The HSRC Patriots boys team played their second game of the season tonight, this one against Hinsdale Adventist Academy's JV team. The lack of experience of each player individually plus the lack of practice time was still quite evident, as the Patriots went down to defeat, 47-14.
Hinsdale's team was probably not as talented as the Heritage we played last week, but Hinsdale's strengths were where we are the weakest - on the perimeter. Hinsdale was not very strong inside, but their guards were good ball-handlers, ball-hawks and shooters. This resulted in a lot of made outside shots by Hinsdale and a lot of turnovers by our guards.
Justin, Jimi, Luke D., Luke L., and Teddy were the starters for the game. The first quarter ended with Hinsdale leading 10-2, but the quarter was strangely encouraging. The shots weren't going down, but the guys were playing with a lot of energy and defending pretty well, but the ball-handling continued to be a problem and the shots weren't falling. The Patriots made one shot (Justin) out of seven taken in the quarter. The team also committed six turnovers.
The second quarter was the best quarter for the Patriots. The guys actually outscored Hinsdale 4-2 to open up the quarter, with Luke L. making a nice inside shot and Stanley driving to the basket for a layup. But then Hinsdale made a three, which seemed to take the wind out of our sails. Luke L. split two free throws to finish up our scoring for the quarter, but not before Hinsdale got a couple more baskets. The score at the end of the half was Hindsdale 19, HSRC 7.
Hinsdale came out very hot in the third quarter. Not only were they hitting their shots, but they also clamped down on defense and caused a lot of turnovers by our guys. HSRC did shoot 33% in the quarter, but only got off six shots, after averaging eight per quarter in the first half. The Patriots nearly doubled their turnover tally in the quarter, giving the ball up eight times for a total of eighteen in the game to that point. Hinsdale scored fifteen in the quarter to our four, and the score at the end of three was Hinsdale, 34-11.
The fourth was more of the same. Hinsdale seemed like they couldn't miss a shot, and weren't letting our guys take any. We made fewer turnovers, but that was mostly because we held the ball so long before passing. The Patriots only got off four shots the whole quarter, but one was a three made by Luke D., his first points of the year. That was the extent of the scoring for HSRC for the quarter. Hinsdale scored thirteen, and the final score was 47-14.
Leading scorer was Luke L., with five. Justin had four, Luke had three and Stanley had two. Justin V.P. led in rebounding with 9, while Luke L. had 7 to go with his block. Justin also had three steals and block; four players each had one assist.
Next game is the girls on Friday at 7:30 vs. Calumet Christian at the Lincoln Center in Highland, IN. Hope to see you there.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Recap of opening night
The Patriots, both the girls team, now in their third year, and the boys, brand new this year, opened up last Monday night at Heritage Christian High in Dyer, Indiana. From what we knew about Heritage, we feared these games would be "baptism by fire", as we knew that Heritage's boys had taken second in last year's ICSTS tournament, and the girls had won the tournament. We also knew that our girls had gained in experience and confidence in the three years they had been playing together, and we were curious to see how they now measured up against some top competition.
At 5:30 the girls started (exactly at 5:30, as I walked in as the opening tip was tossed). As we later found out, Heritage has essentially one girls' team, so it really wasn't a JV team we took on. However, they did limit their upperclassmen's playing time in response to our request for a JV game. So what this all meant was that Danielle Zandstra was going to be going up against us. Yes, the 6'1" or 6'2" Danielle Zandstra. But after the game got going, we found out that our girls weren't intimidated. She often started at the high post, so Becca or Alyssa would pick her up there and slow her down as tried to drop down into the low post. This didn't mean the girls stopped her. She still got her points, just not as many as we thought she might. Anyway, because of some outside shooting by Alyssa and Kara, and some down-low work by Becca, the girls only trailed 13-9 at the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter was more of a defensive quarter, as Danielle was on the bench and Heritage worked the ball around the perimeter more, waiting for an open shot. Our girls only got four in the quarter, on a basket and two free throws. Heritage got six, so the score at the half was Heritage, 19-13.
The girls struggled in the third quarter. Heritage started defending the one play the girls had practiced, so there were a lot of turnovers as the girls hadn't had a chance to practice any other plays. Danielle was back in, and she played well. The scoring in the third quarter was 10-3 in favor of Heritage, and the cumulative score was 29-16.
Because of the troubles the girls were having in getting the play to work, Coach Boss called what was essentially a clear-out play, with the four other girls clearing out of the lane to let Kara try to beat the one defender on her (because of the play the girls had run earlier, Heritage was playing what amounted to a 1-2-2 defense, with only one girl on the top of the defense). He also changed the defense to a three-quarter court man-to-man press. Both of these paid off somewhat, but the deficit was too large to make up. The Patriots "won" the fourth quarter, 13-11, but lost the game, 40-29. Overall assessment: the girls looked pretty good, especially having only a few practices.
Key stats were: Kara led in scoring with 16, while Becca had 6, Alyssa had a three, and Lee and Carolyn each had a basket. This was Carolyn's first career basket. Way to go, Carolyn! Becca had five rebounds and three blocks and Kara had three assists and six steals. On the negative side, four girls had four or more turnovers.
