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Super Sunday Showcase

 

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!

 

(01-27-12)

 


 

UA/Chester Report

(01-25-12)

 

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.

 

Websites4Sports:

Caravel - Davis (1 3-4 5) Wiley (2 0-0 6) Reynolds (1 4-4 6) Morgan (3 0-0 6) Gumbs (2 1-3 5) Walker (2 2-2 6) Stanford (5 2-2 13)  Totals: Caravel (16 12-15 47)

 

News Journal

C-Davis 1 2-2 4, Wiley 2 0-0 6, Reynolds 1 5-6 7, Morgan 3 0-0 6, Gumbs 1 1-3 5, Walker 2 2-2 6, Stanford 5 2-2 13. Totals 16 12-15 47

 

Websites4Sports:

St. Marks - Durbano (1 0-0 3) Cintron (0 0-0 0) Grey (1 3-4 5) Gallagher (6 4-4 17) Wolff (2 0-1 4) Schneizer (1 2-4 4) Seamans (2 0-0 5)

Totals: St. Marks (15 10-15 44)

 

News Journal:

SM-Durbano 1 0-0 3, Cintron 0 0-0 0, Nichols 2 1-2 6, Grey 1 4-6 6, Gallagher 6 4-4 17, Wolff 2 0-1 4, Schweizer 1 1-2 3, Seemans 2 0-0 5. Totals 15 10-14 44.

 

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)

 


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