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    THE MO. ROCKETS 8TH, 9TH, & 10TH GRADE TEAMS COMPETED IN THE WINDY CITY CLASSIC IN CHICAGO, ON APRIL 20-21, ALL TEAMS DID WELL, WITH THE 8TH GRADE DOING REALLY WELL AND FINISHING 2ND, AND THE 10TH GRADE LOSING IN THE SEMI-FINALS OF THIER DIVISION.

    THE ROCKETS 10TH GRADE TEAM WENT 3-1, AND PLAYED REALLY WELL AS A TEAM AND GOT SOME HUGE INDIVIDUAL GAMES AS WELL. THE ROCKETS OPENED WITH A 52-38 WIN OVER THE OHIO CAPITAL CITY STARS, JANIE ARAND LED THE SCORING WITH 17 PTS., EMILY GRAHL HAD 11 PTS., RACHEL STEINHOFF ADD 10 PTS. & 9 REBS., SAM DOMALEWSKI ADDED 8 PTS., ANNA SCHMIDT HAD 4 PTS. & 5 REBS.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THEY DEFEATED THE INDIANA HOOSIER ELITE 71-62, DOMALEWSKI HAD A HUGE GAME 20 PTS. & 8 REBS. AND SHOOTING 9-13 FROM THE FIELD IN THE GAME, STEINHOFF HAD 19 PTS. & 4 ASSTS., ARAND HAD 12 PTS. & 4 REBS., GRAHL ADDED 11 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 3RD GAME THEY DEFEATED THE ILLINOIS HOOP DREAMS 49-45, ARAND WITH A BIG GAME LED THE WAY WITH 24 PTS. & 7 REBS., WITH 3 3-POINTERS, STEINHOFF ADDED 13 PTS. & 7 REBS., STEPHANIE GERLING HAD A GOOD GAME ALSO WITH 4 PTS. & 7 REBS.. SO THE ROCKETS WON THEIR POOL AND ADVANCED TO THE SEMI-FINAL GAME ON SUNDAY AND PLAYED THE MINNESOTA COMETS ELITE, THE ROCKETS CAME UP A LITTLE SHORT LOSING 44-42, STEINHOFF HAD 17 PTS., ARAND ADDED 10 PTS.. ARAND LED THE SCORING FOR THE WEEKEND WITH A 15.6 AVG., STEINHOFF 15.2, AND DOMALEWSKI 8.8 PTS.. THE GIRLS REALLY HAD A GOOD WEEKEND, GOOD JOB GIRLS. EVERYBODY REALLY GOOD WEEKEND. CONGRATS TO JANIE ARAND AND RACHEL STEINHOFF NAMED TO THE TOURNAMENT ALL-STAR TEAM

    THE 9TH GRADE WENT 2-2 FOR THE WEEKEND, THE ROCKETS OPENED WITH A REALLY TOUGH INDIANA MBA SELECT TEAM, THE MBA TEAM REALLY SHOT THE BALL WELL HITTING 12 3- POINTERS, AND DEFEATED THE ROCKETS 62-32. HANNAH SUTTON LED THE ROCKETS WITH 10 PTS., KARLIE KING & LAUREN MURPHY ADDED 6 PTS. EACH. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS BLASTED THE ILLINOIS PREDATORS 49-7, KING LED THE SCORING WITH 14 PTS., DARCY BAIRD ADDED 9 PTS. & 9 REBS., KYLIE TOEBBEN ADDED 6 PTS., AND SUTTON HAD 5 PTS., KATIE KREUTZTRAGER HAD 4 PTS. & 9 REBS.. IN THE ROCKETS 3RD GAME THEY LOST TO THE INDIANA HEAT 54-37, SUTTON LED THE WAY WITH 11 PTS. & 4 STEALS, BAIRD ANOTHER GOOD GAME WITH 9 PTS. & 7 REBS., MURPHY ADDED 7 PTS..  IN THE ROCKETS 4TH GAME THE ROCKETS EASILY DEFEATED THE MO. IMPACT 50-18, KING LED THE WAY WITH 12 PTS., SUTTON HAD 10 PTS., BAIRD 7 PTS. & 12 REBS., KREUTZTRAGER & TOEBBEN EACH HAD 5 PTS., ANN HARDY, FAITH STEPHAN, & MOLLY ARAND EACH ADDED 4 PTS., AND MURPHY HAD 3 PTS.. SUTTON LED THE SCORING WITH 8.4 PTS. A GAME, KING AT 7.8 PTS., BAIRD A GOOD WEEKEND 7 PTS. & 7.0 REBS. A GAME. A GOOD WEEKEND FOR THE GIRLS, AS FOR MOST OF THE GIRLS IT WAS THEIR FIRST TOURNAMENT OF THIS KIND OF COMPETITION, SO THOUGHT THEY GOT  BETTER AS WE WENT ALONG SHOULD BE FINE FOR THE SUMMER. REALLY GOOD JOB THIS WEEKEND GIRLS. CONGRATS TO HANNAH SUTTON NAMED TO THE TOURNAMENT ALL-STAR TEAM

