10-3 (5-0) and some updates

We pushed our record to 10-3 on the year with a 75-35 victory over Deuel last night.  Making it to the 10 win mark makes it 6 of the last 7 years we have had double digit win totals in a year.  We look to add more to it as we have a busy couple of weeks coming up.  Schedule listed below:

Thursday - Home vs St. Mary

Saturday- Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls) vs Dakota Valley

Monday- Home vs Baltic (Parent's Night)

Tuesday- @ Flandreau Indian School

Thursday- @ Lake Preston

So, as you can see we have a busy stretch coming up with some challenging and exciting games.  After the Lake Preston game, we will only have two regular season games left in the season (Arlington and GPL).

Notes:

Thursday, January 30th vs St. Mary 

     1 JH Game at 5:00, followed by JV, then Varsity

Saturday, February 1st @ Sioux Falls vs Dakota Valley

    We play at 9AM (1st game of the day!!)

Monday, February 3rd vs Baltic

    This will be Parent's Night

Tuesday, February 4th @ FIS

   JV Girls at 4, JV boys 5:15, Var. Girls, then Var. Boys

GO ELKS!

3Peat

Last night, we captured our third straight DVC tournament title and fourth in the last five years!  A true credit to the dedication, commitment, and togetherness of the guys I have been fortunate to coach. Many players have graduated but Tradition never graduates. Thank you to all current and former players for being great players and greater people.
Play loved!

1st Round Update/2nd Round Preview

We go the first round of the conference tournament done on Tuesday in White.  We played Dell Rapids St. Mary and were victorious 70-28.  The first quarter was a bit sketchy but the guys settled down, did their job and played the game "our" way for the final three quarters.  I thought our defense was very solid in the final three quarters, holding St. Mary to only 12 points in those three quarters.

With the win, it sets up a semi-final match-up with Arlington.  Last year, these two teams played in the championship game with the Elks winning to claim back to back tournament titles and three of the last four.  Tonight we will try to take another step toward making in three in a row.

Tonight in Colman we will face a very athletic, physical, and well-coached team in the Cardinals.  Coach Parry always has his kids playing at a high level and we are going to need to be ready to go from the start. They will be comparable to us in terms of size and speed so, I think the keys to the game for us will be to contain their dribble penetration and try to turn them into jump shooters from the perimeter as much as possible.  We will have to make a conscious effort to block out and rebound on every shot.

This game will be a great challenge for us.  We have been playing pretty good basketball of late and need to keep working hard together and improving as a team.  I hope that everyone can make it to Colman tonight for the game, tip is scheduled to be at approximately 7:30.

GO BIG! GO BLUE! GO ELKS!

Fast Fact:
Tonight's game will be our third contest in the last week without having a single practice.  Weather has wreaked havoc on our schedule this last week and taken away our practice days.

 

Postponed

1st round action of the DVC tournament has been postponed until tomorrow. We will now play at 3:30pm tomorrow in White against St.Mary. 

#Proud

Last night, we defeated a very good Deubrook team 630-41.  Our kids played extremely hard from the start, always hustling, always playing together, and finishing the job.  I could not be more proud of their effort, teamwork, attitudes, and resolve. Great, great job by our guys! 

We are now 6-3(5-0).  This week we have our conference tournament in Colman all three nights, Monday we open with St.Mary, Thursday is second round, finals on Saturday.  We have won the past two tourneys and 3 of the last 4. We will need to play well to get it done again.

Also on Saturday, we will be c p.a. Hong barefoot for Samaritan's Feet.  As a conference, we are raising funds to put shoes on the feet of those less fortunate here in South Dakota.  Please support all the coaches in this great cause.

Dakota Valley Conference Tournament

The brackets have been released for the DVC tournament.  Next week, we will play on Monday at 6pm in Colman against St. Mary.  We will then play our second round game on Thursday, time will depend on the outcome of Monday's game.  The final day of the tournament will be held on Saturday in Colman.

Here is the link to the tourney brackets.

Dakota Valley Conference Tourney Brackets

Updates

Tomorrow's girls basketball game will be moved to a doubleheader on Friday against Deubrook.
JH boys and girls will start at 4pm
JV boys and girls will start at 5pm
Varsity boys will play at 6:15 followed by varsity girls

5-3 (4-0)

With our win over Estelline on Friday night, we got our conference record to 4-0 and we are 5-3 overall.  The guys played extremely hard the entire night, and we were able to mix up our defenses a little bit to keep them off-balance.  I was very pleased with our effort on the defensive end of the floor and we got things rolling on the offensive end a little bit to take some pressure off our defense.  It was fun to watch the guys play, as they were making hustle plays, getting on the floor after loose balls, and just really playing loose and playing well together.

What's on tap:
This week we have one game, Friday, at home against Deubrook. The Dolphins are currently 4-2 overall and 3-0 in the conference.  Last year, the Dolphins handed us a 1 point loss on a last second shot.  This year, Deubrook is a very athletic team with good size and good shooters so they are definitely going to present a challenge for us.  We will go over things this week and get our scouting reports out and the gameplan nailed down and be ready for the challenge.  It will be another opportunity for us to play together, play loved, and compete with and for one another.

4th & 5th Tourney:
This weekend, we hosted a 4th and 5th grade boys basketball tournament in Elkton.  We had a total of 16 teams here and had 4 games going on every hour from 9am to 3pm.  It was a very busy, productive, and fun day.  I could not be happier with our guys for the way they stepped up and helped ref, run clock and book, run the concessions, and then especially the help cleaning up.  It was a true success and only because of the volunteers and our guys stepping up to the plate like they did.

PLAY LOVED

Quality Win

Great effort by our kids tonight against a well-coached and talented DeSmet team.  They have some nice size inside, and guards that can shoot the ball, but I thought our boys came out and executed the game plan we discussed.  Very proud of the intensity and effort our kids play with.  We ran the floor well, shot the ball well, defended well, and got a good conference win.

With all of the things we did well tonight, there are many things we can learn and still get better at.  One of the best things about this group is the fact that they want to keep improving and know that they have things they need to get better at.  We will continue to practice hard, get better, and continue to work toward our goals.

We are currently 4-3 overall with a 3-0 record in the DVC.  Friday we travel to Estelline for another conference showdown against the Redmen.

#PlayLoved     #BelieveinBlue

Go Time!

We come out of Christmas Break with a record of 3-3 overall and 2-0 in the DVC.  Tonight we face a young, talented, athletic DeSmet team.  They are currently 3-1 and 2-0 in the DVC.  This will be a good test for us, coming off one of our better games against Canby.  Even though we lost by 3 points, we played well enough to win, shot the ball well, and had a great effort, we just needed one more hoop.

It is good to get back in the routine of school and we have a stretch coming up with three straight conference games and then the conference tourney.

DVC Tournament:
We are the #3 seed and will play St. Mary @ Colman on 1-20-14 at 6:00pm.  Second round will be on Thursday 1-23-14 at Colman against the winner or loser of Arlington and Colman-Egan.