3 were against the Warriors and 1 against the Victory. We will get a chance to beat these same teams in the future. Our free throw shooting is getting there, we shot 15/25 or 60% for the tournament. We are on track for our goal of 70% within the first year as a team. I would also like to personally thank all of you for the wonderful Cleveland driver and for the great lunch at the Yard House restaurant for my birthday, thank you also for allowing our family to be a part of yours as Reed has become so happy with all of your boys and with Coach Jon and Coach Scotty. Thank you again for everything. We will be taking a break for the next few weeks to allow all of us to regroup for the start of the school year, unwind a little bit and rest us parents. Please continue to check the website as we will announce the schedule as soon as we coordinate the gyms. Our first VFW Tournament practice will probably be on the weekend of 9/16 and 9/17. We will be posting Jason's clinic schedule for those of you that have the time to attend. I did mention to all the boys that even though we are not practicing as a team they all must practice basketball on their own for the next 3 weeks. Thanks again, Mark