   THE 8TH GRADE DID THE BEST OF THE 3 ROCKET TEAMS GOING 4-1, AND GETTING TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THE BRACKET. THE 8TH GRADE ROCKETS USED A REALLY BALANCED SCORING ATTACK, AND GOOD PLAY FROM THE POST PLAYERS TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD WEEKEND. IN THE ROCKETS 1ST GAME THE ROCKETS DEFEATED THE ILLINOIS LIGHTNING 58-37, LEADING THE SCORING WAS  CARLY HARPER WITH 11 PTS., DANIELLE BERRY ADDED 8 PTS., MAE NIENHAUSER HAD 7 PTS., AND RACHEL THOMPSON & ABBY HOFF EACH HAD 6 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THEY DEFEATED THE INDIANA HOOSIERS 49-40, ROCKETS REALLY PLAYED A GOOD GAME, REALLY PLAYED A TOUGH TEAM, HARPER AGAIN LED THE SCORING WITH 12 PTS., BERRY & THOMPSON ADDED 10 PTS. EACH. IN THE ROCKETS 3RD GAME THE ROCKETS DEFEATED THE ILLINOIS PIAZZA 48-38, DIDN'T PLAY AS WELL BUT WON, BERRY LED THE SCORING WITH 11 PTS., HARPER ADDED 7 PTS., THOMPSON, NIENHAUSER, AND MEGAN JENSEN ALL HAD 6 PTS.., IN THE ROCKETS 1ST BRACKET GAME THE ROCKETS PLAYED A TOUGH IOWA KINGDOM TEAM, AND THE ROCKETS CAME AWAY WITH A 34-25 WIN, JENSEN LED THE WAY WITH 8 PTS. AND REALLY PLAYED WELL ON BOTH ENDS OF THE COURT, NIENHAUSER ADDED 6 PTS., AND BERRY HAD 5 PTS., GOING 5-6 ON FREE THROWS, HITTING 3-4 AT THE END. IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE RUSH, WHICH WERE THE 2 TIME DEFENDING ILLINOIS AAU CHAMPIONS, AND THE ROCKETS CAME UP SHORT LOSING 51-41, NIENHAUSER HAD 9 PTS., JENSEN HAD 8 PTS., AND ABBY HOFF ADDED 6 PTS., ALL THREE POST PLAYERS PLAYED REALLY WELL AGAINST A VERY GOOD TEAM AS THEY KEPT US IN THE GAME, PLAYING GREAT ON BOTH ENDS, HARPER & THOMPSON HAD 5 PTS. EACH. IT WAS A REALLY GOOD WEEKEND FOR THE ROCKETS, WITH 11 PLAYERS THE GIRLS ARE LEARNING ROLES ON THE TEAM, JENSEN WAS REALLY GOOD INSIDE ALL WEEKEND, NIENHAUSER WAS STRONG INSIDE ALSO, PLAYING HER 1ST TOURNAMENT WITH US RACHEL THOMPSON HAD A GOOD TOURNAMENT, HARPER WAS STEADY ALLWEEKEND. I'M NOT GOING TO NAME THEM ALL BUT EVERYONE PLAYED WELL AS WHEN WE SUBBED PLAYERS IN WE DIDN'T DROP OFF TALENT WISE AND WORE TEAMS DOWN. JUST NEED TO SHOOT A LITTLE BETTER AND MUST CUT DOWN ON TURNOVERS. REALLY GOOD JOB GIRLS, EVERYBODY YOU ALL PLAYED WELL. THIS TEAM SHOULD HAVE GIRLS ON THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM, NOT YET SELECTED WHEN I PUT THIS UP

  THE MO. ROCKET TEAMS DID WELL IN TROY DESPITE PLAYING SHORTHANDED ON ALL TEAMS, A ROUGH WEEKEND FOR GIRLS BEING THERE AS WE HAD GIRLS OUT OF TOWN, TRACK MEETS, CONFIRMATIONS, YOU NAME IT WE HAD THIS WEEKEND, BUT THE GIRLS REALLY STEPPED UP AND DID WELL. THE 5TH GRADE TOOK HOME 3RD PLACE PLAYING IN THE 5TH-6TH GRADE DIVISION, THE 6TH GRADE TOOK HOME 2ND IN THE SAME DIVISION, PLAYING ONE GAME WITH 4 6TH GRADERS AND 3 4TH GRADERS, GOOD WEEKEND FOR BOTH TEAMS, AND A GOOD JOB OF THE 4TH GRADE GIRLS FILLING IN AND PLAYING WELL THIS WILL HELP YOU A BUNCH LATER ON. THE 7TH GRADE PLAYED REALLY WELL ALSO FINISHING 2ND IN THE 7TH GRADE DIVISION, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE PLAYING SHORTHANDED PLAYED THEIR 1ST GAME WITH 4 7TH GRADERS AND 3 5TH GRADERS AND WON BY 30, THE ROCKETS LOST 2 REALLY CLOSE GAMES TO THE SHOOTERS, LOSING ON SAT. BY 1, AND ON SUN. BY 4, REALLY PLAYED WELL. EMILY BRUNE, EMMA RANDOLPH, AND ASHLEY REHAGEN DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AT THE GUARD SPOTS, ABBY WILSON & ASHTYN LAGEMAN REALLY PLAYED WELL ON SUNDAY AGAINST THE SHOOTERS, TESSA STOTHER & KATE RANDOLPH ALSO A REALLY GOOD TOURNAMENT. CONGRATS GIRLS

