Wow what an amazing season of basketball. The boys had so much fun and learned so much from their coaches this season. Thank you to the 40 coaches who volunteered their time to mentor and lead our kids. Your dedication day in and day out is appreciated by the league and all the parents. We have gotten many emails about your dedication and patience, and we look forward to seeing you all next season.
Thank you to the referees for providing such a professional and balanced game for the kids to learn and compete. Thank you to all our 21 sponsors for helping make this season amazing! Thank you, TA, and the JCC for hosting us so graciously. Thank you, parents, grandparents, family members, and fans for supporting our players and volunteering for some of our halftime contests! The season would not have been possible without Elchanan Wertenteil. He was exceptional, organized, and responsible far beyond his years. Eliezer Katz who joined the team after the season started is appreciated as well for his hard work in managing the games in our two TA gyms. Thank you to the parents that donated to our scholarship fund, because of you we were able to give out close to 10 full scholarships for the basketball season!
There have been 12,173 points scored this season so far (we still have the championships on Sunday, March 31). We made a few changes to our younger divisions to encourage more passing and scoring, such as no double teams, no grabbing the ball out of the offensive players hands, and no zone defense. We also added two divisions this year 1st grade and 2nd grade. In these divisions we had a Believe & Achieve staff member (Yonatan Yousie and myself) running some drills and running our patented modified rules. Some of these rules include free shots in the paint, 2 free shots for each player at the end of the game, and included coaches into the offense to be more hands on in distributing the ball and helping when kids were stuck. All are invited to the Championship games, Sunday March 31, at TA (High School Gym).
Playoff Scores
5th Grade: Clothier -35 vs. Goldbergs Bagels – 30, Fired Up- 51 vs. Jtap Tennis League-37
6th Grade: Jtap Tennis League- 54 vs Tov Pizza- 49, Rentals of Distinction- 54 vs. The Patch Boys- 44
7th Grade- Clothier-55 vs. Jtap Tennis League- 42, The Club- 43 vs. MDSC- 37
8th Grade- MDSC- 57 vs Clothier- 50, Rentals of Distinction-59 vs. The Hat Box- 56 (OT)
