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We are confirmed for practice on Sunday night 8/6 at Mariners from 6:00-8:00 p.m. We realize that everyone has plans during the day so we scheduled our practice as late as possible so we wouldn't conflict with most of your schedules. With this schedule we have now confirmed three practices for the Dodgers Tournament. I will send more information tonight on this tournament. Thanks, Mark

This is just a reminder that there is NO PRACTICE TONIGHT (WED 8/2/06) We will resume practice on Friday 8/4 and are trying to secure Mariners for a practice on Sunday night. I will update the website tomorrow when we are notified. Reminder for those families that are going to Las Vegas, it will be very hot next week. Be sure that the boys get plenty of water these days to prepare them. I stayed at the South Coast Hotel and it was very nice there, I think everyone will be very happy with the rooms, parking and food at this location. Also be sure if you are bringing any siblings that are ages 3-9 that you will need to bring their immunization records for the play area. (I will have more info in a later message) See you all on Friday night. Mark

It was a very tough loss for our team yesterday. The boys played very hard and we were in position to win the game. It was 94 seconds left, we had the ball and we were up by 3 points. As the saying goes, close games are either won or lost by coaching. I apologize for this tough loss, we weren't as ready as we should have been for the last 2 minutes. We will take a break from practicing this Wed. 8/2/06 but will start to regroup for Las Vegas on Friday 8/4/06. We will also practice on Wed. 8/9/06. Both practices will be at Mariners from 6:30-8:30 p.m. If possible, I would like to have a third practice possibly on Sunday evening 8/6/06. Since we only have 8 for this tournament I need to be sure that we have enough players for a practice on Sunday. We as coaches learned a great deal with yesterday's game and we promise that we won't be making the same mistakes twice. Let's all forget about the past and focus on the future. 10-2. Not bad! I will be sending out information for our Las Vegas trip in the next few days. We will be playing all our games at UNLV (University of Nevada Las Vegas) Please email either Jon or I to let us know if you can make practice on Friday or not. Thanks. Talk to you soon, Mark

We have finished another month of practices. The boys are really looking like the practice is paying off. We were charged a total of $360 for the month of July divided by 10 players equals $36 per family. Please try and pay Jon or Wendy this weekend so we can stay current with Mariners Christian School. We have been very lucky to have our own home court to practice in every week. We also received the shirts early that we had ordered for the Dodgers Tournament. We will bring them to the gym tomorrow so we can have our "Force" colors for the big game on Sunday against the Warriors. Remember we have two games tomorrow, try and be at the gym no later than 11:15 a.m. Rest up tonight as we have a long weekend ahead of us. Mark

We are a few days away from our fourth tournament this season. The Jets tournament will be this weekend 7/29 and 7/30 at Hollenbeck Middle School in East Los Angeles. If possible can you please bring your practice jersey to practice on Wed. night 7/26/06 at Mariners. We need to get the boys used to looking at numbers again for this weekend. We have a game at 12:00 and 3:00 on Saturday and 3:00 on Sunday. Please remember to bring your tournament bags with an extra t-shirt and socks with your sweatshirts. Please try to have the boys in bed by 10:00 p.m. on Friday night. Feed them a good breakfast but not after 10:00 a.m., we will be giving them a light snack between games but nothing heavy for our second game. REMEMBER THERE ARE NO SLEEPOVERS THIS WEEKEND SO THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR REST. WE HAVE TWO GAMES ON SATURDAY AND THE WARRIORS ON SUNDAY. THERE SHOULD ALSO BE NO SWIMMING, BOWLING OR ICE SKATING THIS WEEKEND, STARTING ON FRIDAY. We also are going to try and cut out soda from the boys for the next three weeks, it is so hot in Las Vegas that we need them to cool off their bodies with their own sweat. Soda retains water and does not let them sweat. We will only have eight players for the three games so everyone will be playing heavy minutes. There will be a schedule for Las Vegas given next Monday after the tournament is over. We need to concentrate on this weekend before thinking about the Dodgers tournament. See you all tomorrow night, Mark