    THE 8TH GRADE FINISHED WITH THE 3RD PLACE MEDALS, AS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WAS PLAYING SHORTHANDED ACTUALLY PLAYED HALF OF ONE GAME WITH 4 PLAYERS. CHARLEY KELL, NATALIE HELLING, MADDIE FLEER, MADDIE GARRISON, AND TORRI CARTER GOOD JOB GIRLS.

  GOOD JOB TO ALL THE GIRLS ON THE EFFORT AND HELPING EACH OTHER OUT

    THE MO. ROCKET TEAMS DID REALLY WELL AT THE ST. LOUIS SPORTSCENTER THE WEEKEND OF APRIL 14TH. ALL THE TEAMS DID GREAT, THE TEAMS ARE ALL ROUNDING INTO SHAPE.

   THE 5TH GRADE TOOK HOME THE 1ST PLACE MEDALS GOING 4-0, AND TOTALLY DOMINATING THE COMPETITION WINNING ALL THEIR GAMES BY DOUBLE FIGURES. THIS TEAM IS IMPROVING SO MUCH, THEY HAVE BECOME REALLY GOOD, THEY HAVE SIZE, SPEED, AND CAN SHOOT THE BALL. THOSE PLAYING THIS WEEKEND MADDI KING, ANNA HENKE, MARSHI BAIRD, JILLIAN LOCKARD, CASSIDY MURRAY, SARAH KRUETZTRAGER, AND JULIE WRIGHT. GREAT JOB GIRLS

  THE 8TH GRADE SILVER TEAM ALSO TOOK HOME 1ST PLACE MEDALS GOING 4-0, TEAM REALLY HAD AN EXCITING WEEKEND, TRAILING THE FAMILY ROCKETS BY 5 WITH LESS THAN 1 MINUTE TO GO THEY TIED IT UP, AND WON IT IN OVERTIME. RACHEL THOMPSON PLAYING IN HER 1ST ROCKET TOURNAMENT WAS GREAT LEADING THE WAY FOR THE ROCKETS, EVERYONE PLAYED GREAT, MADDIE GARRISON, MADDIE FLEER, TORRI CARTER, KYRA HARDESTY, NATALIE HELLING, CHARLEY KELL, AND RACHEL THOMPSON. GREAT JOB GIRLS  

  THE 7TH GRADE ALSO PLAYED GOOD THIS WEEKEND GOING 3-1, LOSING ONLY TO FAMILY ROCKET 8TH GRADE TEAM. GOOD JOB GIRLS. THIS TEAM IS GETTING BETTER EVERY WEEKEND AND I CAN SEE BIG IMPROVEMENT IN SO MANY PLAYERS, GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD AS SUMMER GOES ON.

  THE 8TH GRADE BLACK WENT 4-0 TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE JV HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION, AS THEY BEAT THE MO. ROCKETS 9TH GRADE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS TEAM IS REALLY TALENTED, WHEN THE GIRLS LEARN THEIR ROLES ON THE TEAM, SHOOT A LITTLE BETTER, AND MOST OF ALL CUT DOWN ON TURNOVERS THIS TEAM WILL BECOME REALLY GOOD, AS THEY ARE REALLY BIG AND ATHLETIC. WITH 11 GIRLS ON THE TEAM PLAYING TIME WILL BE TOUGH AT TIMES AND THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE GIRLS CAN SCORE AND IT WILL NOT BE 1 OR 2 GIRLS DOING ALL THE SCORING, SOME GAMES IT WILL BE THE POST PLAYERS, OTHER GAMES THE GUARDS. BUT THIS TEAM CAN REALLY BE GOOD FREAT JOB GIRLS

  THE ROCKETS 9TH GRADE TEAM PLAYED REALLY WELL GOING 3-1, LOSING THE CHAMPIONSHIP TO OUR 8TH GRADE TEAM. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GIRLS THAT ARE NEW AND SOME NOT USE TO PLAYING THE TOUGH COMPETITION SUMMER BASKETBALL GIVES YOU. WE HAVE TO GET TOUGHER AND WE WILL, THE GIRLS GET ALONG GREAT WHICH HELPS, AND SEEM TO BE WILLING TO WORK HARDER TO GET BETTER, SHOULD GET BETTER AS THE SUMMER GOES ALONG. PLAYED REALLY WELL THIS WEEKEND, GREAT JOB GIRLS

