February 24, 2015 Tuesday

Thanks to all who came out to the Celebration last Saturday!   Special thanks to all those who brought desserts!  Bernie and her 3 tier desserts was a special treat for all.

This Friday, we have all 15 girls going to Kaimuki Middle - Kilauea Gym.  First game against Kaimuki at 9:00 am, 2nd game vs. Kahuku at 11:00.  Players need be at school by 7:45am and meet at the bus lane.  Bus will leave at 8.   They all should bring a change of clothes - we will be collecting the uniforms.  On track students should be prepared to go to their last classes that day.  Bring lunch with them.  Parents are welcome to watch the games too.

The high school informed me that they will be playing in 2 Summer leagues and need to know how many of the players will want to play.  Prefer 8th grade but 7th graders have played in the past.  They are also looking to start practices at outside courts around Mililani - probably Mondays, Wednesday,  & Thursdays..  Time will be early evening 5-7, later if they get some gym time.

Lastly - the basketball clinic that the High School coaches run on Sundays start at 4:00.  I strongly recommend getting the girls there to get more drills and to get to know the coaches.  The cost is only $3.  Go to the B2B website and download the waiver form and bring it if it will be the first time there. I will start helping out at the clinics as well.

http://www.b2bhawaii.org

February 20, 2015 Friday Practice On! Rain or Shine!

Hi All!!!
We will be having practice today, if it's wet we'll be at the Middle School until 5:00.

If it's wet tomorrow for the Celebration, we will be moving to the Middle School Cafeteria.

February 18, 2015 Wednesday

Celebration Forms for this Saturday needed ASAP!

Need a head count for caterer!!!

Even if you are not paying, please RSVP by returning bottom portion!

Practice tomorrow at Park & Ride.  Coach Qina will be overseeing most of the practices.

Field trip forms and money due tomorrow to Coach Oyama or Justo.

February 14, 2015 Saturday

Happy Valentine's Day!

A nice way to end the season with a win versus Waialua.

Some highlights:
Having all the girls at the game!
Giving up only 1 point.
Executing the opening tip play we went over with the 8th grade girls before the game.
An old one we used to use a couple of years ago when we had Hope Carter jumping center.
Lauren's reverse layup!

Also today the MidWeek magazine was covering the games.  The reporter/photographer took some pictures and if anyone is not okay with their daughters picture appearing in the newspaper, please let me know right away.   He asked specifically about Trinity and Daisy but others may be in the background.  Whether or not any of our pictures are in or not will be up to the editors.  You can email Anthony Consillio at aconsillio@midweek.com if you have any concerns.

The 7th grade girls went undefeated, 6-0, this year and are the Central District Champions.
The 8th grade girls went 5-1, and ended up Co-Champions with Moanalua & maybe Wahiawa.

Basketball Celebration set for next week Saturday, the 21st from 9 am to noon.
We'll be giving out certificates to the girls, we have catered food from Mililani Restaurant, and play some games at the Park & Ride courts.   If the weather is wet, we'll move to the Cafeteria.  Parents and families invited - $10 per person for the food and drinks.  We do have a minimum of 50 for the catering so please RSVP!

Thanks for a great season!

February 13, 2015 Friday 2:15 update

PRACTICE AT MIDDLE SCHOOL>>>> MEET AT LOCKERS


We will have practice rain or shine.

Depending on the weather, we'll be at the middle school or down at the courts.

Game tomorrow at Leilehua H.S. Gym, our game is scheduled for 10:45, please have the girls at the gym by 10:00 am.   Waialua has no girls 7th team, so the 7th grade boys will start at 10:15, with our game to follow.

We will have all the girls playing this game.

There is no bus.  Paperwork for our "banquet" will be passed out tomorrow as well.  It's been moved to the Park and ride courts on Saturday, February 21st, from 9am to Noon.

Will update the location for today's practice at 2:00 or so....

Thanks

February 7, 2015 Saturday

We are coming to the end of the basketball season for this school year!
Here's the short version:
- Both teams won today.
- Last Central District game next week, everyone playing - only 1 game.
- Banquet February 21st
- Have a good weekend.....

Details....

Two good wins today against Aiea.

7th grade girls had a little more trouble pulling away, but ended up with a 15-8 win.
With only 5 girls available, we had to turn down the defense a bit.

8th grade girls had an easier time with a 19-0 win.   Balanced offensive attack and sold defense led to the win.

Our last Central district game is next Saturday at Leilehua vs Waialua.  Since this is our last game and Waialua only has one girls team, all the girls will be playing.   If it wasn't our last game, the 7th graders wouldn't be playing, because if they did play against an 8th grade team, they wouldn't be able to play on the 7th grade team the rest of the season.

Field trip forms for Blue, Yellow and Green tracks should be turned in this week.  Red Track will have to wait to get their classroom teachers to sign their forms when they return.

We also have a basketball banquet on February 21st, Saturday.  Somewhere around 9-12 am at the Middle School.  We are finalizing plans and will be sending information out this coming week.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

February 6, 2015 Friday

Game tomorrow!

Please have your child at MMS by 10:45, the bus will leave at 11:00 am to go to Waialua High.

7th grade team:  We will only have 5 players available for the game!

Blue & Yellow need to turn in their grade checks today!

Hopefully you have seen and signed the Field Trip Forms...

See you at the game tomorrow!

February 4, 2015 Wednesday

Mid-Week Update:

Grade Check Clarification:  Grade checks will be going out to blue and yellow track players.

Green has only been back for a couple of weeks and Red is off track.

Watched the MHS girl's Basketball game last night, last second shot won the game for Mililani 39-37 over Kaiser.  That win put them into the State tournament.  They have one more OIA playoff game for 5th place tomorrow.  

Game this week is at Waialua High School, first game scheduled for 12 noon, but may start sooner against Aiea.   Hopefully, everyone is back healthy for the game.

Thursday's practice will start off in my classroom to view the game videos.   Practice will finish at the courts.

One statistic to share from the games last Saturday:

Free Throws:

7th grade went 4 out of 5 = 80% 

8th grade 0 for 9 = 0%  ouch!!!

February 1, 2015 Sunday Night

Great Superbowl game!!!

I think we all have an idea how the Seattle Seahawks feel!  To be winning and then have the other team come back and then not finish and win the game!!!

on the other side... We all have an idea how the Patriots feel.. coming back from a deficit and pulling out the win!!!

Our 2 games run the gamut of emotions - The high of pulling out the win and the low of seeing one slip away.   The thrill of victory....the agony of defeat!!!!

One thing we have to keep in mind is ....."We win as a team and we lose as a team."

This was the first lost for any of our girls and just reminds us that we have to keep getting better - players and coaches included!

Our final 2 games of the Central District season will be against Aiea and Waialua.  

Regular Practice Schedule for the next 2 weeks - we will have practices rain or shine!

Thanks again for the support and a big shout out to the Blazer Buddies who came out and made a lot of noise at both of our games!

Field Trip forms (Feb. 27th games) and Grade Checks will be passed out on Monday.