Sunday, our boys played strong in our second game against a very tall, aggressive, and fast 4th grade Red Raider team. Even though our Dawgs were outrebounded in this game, our team held strong for the first three periods. Although we had defeated the Red Raiders once before 50-33, our boys fell just a few points short in this game in a small court 8. During the fourth period, our team gave it their best shot, but were outscored by the Red Raider's in the last period. I could see it in our Dawgs' faces that our Dawgs were moving fast, working hard, and giving their best shot to try to defeat the 4th grade Red Raiders again....but to no avail this time. Our team and coaches have no regrets.
Our second game on Sunday, we played the 4th grade EDH team. I watched EDH play the Red Raiders on the same day and knew that we would have our hands full when the EDH lost to Red Raiders in the last few seconds of that game. Once again, our Dawgs played three strong periods, but fell just a little short again in the last period due to just one too many turnovers to a fast and hard pressing EDH team on the small court 8. Our 3rd grade Dawgs had already defeated the 4th grade EDH once before so our coaches know that our Dawgs are very strong competitors.
Although our record was 1-2 this weekend, we are still very proud of our BIG little Dawgs. If you have not seen our 3rd grade Dawgs play before, you would be surprised how hard they work for such a young team and how well they all play. I would encourage you to take the time to watch them. I'm impressed by their perseverance over the weekend against all three teams. We had some periods where our Dawgs struggled in some areas, but the challenge was worth the time to help our Dawgs improve.
Coach Martinez
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