Looking at boxscores from Thursday night's action
and seeing a few things. ....Appo over
Charter, 41 - 35. Why was this game close?
Well, good going to the Charter girls for hanging
tough! Perillo had 16. ....UA over
Wilmington Christian. First time Hahn held to
single digits (8 points) all year. Would not
have expected that from this opponent. Carter
and Abram had a good game.
This coming Sunday, we (the DGB crew) are going on
an out-of-state basketball expedition. We're
going to an event hosted by Bluechip Basketball
called the "Super Sunday Showcase."
A full day of hoops, to be sure. And a lot of
very strong teams. If anyone else wants to
swing on up, I'm sure you'd be welcome. (I'm
lookin' at you, Paris Hines!)
Last night, the Smyrna Eagles made a rare Wilmington
appearance and DGB.com was there.
This is all 5 foot 4 inches of Alexus Stroud.
Very skilled, very coordinated point guard.
She had 14 points on the night.
Here's another guard, Taylor Price.
Smyrna lost to Padua by 20. They have lost 3
of their last 4 games and are currently sitting at 9
- 5.
Lastly, there was this little event called the Paige
Lacek Invitational Classic. Paige is a kid on
Padua's JV team. Our own Tom Dunn spotted
Paige years ago in a CYM game at IHM where he
predicted - correctly - that she would score the
winning basket. (I believe she did this on a
buzzer beater 3-pointer, no less!) Later, as
an 8th grader at the Sherwood Park Shootout, she
made 13 threes in 60 seconds to set a new record for
that annual contest. Well anyway, after last
Monday night's Padua game at St. E's, Paige said,
"Mr. Charles, are you coming to my game on
Thursday?" A harmless question. And
maybe all she was doing was making conversation.
But, it could be construed as an invitation,
right? And she called it her game,
implying ownership of the contest. Putting all
the pieces of the puzzle together, it became the
First Annual Paige Lacek Invitational Classic.
(Just
where the "Classic" part comes from, I really don't
know, but it sounds good.)
Even though UA was playing at the same time just
down the street, and even though my friends at Appo
were playing about 2 miles from my house over at
Charter, this was the only game I was asked
to attend, so I felt obligated to be there.
This is Paige. I don't know exactly how many
points she had, but it was a few.
An odd, but interesting angle as Paige gets ready to
bomb a three.
(One of her specialties!)
When Paige was in the lineup,
she was usually running the one.
Her teammates got so psyched
up playing in this special game for Paige, that
they gave her a 50 - 17 win!
Paige actually making a basket.
Paige is a kid with a very cheery personality and a
good sense of humor. I hope she enjoys this
little section in the spirit of positive fun that it
is offered. Hope everyone else enjoyed it,
too!
For text story on the game, click on the link above.
Pictures and captions below were submitted courtesy
of Ursuline Academy's basketball photographer, Hugh
Dontknowhim.
Alyssa "D's" up in advance of the inbound: Courtney
Wallace is on the baseline. (JV game)
Lindsay Russell sinks a free-throw. (JV game)
The Blur
Brenna Williams converts a 3.
The Student Athlete: Alyssa Irons breaks from math
to watch the action.
(01-26-12)
I'm
Glad These Folks Aren't
Preparing My Taxes!
There are two versions of the Caravel/St. Mark's
boxscore. One on Websites4Sports and one on
DelawareOnline (News Journal).
The News Journal version adds up. The
Websites4Sports version shows different point totals
for certain players and, in the case of St. Mark's
points, it does NOT add up.
Differences between the two versions highlighted in
white.
The Websites4Sports St. Mark's line does NOT equal
44 points as it should. It equals 38. It
completely omits Lindsey Nichols and her 6 points.
Some other players lost and gained a point.
Excusable if we're talking one or two discrepancies.
There shouldn't be that many disagreements.
Websites4Sports.com is not to blame at all.
They just post what the teams send them. I
would think that the News Journal operates much the
same way. Why does the News Journal version
seem more or less right while the W4S version has
"issues"? Like I said, I'm glad they're not my
tax preparers! I'd wind up in a cell next to
Bernie Madoff!
Serious Stuff
I've put some stuff about the game in the
Message Board, so I
won't go over it too much here. But the big
story to come out of it is that Lindsey Nichols
seems to have injured one of her knees, and maybe
seriously. Possibly an ACL tear. The
News Journal article mentioned the injury, and John
Fiorelli alluded to it tangentially in a quote.
But nothing specific is known. It could be a
big deal, it could not. But, she did not
re-enter the game and she had her leg in a brace by
the end of the night. By all appearances,
it does not look good. Probably ends her high
school career. If so, it's a terrible way to
go out. Anyway, best wishes for her and let's
hope it's not as serious as it looked.
(01-25-12)
Caravel / St. E's Pics
It wasn't a DGB.com feature game. And,
considering the score, thank goodness! It was
just a game I went to "on the side" because I like
both teams. I've said a few things about the
game on the Message Board, and I'll just leave it at
that.
I had the camera with me and got a few pics.
It was Yasmin Walker's night as she led all scorers
with 17.
Her signature move is that she moves steadily to the
basket, then, once in the paint, she EXPLODES
to the hoop. She puts on a late burst of speed
that is very hard to defend.
Sydney Lysinger presented in "old school" black &
white.
Caravel's gym is a unique challenge in that the
lighting is very "patchy." There are well-lit
portions of the court and weakly lit portions.
In very low light conditions, my camera cannot
produce a good color image. Such was the case
here.
Sydney had points, but somehow was credited with
nothing when the boxscore came out.
The Irresistible Force meets the Immovable Object.
Olivia Gumbs goes hard into Sabrina Hackendorn.
Gabby Julian
Although her face is screened, this pic captures the
smooth form of Caroline Davis.
Sabrina and Caroline in the blocks. These two
are no strangers to each other as both played CYM
ball for Holy Angels.
Heather Wiley hit a couple of threes.
Here she is about to receive the ball from the ref.
(01-23-12)
Bernie's
Water
Ice
Bernie's Water Ice
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will sponsor our year-end awards through at least 2013. Tom and I appreciate the faith that Bernie's Water Ice has shown in DGB.com and the
willingness and generosity of this business to help us salute
our student-athletes through our year-end
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