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Season Recap
6/02/13. We played in nine tournaments this year and finished with a record of 27-13. We certainly had our share of accomplishments and successes, including the following:
- We won 68%of our games played (27-13) versus only 43% (12-16) last year. What a difference a year makes!
- We won the Combat in the Country tournament
- We made it to the championship game in 3 tournaments this year
- We made it to the semifinals in 5 tournaments this season
- We went 5-6 in games decided by less than 10 points (2-6 last year), demonstrating our continual improvement in the mental toughness area
The coaches are most proud of the fact that each and every player developed and improved their game this season. Thanks to all for a great season!
Grand Nationals N.I.T.
6/02/13. We played hard in our final tournament of the year. We battled a tough DB Hoops team (37-44), but we came up a little short in this one. Vann had 16 pts & 2 blocks, Spenser had 7 pts & 3 steals, Brad had 6 pts and Nolan had 7 rebounds & 2 blocks. We don't like excuses, but we lost to OBC (38-48) in a poorly officiated game. The fouls were 24-6 against us, including 12-1 in the second half. Vann had 17 pts & 3 assists, Matt S had 8 pts, 7 boards & 3 steals, Nolan had 6 boards & 5 blocks, Brad had 3 assists, 3 steals & 2 blocks and Spenser had 6 pts. We finished off the tournament and our season with a nice win against Toledo Elite (41-20). Vann had 15 pts, 6 boards & 4 assists, Matt S had 5 pts, 3 assists & 3 blocks, Joe had 6 pts & 5 boards, Brad had 5 pts & 8 boards, Manny had 6 boards and Nolan had 4 pts, 5 boards & 3 blocks.
The Battle
5/19/13. We made it to the championship game for the 3rd time this year! Andrew & Robert again had to coach the entire tournament, and did another great job. We won our first game against Air Attack - Koons (58-34). Vann had 18 pts, Joe hit 5 three's on his way to 15 pts & 4 steals and Spencer had 8 pts, 3 steals & 5 steals. We then beat Murphy AC - Red (71-55). Vann had 23 pts & 9 boards, Manny had 11 pts & 7 boards, Matt W had 10 pts, Spencer had 8 pts and Russell had 7 pts, 3 assists & 4 steals. We beat Ohio Lakers (54-28) in the first round of the playoffs as everyone scored. Vann had 14 pts & 3 assists, Russell had 10 pts, DJ had 4 assists, Manny had 3 blocks and Brad had 7 pts & 4 steals. We beat a tough No Limit /OBC in the semi's (56-46). Russell had 11 pts & 3 assists, DJ had 8 pts, Manny had 11 boards & 3 blocks, Brad had 6 pts, 10 boards & 3 assists and Vann had 24 pts, 8 boards & 3 assists. We lost in the championship game to a pretty good Team Hardwork (31-53). We finished this tournament 4-1 and we are now 26-11 on the season.
Great Lakes Regional
5/12/13. We went 4-1 in this one as Andrew & Robert stepped up and coached the entire tournament. We started off with 4 consecutive wins to run our winning streak to 10, before losing a tough one in the semi's. Everyone scored in our first game as we pounded Rubber City Kingz (66-29). DJ had 16 pts, Nolan had 13 rebounds, Vann had 18 pts, Joe had 4 assists & Russell had 4 steals. We then crushed Mustangs (65-22). Russell had 15 pts & 6 assists, Nolan had 12 pts & 16 rebounds and Vann had 11 pts. We finished off pool play with a nice win over Air Attack - Williams (56-42). Jake had 6 pts, Manny had 10 rebounds, Vann had 17 pts & 4 assists, Joe had 8 pts and Brad had 21 pts, 8 rebounds & 5 steals. We had a tough win in the first round of the playoffs over Air Force (52-42). Joe had 10 pts, Nolan had 8 pts & 10 boards, Russell had 7 pts, 7 boards, 5 assists & 4 steals, and Jake & Vann had 6 pts each. We lost a tough one in the semi's to Air Attack - Wallace (48-57). Vann had 20 pts, Nolan had 10 pts & 16 rebounds and Russell had 6 pts & 5 assists. We are now 22-10 on the season.