The guys then took on what was the Heritage JV boys team. The boys also had very little time to install plays, and a couple of key players were not able to make one or both of the practices in which these plays were practiced. The lack of practice was very obvious early on, as the game started badly for the Patriots. Ball-handling was a problem for the guys, which led to a lot of turnovers. Because lack of practice, the guys were trying to remember what they were to do instead of doing them instinctively. All of this resulted in a 15-3 first quarter deficit and 22-5 at halftime.
Justin VanderPloeg was put in the in the third quarter and seemed to provide a spark. The guys played a little better defense and were only outscored 6-3 in the quarter, but that still meant they were down 29-8 at the end of that quarter.
Heritage seemed to get more comfortable with their game by the time the fourth quarter rolled around, and they started attacking the basket. Our guys were on their heels, the ball-handling was only marginally better, and we had trouble shooting. Heritage outscored HSRC 17-4 in the quarter, and the final was 46-12.
Justin VanderPloeg led in scoring with four on two field goals, while Jimi Dill and Dustin Vail had three each, Jimi on a three, and Dustin with a two and a free throw. Luke Lorenz rounded out the scoring with a basket he got a on nice offensive rebound and put-back. Justin had eight rebounds and Luke L. had seven. Those two also each had an assist, while Luke L. had two steals. Jimi had two blocks.
Next games are the guys at Hinsdale Adventist Academy Monday at 4:30, and the girls against Calumet at Lincoln Center in Highland Friday. Schedules and game locations are at the bottom of the page.
At 5:30 the girls started (exactly at 5:30, as I walked in as the opening tip was tossed). As we later found out, Heritage has essentially one girls' team, so it really wasn't a JV team we took on. However, they did limit their upperclassmen's playing time in response to our request for a JV game. So what this all meant was that Danielle Zandstra was going to be going up against us. Yes, the 6'1" or 6'2" Danielle Zandstra. But after the game got going, we found out that our girls weren't intimidated. She often started at the high post, so Becca or Alyssa would pick her up there and slow her down as tried to drop down into the low post. This didn't mean the girls stopped her. She still got her points, just not as many as we thought she might. Anyway, because of some outside shooting by Alyssa and Kara, and some down-low work by Becca, the girls only trailed 13-9 at the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter was more of a defensive quarter, as Danielle was on the bench and Heritage worked the ball around the perimeter more, waiting for an open shot. Our girls only got four in the quarter, on a basket and two free throws. Heritage got six, so the score at the half was Heritage, 19-13.
The girls struggled in the third quarter. Heritage started defending the one play the girls had practiced, so there were a lot of turnovers as the girls hadn't had a chance to practice any other plays. Danielle was back in, and she played well. The scoring in the third quarter was 10-3 in favor of Heritage, and the cumulative score was 29-16.
Because of the troubles the girls were having in getting the play to work, Coach Boss called what was essentially a clear-out play, with the four other girls clearing out of the lane to let Kara try to beat the one defender on her (because of the play the girls had run earlier, Heritage was playing what amounted to a 1-2-2 defense, with only one girl on the top of the defense). He also changed the defense to a three-quarter court man-to-man press. Both of these paid off somewhat, but the deficit was too large to make up. The Patriots "won" the fourth quarter, 13-11, but lost the game, 40-29. Overall assessment: the girls looked pretty good, especially having only a few practices.
Key stats were: Kara led in scoring with 16, while Becca had 6, Alyssa had a three, and Lee and Carolyn each had a basket. This was Carolyn's first career basket. Way to go, Carolyn! Becca had five rebounds and three blocks and Kara had three assists and six steals. On the negative side, four girls had four or more turnovers.
The guys then took on what was the Heritage JV boys team. The boys also had very little time to install plays, and a couple of key players were not able to make one or both of the practices in which these plays were practiced. The lack of practice was very obvious early on, as the game started badly for the Patriots. Ball-handling was a problem for the guys, which led to a lot of turnovers. Because lack of practice, the guys were trying to remember what they were to do instead of doing them instinctively. All of this resulted in a 15-3 first quarter deficit and 22-5 at halftime.
Justin VanderPloeg was put in the in the third quarter and seemed to provide a spark. The guys played a little better defense and were only outscored 6-3 in the quarter, but that still meant they were down 29-8 at the end of that quarter.
Heritage seemed to get more comfortable with their game by the time the fourth quarter rolled around, and they started attacking the basket. Our guys were on their heels, the ball-handling was only marginally better, and we had trouble shooting. Heritage outscored HSRC 17-4 in the quarter, and the final was 46-12.
Justin VanderPloeg led in scoring with four on two field goals, while Jimi Dill and Dustin Vail had three each, Jimi on a three, and Dustin with a two and a free throw. Luke Lorenz rounded out the scoring with a basket he got a on nice offensive rebound and put-back. Justin had eight rebounds and Luke L. had seven. Those two also each had an assist, while Luke L. had two steals. Jimi had two blocks.
Next games are the guys at Hinsdale Adventist Academy Monday at 4:30, and the girls against Calumet at Lincoln Center in Highland Friday. Schedules and game locations are at the bottom of the page.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Welcome to the new blog
Welcome to the HSRC blog, devoted exclusively to HSRC sports.
The old blog will remain for Calumet sports, but since the audience for each is quite different, it didn't make sense to overlap it.
So here we are.
The first post will follow shortly, about the opening games against the Heritage Christian High Defenders.
The old blog will remain for Calumet sports, but since the audience for each is quite different, it didn't make sense to overlap it.
So here we are.
The first post will follow shortly, about the opening games against the Heritage Christian High Defenders.
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