   THE 10TH GRADE ROCKETS WENT 3-1, TO TAKE HOME 3RD, ONLY LOSS TO THE ST. LOUIS WARRIORS WHO BEAT THEM BY 30 2 WEEKS AGO, THIS TEAM LIKE OUR OTHER TEAMS IS GETTING SO MUCH BETTER, FAST.  THE TEAM HAS REALLY GOOD GUARD PLAY REALLY FAST, CAN SHOOT, AND DOESN'T TURN THE BALL OVER. NOT BIG INSIDE, BUT REALLY PLAY SMART AND GUARDS LIKE JANIE ARAND, SAM DOMALEWSKI, RACHEL STEINHOFF, ANNA SCHMIDT, KARINNE LANE, STEPH GERLING, REBOUND REALLY WELL. I THINK THIS TEAM IS GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD, BECAUSE ALMOST ALL OF THE GIRLS COME FROM HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE REALLY STRONG IN BASKETBALL EVERY YEAR AND THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN, ONE EXTRA PASS, GET THE BIG REBOUND, UNSELFISH PLAY, THIS TEAM IS FUN TO WATCH AND IS REALLY GOOD. CHRIS ARAND IS DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF COACHING THIS TEAM.

  THE MO. ROCKETS 4TH & 6TH GRADE TEAMS COMPETED IN FARMINGTON, WITH GREAT RESULTS. THE 4TH GRADE WENT 3-0 AND TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP, THIS 4TH GRADE TEAM IS REALLY PLAYING WELL WINNING THIER 3RD TOURNAMENT IN A ROLL, PLAYING THIS WEEKEND WAS BROOKE SMITH,PAIGE MENSE, JULIA STRUCKHOFF, DANIELLE FARRAH, ALLISON TONIOLI, AND LAUREN BOYD. GREAT JOB GIRLS

    THE 6TH GRADE ALSO HAD A GOOD WEEKEND GOING 2-1, TO TAKE HOME 2ND PLACE MEDALS, THE TEAM WAS PLAYING WITH ONLY 5 GIRLS AND REALLY PLAYED WELL. THOSE PLAYING WERE BROOKE REED, AMANDA HENDERSON, CAMERON HANEY, SKYLER GARCILLE, AND ALLISON TONIOLI. THESE GIRLS ARE REALLY IMPROVING, CAMERON HANEY & SKYLER GARCILLE ARE REALLY IMPROVING INSIDE JUST NEED TO LEARN TO SCORE A LITTLE MORE, BUT HUGE IMPROVEMENTS. GREAT JOB GIRLS

   GREAT JOB FOR COACH BECKY AS SHE WAS IN FARMINGTON ALL WEEKEND 

   THE ROCKETS TEAM COMPETED IN THE FRANCIS HOWELL TOURNAMENT AND IT WAS A VERY GOOD WEEKEND FOR THE ROCKET TEAMS. THE 4TH, 8TH, AND 10TH GRADE TOOK HOME CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHILE THE 7TH, 8TH SILVER, 9TH GRADE TEAMS TOOK HOME 2ND PLACE MEDALS.

  THE 4TH GRADE TEAM WENT 4-0, AND WAS REALLY NEVER TESTED WINNING THEIR FIRST 3 GAMES BY OVER 20, HAD A MUCH TOUGHER GAME IN THEIR 4TH GAME WINNING 12-6, AS THE ROCKETS HAD TROUBLE SCORING.

  THE ROCKETS 8TH GRADE TOOK HOME THE CHAMPIONSHIP BY DEFEATING THE ROCKETS SILVER TEAM IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, NEEDLESS TO SAY BOTH ROCKET 8TH GRADE TEAMS PLAYED REALLY WELL.

 THE ROCKETS 10TH GRADE TEAM DEFEATED THE ROCKETS 9TH GRADE TEAM IN THE FINALS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION, AND THE ROCKETS 10TH  SILVER TOOK HOME 3RD PLACE ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS PLAYED WELL.

GOOD JOB TO ALL THE GIRLS

   THE ROCKETS 8TH GRADE WENT 2-1, TO TAKE HOME 2ND PLACE, THE ROCKETS LOST TO THE ST. LOUIS FAMILY ROCKETS IN THEIR FIRST GAME AND WON THEIR NEXT 2 GAMES BY HUGE MARGINS TO TAKE HOME 2ND PLACE.

   THE ROCKETS 10TH GRADE TEAM WENT 3-1, LOSING TO THE ST. LOUIS WARRIORS TO FINISH IN 2ND PLACE.

  THE MO. ROCKETS 7TH & 8TH GRADE TEAMS COMPETED AT THE ST. LOUIS SPORTSCENTER ON NOV. 11-12. BOTH TEAMS PLAYED REALLY WELL FOR OUR FIRST REAL TOURNAMENT, THE 8TH GRADE WENT 3-0, AND CLAIMED THE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND THE 7TH GRADE WENT 1-2.

