Well, opening night has come and gone, as has our hopes of being undefeated this season. We dropped our opener last night against Topsail by about 20 points. While I know the kids were disappointed, I am not moved by one game, whether we won or lost. The last time I checked the season was much longer than one game, and a season is not determined by one game.
The first half of the game was extremely disappointing, as we did mostly everything wrong that could be done. Wild shots, bad passes, no passes, poor defense, and being out of position coupled with a lot of nerves made for a bad half. I think we had only 19 points at the break. The second half was a great improvement, although still not very good. The defense was better, the offense was a little more in sync, and the guys played smarter. The score was about even for the second half. Still, there’s a lot of improvements to be made.
Our next game is not until Tuesday, and we face off against the Pirates again, only this time we take our show of youth on the road. In football they always say you make the most improvements from the first game to the second, and I have a feeling that will be a similar ordeal with us next week. There’s a lot of work to be done, but I have a group of kids that work hard and want to succeed. The wins will take care of themselves. Besides, last year we started out with a loss to Topsail and finished the season 14-8. Don’t fret guys, there’s a lot of basketball left to be played.
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