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Fly Like a Cheese Stick: MS Basketball Final Update

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Basketball
The ICSV MS basketball season ended with a 3rd place trophy last weekend.

Our first game was the best game of the tournament. We stormed back from an 8 point, 4th quarter deficit to send the game into overtime, only to lose by one point to the eventual champion. We easily won our next two games to finish 3rd overall.

We finished the season with a 9-4 record, placing 2nd in our mid-season tournament and 3rd in our final tournament. I’m very proud of my team for how much they improved over the season, and how hard they played each game!

More pictures to come.

ICSV Bball Update: 2nd Place!

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BBall at QSI After a tough loss against the VIS A team (44-30), we rebounded at Saturday’s Festival to take 2nd place.

The Basketball Festival is an informal tournament against the teams in our conference. We cruised in our first game to a 27-7 win over the VIS B team, but it was in our 2nd game that we thrived. Against ICSB, the Christian school in Budapest, we really jelled as a team. We played great defense, moved the ball well on offense and emerged victorious with a hard-fought 24-20 win.

Winning our first 2 games placed us 1st in our pool and earned us a spot in the title game against DIS. Though we played hard and well, we fell behind early and never were able to catch up.  Even in defeat, they kept their heads up and played good basketball. I am really proud of all of them.

Highlights from the tournament:

  • 2nd Place!!!
  • Not one, but two bank 3-point shots made by our team.
  • “Coach Klein, isn’t that a demonic symbol? You know, a Pentagram?” “Um, no. That’s a Star of David.” (Our tournament took place at a Jewish community center).

Watch this space for another update in the coming days.

Fly, Eagle, Fly!

ICSV Basketball Update

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BBall at QSIMiddle School basketball is well underway and the team is playing well. We’re currently sitting 2-0, due primarily to a brilliant coaching strategy I’ve implemented. It’s a system I call “The > Offense”. It’s a complicated system based on a fundamental concept: When we score more than the other team, we win. Or, stated mathematically, “Our Score > Their Score = Win.” I’ve done a lot of research and noted that every winning team without exception implements this same strategy. I really don’t know why everyone doesn’t do it.

Seriously, though, I’ve been blessed with a very talented team with a great attitude. They have fun, work hard and it’s paid off for them. Our victories came against QSI Bratislava(41-6) and VIS – B team(35-19). These victories came despite the fact that we can only practice once a week on a basketball court.BBall at QSI

Next week we have a game on Thursday against VIS (A team) and a tournament on Saturday. Thursday’s game will be a big test for them, but I have no doubt they will rise to the occasion.

Please pray for us next week.  Check back for an update next weekend.

Middle School Basketball

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Middle School Basketball

Well, basketball season came to a close last Saturday. This was such a fun season! The girls really came together as a team this year. As coaches, Whitney and I were amazed to see how much they grew not only as basketball players, but as people. During the regular season we won two of our games and lost three.

Saturday we had a tournament with our newly formed league. We came in third place, winning two games and losing one. The girls were so excited about their trophy. However, they were even more excited when they won the sportsmanship trophy which was awarded to the team voted to have the best sportsmanship by the other teams and coaches. We are so proud of them for winning this award! As coaches that’s what we want for them – to grow in love for others as they grow to love their sport.

Here are most of the girls with their new trophies. Aren’t they cute?

Middle School Basketball

There are more pictures here: Middle School Basketball

The End of the Season

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Middle School Basketball Basketball season is over. We had such a good time coaching this year. Both the boys’ and the girls’ teams grew so much during the season. My favorite example of this is the sweet girl pictured to the right who was scared to death to even be on the court at the beginning of the season. During our last game, she was on the bench next to me and she looked at Whitney (our head coach) and said, “Miss G. sub me in! I will box-out all those ladies!” It was fantastic.