  THE 8TH GRADE OPENED UP WITH A 30-26 WIN OVER THE ST. LOUIS FAMILY ROCKETS, WE WERE PLAYING A LITTLE SHORT HANDED AND A COUPLE OF 7TH GRADERS HELPED OUT IN THIS ONE. KAYLEE HEGGEMANN PLAYED REALLY WELL LEADING THE SCORING WITH 12 PTS., AND 3 STEALS, CARLY HARPER ALSO A GOOD GAME WITH 11 PTS. AND 4 REBS., KYRA HARDESTY ADDED 6 PTS., 4 ASSIST, AND 5 STEALS REALLY GOOD GAME FOR KYRA, TORRIE CARTER PLAYED WELL ALSO GETTING 2PTS. AND 4 REBS. THE ROCKETS THEN PLAYED THE CELTICS AND WON 36-18, ONCE AGAIN PLAYED REALLY WELL. DANEILLE BERRY LED THE SCORING WITH 12 PTS., 6 REBS. AND 4 STEALS,  HARPER HAD A REALLY GOOD GAME ALSO WITH 12 PTS., 6 REBS. AND 4 STEALS, MEGAN JENSEN A NICE GAME WITH 6 REBS. AND 4 ASST., SOPHIE VOGT ALSO ADDED 2 PTS., 4 ASSIST, AND HAD 4 STEALS. UP NEXT THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE ST. LOUIS COUGARS AND WON EASILY 51-34. HARPER ANOTHER BIG GAME 12 PTS. AND 8 REBS., JENSEN 9 PTS. & 3 REBS., BERRY 9 PTS. & 4 ASST., HARDESTY HAD 8 PTS., HEGGEMANN ANOTHER REALLY GOOD ALL AROUND GAME 4 PTS., 3 REBS., 8 ASST., 4 STEALS, HALEY CLUCK ADDED 6 PTS.. I THOUGHT THE GIRLS PLAYED REALLY WELL, I THINK EVERYONE IS UNDERSTANDING THIER ROLES ON THE TEAM, WHO THE SCORERS ARE, WHEN TO SHOOT AND NOT TO, REALLY PASSED WELL VERY UNSELFISH. REALLY A GOOD FIRST TOURNAMENT.

  THE 7TH GRADE WENT 1-2, BUT REALLY PLAYED WELL AGAINST 3 REALLY GOOD TEAMS. IN THE OPENER THE ROCKETS BEAT THE FAMILY ROCKETS 27-22, KYRA HARDESTY HAD A GOOD GAME WITH 7 PTS., 5 REBS., 4 ASST., 4 STEALS, ALYSSA STAHLMAN ALSO HAD 7 PTS., & 4 REBS., MADDIE BAUER HAD 5 PTS., AND 5 REBS., ANDRIA OSREDKER ADDED 4 PTS. AND 5 REBS., ABBY WILSON 2 PTS. & 4 REBS., AND EMMA BOEHMER HAD 5 REBS. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THEY LOST TO THE TEAM ADIDAS 30-23, PLAYED REALLY WELL JUST COULDN'T QUITE GET THE WIN. HARDESTY WITH 11 PTS. & 4 REBS., OSREDKER 8 PTS. AND 6 REBS., WILSON 2 PTS. & 7 REBS., CHRISTINA OVERSTREET 2 PTS. AND 5 REBS.. IN THE 3RD GAME THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE COUGARS AND LOST 26-9, JUST COULD NOT SCORE. OVERSTREET WITH 4 PTS. & 4 REBS., LED THE WAY. TEAM PLAYED REALLY WELL, NOT HAVING MADDIE THE LAST 2 GAMES HURT US, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO WORKING ON SCORING, AS YOU GET OLDER YOU HAVE TO START HITTING SHOTS, NOT GOING TO GET AS MANY EASY BASKET, THOUGHT THE GIRLS PLAYED REALLY WELL AND PLAYED A LOT MORE PHYSICAL THAN WE USUALLY DO, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO EVERY WEEKEND AND PRACTICE. WAS ONLY 10-23 ON FREE THROWS NEED TO BE BETTER. GOOD JOB BIG TEST COMING UP IN KC THIS WEEKEND

  THE MO. ROCKETS 17U TEAM REALLY PLAYED WELL IN CHICAGO GOING 4-0 IN POOL PLAY TO GET INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND, THERE WAS 32 POOLS OF TEAMS AND THE ROCKETS WERE THE ONLY TEAM FROM MISSOURI TO GET OUT OF POOL PLAY, REALLY BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THE GIRLS.

