Very, very proud of our young Pups and their heart today.
With EZ and Caleb on vacation, that's two strong 5th grade Thunder we missed. Howevaaahhh... our intensity and toughness were at a high level against a tall, big and talented Wolves team.
One year can make a major difference, and our 4th graders are really close to competing and succeeding against teams stocked with 5th graders (and teams with older kids who repeated a grade). Tonight, we attacked their man defense and fullcourt pressure, got some nice plays, and we have a good foundation to build on with our 4th graders Eisley, Avari, Miki, Amac and 3rd grader TJ. Don't forget, CAL 4th Grade begins next Sunday 🙂
Our 5th graders today, Ebomb and Haden, battled in the paint against Wolves' big guys. We will keep working on boxing out and positioning, and especially communicating. When our 5th Thunder team up with DJ, Kye and Kellen for 6th Grade in CAL and PAA, that will be a unique team with shooters, tough defenders and great brotherhood 🙂
Note: PAA League (Lloyd Lee) texted and emailed today that he will start the 4th, 6th and 8th Grade seasons in February. Games will be on Sundays at Koko Head gym. I'll work with him to juggle the schedules and avoid overlapping games.
Our 4th has work to do, but don't forget that they won CAL 4th Grade last season (fall). Undefeated. Almost all the games were close, but their IQ and defense were at elite level in that grade level. Other teams will compete extra hard against us, but we'll be quite hungry after this experience in Damien 5th Grade ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Front: Eisley, Miki, Avery (Amac), TJ.
Back: Haden, Avari, Ethan (Ebomb).
Missing from photo: Kye.
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