If I could have one "do over" from the tournament, it would've been to go to more Wildcat 13U games.  This team did what few (if any) of the other 7 Delaware teams in the tournament did.  They went a perfect 4 - 0.

 

But, like I said, I missed the boat on this one.  Lucky enough, though, I was able to catch up with Coach Allan Cox, and he was kind enough to provide the following report:

 

Game #1 (Saturday) - Wildcats vs. Sparks (38 - 20 Wildcats Win)

 

Game #2 (Saturday) - Wildcats vs. Great Valley Hawks (38 - 21 Wildcats Win)

 

Game #3 (Sunday) - Wildcats vs. Chester County Wizards (22 - 21 Wildcats Win)

After trailing for the entire game, we went ahead on a late 3-pointer (~20 seconds remaining) by Maddy Lang and the defense held on for the win.

 

Game #4 (Sunday) - Wildcats vs. Tarheels (38 - 36 Wildcats Win)

It was a back & forth battle in the second half with both teams leading at various times; the score was tied at 36 with 16 seconds remaining when the Wildcats called their last timeout to set-up a play; the Wildcats in-bound the ball & drove to the basket but the ball was knocked out of bounds; on the in-bound play, Natalie Stella had a challenged shot opportunity that rolled off the rim and was rebounded by the Tarheels; the Tarheels outlet pass was stolen by Maddy Lang at mid-court who passed to Holt Querey along the baseline who then zipped a pass to Natalie Stella under the basket, making the lay-up as time expired to win the game.

 

I believe that we lost to both the Chester County Wizards & Tarheels by 20+ points last year.

 

4 - 0 Tournament record

 

Allan Cox

Head Coach

U13 Girls

DE PAL Wildcats

 

Tourney Pics

 

Mekayla McAdoo advances against a forest of bodies while Jaclyn Purzycki tries to tie up #14 for the Wizards.

 

 

The Wildcat 13U bench with Coach Allan Cox at near center.

 

 

Other Delaware Teams:

 

Delaware PAL Wildcats 14U (Amy Rausch), 3 - 1 (11 - 1 overall)

 

Delaware PAL Wildcats 14U (Tom Starr), 1 - 3

 

Delaware PAL Wildcats 13U (Allan Cox)

 

Delaware PAL Wildcats 10U (Steve Colella), 2 - 2

 

Wilmington Tigers 12U (Hugo Romero)

 

Wilmington Tigers 11U (Matt Payne), 2 - 2 (8 - 4 overall)

 

Delaware Lady Sharpshooters 11U

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