   IN THE ROCKETS OPENER THE ROCKETS DEFEATED THE ILLINOIS CHALLENGERS 63-52, ANNA VOGT HAD A REALLY BIG GAME FOR THE ROCKETS, AS DID RACHEL STEINHOFF. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THEY DEFEATED THE ILLINOIS LIGHTNING 50-40, THE ROCKETS USED A BIG 2ND HALF RUN AND A KEY 3 POINTER BY HANNAH SUTTON TO PUSH THE LEAD FROM 4 TO 7 PTS..  THEN THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE WISCONSIN TROJANS AND DEFEATED THEM 47-46, DANA HEGGEMANN HIT 2 FTS. LATE TO GIVE THE ROCKETS THE 1 PT. LEAD AND ANNA VOGT BLOCKED A SHOT WITH 4 SECONDS LEFT TO SECURE THE WIN. THE ROCKETS THEN PLAYED THE ILLINOIS BASKETBALL ACADEMY AND TRAILED 24-23, AT THE HALF AND THEN OUTSCORED THEM 31-3, IN THE 2ND HALF, TO WIN 55-26, HEGGEMANN, VOGT AND MORGAN WINKLER ALL HAD GOOD GAMES. IN THE BRACKET PLAY THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE ROCKFORD WILDCATS, A REALLY GOOD TEAM. THE ROCKETS TRAILED AT THE HALF 36-31, AND ENDED UP LOSING A TOUGH GAME 56-33, HEGGEMANN HAD 4 3-POINTERS IN THE GAME. EVERYONE PLAYED REALLY WELL FOR THE ROCKETS, ANNA VOGT WAS HER USUAL SELF, TON OF REBOUNDS AND AVERAGED DOUBLE FIGURES IN PTS.. , DANA HEGGEMANN PLAYED BY FAR HER BEST TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR, VERONICA JONES REBOUNDED REALLY WELL, MORGAN WINKLER, PLAYED REALLY WELL ALSO, HAD A COUPLE OF GOOD SCORING GAMES AND REBOUNDED WELL, ANNA SCHMIDT PLAYED STEADY ALL WEEKEND, SCORED SOME PTS., REBOUNDED, AND TOOK CARE OF THE BALL, HANNAH SUTTON, PLAYED WELL ALMOST NO TURNOVERS, GOT THE BALL WHERE IT NEEDED TO GO, AND HIT SOME BIG SHOTS, AND RACHEL STEINHOFF, I THOUGHT RACHEL WAS REALLY GOOD THIS WEEKEND, ALMOST NO TURNOVERS, HANDLED THE BALL ALL THE TIME HIT SOME BIG SHOTS, AND WAS REALLY A STEADY FLOOR LEADER.

   THE BIG THING THIS WEEKEND WAS VERY FEW TURNOVERS, GOOD PASSING, REALLY PLAYED HARD ALL WEEKEND, ANNA KEPT THE GIRLS UP EVEN IN TOUGH GAMES, WE WOULD GET BEHIND, BUT NEVER QUIT. REALLY PROUD OF THE GIRLS A WEEKEND THAT I JUST COACHED, THEY LISTENED, NO NEED TO GET ON ANYONE ABOUT BAD SHOTS OR NOT PLAYING HARD, AND I THINK ALL THE JUNIORS HELPED THEMSELVES TO GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF PLAYING IN COLLEGE. 

   THE MO. ROCKETS 7TH GRADE TEAM COMPETED IN THE AAU NATIONALS LAST WEEK AND DID REALLY WELL, GOING 2-1 IN POOL PLAY AND ADVANCING TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET. THE ROCKETS WON THERE 1ST GAME IN BRACKET PLAY. THEN THEY WENT UP AGAINST THE TEAM THAT EVENTUALLY WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP, THE ROCKETS  PLAYED REALLY WELL GETTING TO WITHIN 5 LATE IN THE GAME BEFORE FALLING TO THE DEFEAT. THE ROCKETS THEN CAME OUT FLAT AND LOST THEIR NEXT GAME. REALLY PLAYED WELL. MORE DETAILS TO COME LATER

  THE MO. ROCKETS TEAMS COMPETED IN TROY LAST WEEKEND, AND DID VERY WELL. THE ROCKETS WON THE 5TH, 6TH, AND 7TH-8TH GRADE DIVISIONS, AND THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS DID WELL ALSO.

  THE ROCKETS 5TH GRADE TEAM WENT 4-0 TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP, WINNING THIER FIRST 3 GAMES IN EASY FASHION, WITH THIER TOUGHEST GAME BEING A 16 PT. WIN, BUT IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ROCKETS MET UP WITH THE MID-MO SHOOTERS AND WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BY 7 POINTS. THE GIRLS PLAYED REALLY WELL, CASSIDY MOSS WAS BACK PLAYING AND PLAYED VERY WELL, BROOKE GROSSE WAS ALSO VERY GOOD ON THE BOARDS, AND SCORED WELL ALSO. DEVIN CROSS AND BROOKE REED  WERE REALLY GOOD ON DEFENSE AND HIT SOME SHOTS ALSO, LEXI BURKEMPER DID REALLY WELL REBOUNDING, AND AUDREY HERMANN DID A GOOD JOB OF HITTING SOME BIG SHOTS IN THE FINALS, AND RILEY ALSO PLAYED WELL. REALLY GOOD JOB GIRLS.