Combat in the Country
5/05/13. Congrats to the champs! We went 6-0 in this tournament, winning 5 out of 6 by double digits..We started off with a nice win against Air Attack-Koons (62-45). Vann had 19 pts, 8 rebounds & 4 assists, Brad had 6 pts & 5 steals, Nolan had 5 pts & 10 rebounds, Jake had 5 pts & 4 steals, and Russel Cooper had 4 pts, 4 rebounds, 4 assists & 4 steals. We won our next pool play game against Wooster Heat- Aultz (51-29). Vann & Russell had 12 pts each, Spencer had 4 boards, 3 assists & 3 steals, DJ had 6 pts & 3 assists, and Nolan had 6 pts & 10 boards. Everybody scored at least 4 pts as we beat HEI Lightning (61-39) in our last pool play game. Russell had 10 pts & 5 steals, Spencer had 4 assists & 3 steals, Jake had 5 boards & 3 assists, Matt Wheeler had 7 pts, 5 boards & 4 steals, Nolan had 8 pts & 7 boards, Manny had 6 boards, Vann had 9 pts, 8 boards, 3 assists & 4 steals, Brad had 7 pts, 9 boards, 3 assists & 2 steals and Joe had 8 pts & 4 boards. In the first round of the playoffs, we beat an aggressive OYB (64-49). Russell had 14 pts, 3 assists & 4 steals, Spencer had 4 steals, Jake had 5 pts, 3 boards, 3 assists & 3 steals, Nolan had 8 pts & 5 blocks, Manny had 8 pts & 7 boards and Joe had 8 pts & 6 boards. We were down at half in the semi's, but we battled back to defeat Wooster Heat-Stoll (42-39). Russell had 16 pts & 5 steals, Vann had 13 pt, 8 rebounds & 3 steals, and Nolan had 4 pts & 11 boards. We beat NC Runnin Rebels (43-20) in the championship game. Vann had 16 pts, Russell had 6 pts, 3 assists & 3 steals, Jake had 6 pts, Spencer had 5 pts & 4 steals, and Nolan had 9 boards & 4 blocks. What a great tournament! We are now 18-9 on the season.
King James Shooting Stars Classic
4/27/13 This very elite tournamant was tough for us this year. We started off with Ohio Hoopsters Elite and lost (23-58) on Friday night. Jake, DJ & Vann all had 4 pts, Nolan had 6 boards and Vann had 3 assists. We came out flat against the NY Gauchos, and lost to them (18-52) in our other pool play game. Vann & Brad had 5 pts each and Nolan had 7 boards. The toughest loss to take was our first bracket game. We got beat by Ohio Stampede (48-58). We dug a 6-26 hole after the first quarter, and seemed to have no energy. We eventually cut it to 8 pts in the 4th qtr, but couldn't finish the comeback. DJ finished with 19 pts & Vann had 11 pts. Nolan had 10 boards, Joe had 3 assists, Matt S had 4 steals and Brad had 3 steals. This is the largest tournament in the country, and the competition will not be any tougher than it was in this one.
Grizzly Games
4/21/13. This tournament was a roller coaster ride for us. We started and ended with a loss as we went 2-2, but we played really well in the middle two games. We lost a tough one to Air Attack -Williams (53-56) in the first game. Vann had 12 pts; Brad had 12 pts, 4 assists & 5 steals; Nolan had 8 pts & 10 rebounds; Spencer & DJ both had 5 steals and Matt S had 6 pts, 8 rebounds & 4 assists. We then beat NC Runnin Rebels (44-19). Matt S. had 13 pts, 7 boards & 3 steals; Matt Wheeler had 8 pts; Jake Gardella had 6 pts & 4 steals; Nolan had 9 rebounds & 3 blocks; Vann had 4 pts, 5 assists & 3 steals and Joe had 4 steals. We then won a tough one in the quarterfinals against Air Attack - Wallace (65-60) in overtime. It was a complete TEAM win!! DJ started off on fire and scored our first 10 on his way to 19 pts, 9 rebounds & 2 assists; Spencer & Jake had 4 assists each; Matt W played lock-down defense; Matt S had 7 pts & 9 rebounds before he got hurt; Nolan had 7 pts & 9 rebounds; Manny had 7 pts & 10 rebounds; Vann had 9 pts, 5 rebounds, 3 assists & 3 steals; Brad had 9 pts & 5 steals and Joe had 3 pts & 4 rebounds. Awesome win! We only had 8 guys for the semis, and ended up losing to a pretty good NEO Fury team (30-53). Brad had 11 pts & 7 rebounds and Nolan had 6 pts, 13 rebounds & 3 blocks. We are now 12-6 on the season.
