Great hustle and effort by our Thunder. Lot of missing players, but the ones we had played hard and made some nice plays. Kailua is the top seed, but we stayed close in the first 10 minutes at 14-13. Then their depth, skill, size and experience took over.
Our young guys off the bench, including some of our 13U Pups, played hard. Three of our starters in this game are Intermediate Thunder. Learning to step up to the challenge of playing older, taller, quick players is a process and they got some good experience today.
Before this game, we won our quarterfinal game against the Cats by forfeit. They had just four players who were eligible (or three), so they filled in their roster spots with guys from their other Sharks teams and we scrimmaged. didn't tell our guys until after the game because I didn't want anybody going soft. That's how injuries can happen.
All in all, our PAA 15U winter season went OK. If we'd been at full strength, no doubt we can stay with Kailua or any other team. A title was within reach. But we can't do anything about circumstances beyond our control. Hopefully, all our guys keep gaining knowledge and experience, keep getting better every day.
Lineup: Sierra, Jhevin, Jayden, Josh R, Gabriel, Josh D, Kali'a Mielke,Chase, Felcris, Javan.
Next: Today, 7:30 pm - H1 Thunder vs. H4C (Ikaika League JV Division), McCully gym. Get there 6:30 pm for stretching, hydration, warmups.
WE LOVE THIS GAME!!
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