   THE 6TH GRADE TEAM WENT 3-0 TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP, WAS REALLY NOT CHALLENGED, AS THIER CLOSEST GAME WAS 20 PTS.. THEY OPENED WITH A 51-3 WIN OVER O'FALLON ELITE, MAURA ENGELHORN AND HALEY CLUCK LED THE SCORING WITH 8 PTS. EACH, NIKKI WEBER, ALYSSA STAHLMAN, ABBY WILSON, AND ANDRIA OSREDKER EACH HAD 6 PTS., TIFFANY MACHENS ADDED 4 PTS., KYRA HARDESTY HAD 3 PTS., MADI BAUER, AMY JANOWSKI, AND EMMA BOEHMER EACH ADDED 2 PTS..  IN THEIR 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS DEFEATED THE MID-MO SHOOTERS 35-15, ENGELHORN LED THE WAY WITH 12 PTS., OSREDKER HAD 9 PTS., HARDESTY ADDED 6 PTS. IN THE WIN. IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE ELITE AGAIN AND THE ROCKETS ROLLED AGAIN 45-5. LEADING THE SCORING WAS HARDESTY WITH 9 PTS., WILSON 8 PTS., AND OSREDKER 7 PTS..  REALLY NOT MUCH COMPETITION FOR THE 6TH GRADERS, BUT YOU HAVE TO PLAY THE TEAMS THAT ARE THERE AND HOPEFULLY WILL RUN INTO SOME BETTER COMPETITION. GOOD JOB TO ALL THE GIRLS 

  THE ROCKETS 7TH-8TH GRADE BOTH PLAYED IN THE 7TH AND 8TH GRADE COMBINED BRACKET. THE 7TH GRADE OPENED WITH A TOUGH 1 POINT LOSS TO THE MID-MO. SHOOTERS, GIVING UP A 3 POINTER WITH SECONDS LEFT AND THEN HAVING 4 SHOTS TO WIN IT AND MISS FIRING ON ALL FOUR, THEY THEN BOUNCED BACK TO BLAST THE JAGUARS, TO FINISH 2ND IN THEIR POOL PLAY. THE 8TH GRADE OPENED UP ON SAT. PLAYING  CALHOUN, THE ROCKETS DOMINATED THEM WINNING BY OVER 20, HANNAH SUTTON LED THE SCORING WITH 16 PTS. INCLUDING 3 THREES, THEN THE ROCKETS WENT UP AGAINST THE ATTACK, ALWAYS A REALLY PHYSICAL GAME, EVEN THOUGH THE ROCKETS HAVE BEATEN THEM 9 STRAIGHT TIMES, ITS ALWAYS EXCITING. THE ATTACK JUMPED OUT TO A 17-4 EARLY LEAD, AND LED AT THE HALF 28-13. AFTER A NOT VERY GOOD EFFORT IN THE 1ST HALF THE ROCKETS REALLY TURNED UP THE PRESSURE AND CAME ALL THE WAY BACK AND FORCED OVERTIME. IN THE OVERTIME THE ROCKETS GOT 2 FREE THROWS FROM SUTTON TO TIE IT, THEN A BIG BASKET FROM DARCI BAIRD, AND EMILY STEWART HIT 2 BIG FREE THROWS WITH SECONDS LEFT TO SEAL THE WIN. I THOUGHT THIS WAS TRULY A TEAM EFFORT AS KYLIE TOEBBEN HIT A BIG 3 IN THE 1ST HALF AND THEN A BIG BASKET AND STEAL WITH ABOUT 4 MINUTES LEFT IN REGULATION, EMILY STEWART PLAYED REALLY WELL, HER BEST GAME THIS SPRING, HIT BIG SHOTS ALL GAME LONG. SO THE ROCKETS 8TH GRADE WON THEIR POOL WHICH MEANT GOOD AND BAD, AS NOW ON SUNDAY FIRST ROUND OF BRACKET PLAY WAS MATCHED AGAINST THE ROCKETS 7TH GRADE. THIS GAME WAS FAST AND THE 8TH GRADE JUMPED OUT TO A 11-5 LEAD, BUT THE 7TH GRADE CAME BACK WITH GOOD DEFENSE AND GOOD INSIDE PLAY TO TAKE A HALFTIME LEAD. IN THE 2ND HALF THE 8TH GRADE TEAM HAD TROUBLE SCORING AGAINST THE 7TH GRADE, WHICH PLAYED REALLY GOOD DEFENSE, AND THE 7TH GRADE OPENED UP A 7 PT. LEAD THAT THEY HELD ON TO AND WON THE GAME BY 5 PTS.. I KNEWAS A COACH IT WAS GOING TO BE A REALLY GOOD GAME, BECAUSE OUR 7TH GRADE IS A REALLY GOOD TEAM, THAT PLAYS SMART AND REALLY HARD. THE 8TH GRADE EVEN LOSING HAS IMPROVED SO MUCH, AND IN A GAME LIKE THIS THE PRESSURE IS ON THEM, WHICH MAKES IT TOUGH WHEN THINGS STARTING NOT GOING WELL. I THOUGHT THEY PLAYED REALLY HARD AND I TOLD THEM NO DISGRACE TO LOSE TO THE 7TH GRADE HAS WE BATTLE EVERY PRACTICE AND IT CAN GO EITHER WAY. I THOUGHT THE INSIDE PLAY OF THE 7TH GRADE WAS BETTER IN THIS GAME AND THE 8TH GRADE JUST HAVE TO LEARN TO REBOUND BETTER. IN WATCHING AND COACHING THIS GAME I WAS REALLY PROUD OF BOTH TEAMS, NO CLOWNING WITH EACH OTHER JUST A REALLY HARD FOUGHT GAME AND WHEN IT WAS OVER NO TALK FROM THE 7TH GRADE OF HOW THEY BEAT THE 8TH GRADE, AND THE 8TH GRADE I THINK SHOWED A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THE 7TH GRADE IS A GOOD TEAM AND JUST BEAT THEM ON THAT DAY. ANOTHER THING I'VE HAD OUR ROCKET TEAMS PLAY EACH OTHER MANY TIMES AND ITS TOUGH FOR WHOEVER LOSES AS NONE OF THEM WANT TO LOSE TO ANOTHER ROCKET TEAM OR LOSE TO ANYONE PERIOD, AS ALL THE GIRLS ARE SO COMPETITIVE, BUT I WILL SAY A LOT FOR THE PARENTS OF THE 7TH GRADE TEAM, AFTER BEATING THE 8TH GRADE IN A TOUGH GAME, WHEN THE 8TH GRADE PLAYED THEIR NEXT GAME ALMOST ALL OF THE 7TH GRADE PARENTS WERE THERE TO CHEER THEM ON, WHICH THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO AND I KNOW THE 8TH GRADE TEAM NOTICED IT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS CLASS ACT WE ARE ONE FAMILY OF TEAMS. THE 8TH GRADE DID BOUNCE BACK AND DESTROYED THE MO. IMPACT TEAM 51-15, AS KARLIE KING, SUTTON, AND STEWART HIT 3'S ON THEM AND THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN HEMMERSMEIER KEYING IT, AND LEAH MILLER, BAIRD, CHELSEA SMITH AND MORGAN MORITZ DOMINATING THE INSIDE THE 8TH GRADE LOOKED REALLY GOOD, AND WON THE CONSOLATION AND WENT 3-1 FOR THE WEEKEND. THE 7TH GRADE TEAM MET THE RAGE IN THE SEMI-FINALS AND WON EASILY, MAE NIENHUESER COMPLETLY DOMINATED THE GAME WITH 23 PTS.. IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE ATTACK AND LIKE THE 8TH GRADE TEAM FELL BEHIND EARLY AND TRAILED AT THE HALF, BUT CAME BACK IN THE 2ND HALF TO PULL OUT THE WIN,CARLY HARPER HAD 14 PTS., AND DANIELLE BERRY ADDED 6 PTS. SO THE 7TH GRADE GOES 4-1, AND WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP. REALLY GOOD JOB TO BOTH TEAMS, GOOD JOB 7TH GRADE.