Solon Cage Classic
4/14/13. We played well in pool play, going 2-1 during this tough tournament. We beat DG Warriors - Dillard (41-40) in the first game. We had a 14 pt lead at half, and somehow, we were losing by 2 with about 3 seconds left when DJ hit a huge three to win it for us! Vann had 8 boards, Matt S. had 9 pts, 8 boards, 3 assists & 5 steals, and Matt Wheeler had 7 pts. We then lost a tough one to TNBA East (38-42) as Manny had 10 pts, Big Matt had 7 pts & 10 boards, and Brad had 8 pts in limited minutes. We beat Caveman-Rocco (52-45) as we came back to win this one in the second half. Vann had 14 pts & 7 boards, Matt S had 10 pts & 8 boards, Nolan had 8 pts, 9 boards & 6 blocks, DJ had 6 pts & 6 steals, and Brad had 6 pts & 5 steals. We ran into a very good team in the playoffs, Ohio Hoopsters Elite, and ended up losing badly (20-62). They are one of the better teams in the state. We are now 10-4 on the season.
Ballers Bash
4/07/13. We had a really nice tournament and ended up 5-1 after losing in the championship game. The first five games were all big wins. We beat Air Attack - Turner (64-16) in the first game. Vann had 18 pts & 3 steals, Nolan had 10 pts. & 7 rebounds, Manny had 12 rebounds, Matt S. had 12 rebounds and Brad had 8 pts., 6 rebounds and 6 steals. We then beat EBA Hoops (55-18) as Brad had 14 pts and DJ had 10 pts. Everybody scored in our blowout of Mustangs (63-14) as Nolan had 10 pts & 16 boards and DJ scored 13 pts to go with 5 boards, 4 assists & 4 steals. We beat Air Attack -Koons (54-25) in the quarterfinals as Matt S had 16 pts, Nolan had 7 boards and Vann had 8 pts., 3 assists & 4 steals. We beat our third Air Attack team of the tournament, Air Attack - Williams (55-37), in the semi's as Matt S had 11 pts & 11 boards, Nolan had 8 pts & 17 boards, Manny had 7 pts & 12 boards and Brad had 11 pts & 7 boards. We ran out of steam a bit in the championship game as we got beat by the Norton Panthers (39-47). We ended up with the runner-up hardware and are now 8-2 on the season.
Triway Spring Shootout
3/24/13. We started off the season pretty well as we went 3-1. We won our first game (32-17) against EBA Hoops. We had 12 assists on our 14 baskets! Brad Reece had 12 points, DJ Snyder had 6 assists and Manny Shouse had 3 blocks. We lost our second game (27-31) to Akron Bobcats. It was a winnable game, but we just didn't shoot well in this one. Brad had 10 pts and Nolan Rumler had 5 boards. We bounced back to crush Hoops Guru (56-14) as everyone scored!. We also had 16 assists! Vann Thomas had 15 pts and 4 steals, Jake Gardella had 10 pts, Spencer Williams had 5 assists, DJ had 5 pts, 3 assists & 3 steals, Nolan had 4 pts & 6 boards and Manny had 5 pts & 8 boards. We beat Air Force (26-22) in a battle for our last win of the day. Vann had 6 pts, 6 boards, 2 assists, 3 steals & 2 blocks in a great all-around game. Overall, it was a nice start to the season.