Friday, January 11, 2013

The Woods Academy Basketball teams are off to a great start in the new year! All teams have played at least one game this season. All of The Woods Academy A basketball teams remain undefeated in league play. Below are individual team records and information on whats coming up next week. You will find a few coaches comments at the bottom. Don't forget to check out our new Athletic Hotline: 240.395.1551.


Team Records
Varsity Boy's A   (5-1)
Varsity Boy's B   (0-2)
Varsity Girl's A   (4-0)
Varsity Girl's B   (2-0)
JV Boy's A          (5-0)
JV Boy's B          (0-1)
JV Girl's A          (4-0)
JV Girl's B          (0-1)




Next week in sports (1/14-1/17)...

Monday, January 14th
JV A Boys vs. St. Patricks 3:45pm (home)
JV A Girls vs. St. Patricks 4:45pm (home)
Varsity B Girls at St. Andrews 3:00pm, return 4:30pm
Practice: Varsity A Girls - 3:30 - 4:15pm (study hall: 4:15-5:00)
Practice: Varsity A and B Boys - 4:15pm - 5pm (study hall: 3:30-4:15pm)

Tuesday, January 15th
JV B Girls at Norwood 3:30pm, return 6pm
JV B Boys at Norwood 4:30pm, return 6pm
Varsity A Boys vs St. Patricks 3:45pm (home)
Varsity A Girls vs St. Patricks 4:45pm (home)
Practice: JV A Girls 3:15-5pm
Practice: JV A Boys 3:15-5pm

Wednesday, January 16th
Varsity B Boys at WES 3:30pm, return 5pm
Practice: Varsity A Boys and Varsity A and B Girls 3:15 - 5pm

Thursday, January 17th
JV B Boys at JPDS 4:00pm, return 5:30pm
JV A Girls vs. Westminster 3:30pm (home)
JV A Boys vs. Westminster 4:30pm (home)
Practice: JV B Girls 3:15-5pm


From Coach Ricca...
The Varsity girls pulled off a big win against a talented Stone Ridge team. Both teams played tough defense and ran their offenses well. It was a close, back and forth game starting from the beginning of the first quarter. The Woods' girls held strong. They saw the court well and looked for the open man. We hit some tough jump shots and took it to the basket to draw the foul. The girls made many of their foul shots which was the deciding factor in the 22-21 victory. Stone Ridge put on the defensive pressure in the fourth quarter but the Woods girls kept their composure and captured another victory making their record, 3-0. It was a true team effort. Mary and Katherine both scored 6 points to lead the team contributing points from the foul line. Carlota had 5 point with a big 3 point shot. Izzy scored 4 points and Annalise contribute with a basket. Way to play tough Varsity Girls!

From Coach Parker...

Girls Varsity B Game vs. Norwood on 1/8: The game was our first of the season and it was a total team effort. Norwood didn't score until the 3rd quarter and by that time we had already built a 12 - 0 lead. The team defense, full court press and the team rebounding is what kept Norwood from scoring very much. The final score was 14 - 4. The girls were very aggressive and showed great intensity.

From Coach McCauley...
The JV A team girls had two great games this week. We won games against Norwood and WES. Both games proved to be a bit of a challenge for the girls, especially in the beginning of the games.
Norwood started the game with great intensity but could not withstand The Wood defensive pressure, we won the game 24-17. Sidra Swift was the high scorer of the game with 7 points. Ines Andres and Margaret Maloney lit up the basket for 6 points each. Lily Montemarano was not afraid to get in the mix, grabbing 4 rebounds on offense and 2 defensive rebounds. Gracie Yang led the team with 3 assist, while Briana led the team with 5 steals. The score of 16-4 against WES does not reflect the actual game, it was a dog fight. WES was extremely aggressive and strong on defense. Had WES made the shots they took, the score would have been different. WES took 19 shots in the first half of the game, not making any of them. The half time score was 6-0, Woods. Our girls settled down in the second have and got down to the business of winning the game. Briana Lantuh led the team with 6 points, 3 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 assists. Lily Montemarano led the team with 4 rebounds. This was a great defensive effort by all of The Woods players.


From Coach James...
Yesterday, the Owls JV B basketball team opened their season playing against WES basketball team. The kids were anxious to play this first game as we traveled to WES. The game was a hard battle and we came short of winning by 5 points. Overall, the kids had a great time experiencing a competitive game and are pumped about their next game. There was great effort from all players, but the players of the game are Patrick Gaul and Alex Bender.

 

Final Score 16-21.