  IN THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION THE 9TH-10TH GRADE WENT 1-2, PLAYINGUP IN THE 11TH-12TH GRADE DIVISION, THE GIRLS PLAYED HARD JUST HAD TROUBLE SCORING AT TIMES. I THINK THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS JUST NEED A LITTLE TIME TO COME TOGETHER. THE TEAM DEFEATED WASHINGTON IN THIER 1ST GAME AND THEN WAS BEATEN BY TROY. THEN ON SUNDAY CAME BACK AND WAS DEFEATED BY THE RAGE.

  THE 9TH-10TH GRADE SILVER TEAM WENT 0-3, LOST THEIR 1ST GAME TO THE IMPACT, THEN WAS DEFEATED BY A VERY GOOD RAGE TEAM. THEN IN BRACKET PLAY THE ROCKETS WERE DEFEATED BY THE IMPACT BY 4 PTS.. I WAS NOT AT THE GAME BUT EVERYONE TOLD ME REALLY PLAYED GREAT, TOUGH HARD FOUGHT GAME. THESE GIRLS ARE GETTING BETTER EVERY WEEKEND. GOOD JOB

 OVERALL A REALLY GOOD WEEKEND, I DID GET TO SEE ALMOST ALL THE YOUNGER GIRLS THIS WEEKEND FOR THE 1ST TIME IN AWHILE THOUGHT ALL LOOKED REALLY GOOD. 5TH GRADE LOOKED GOOD, CASSIE BACK HELPS,BUT THESE GIRLS ALWAYS PLAY HARD, 6TH GRADE LOOKED GREAT, KYRA BEING BACK THIS WEEKEND REALLY HELPS, BUT THOUGHT THE TEAM REALLY HAD A GOOD PRACTICE LAST WEEK AND IT SHOWED IN THE GAME, LOT BETTER BALL MOVEMENT, NOT WORRIED ABOUT WHO SCORED THE POINTS AS MUCH, MUCH MORE FOCUSED ON BB, 7TH GRADE REALLY JUST A GREAT WEEKEND, 8TH GRADE JUST NEED TO WORK ON REBOUNDING, BOTH HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS PLAYED HARD, JUST HAVE TO MAKE SOME SHOTS.

TEAM OF THE WEEK 7TH GRADE,GOOD JOB

RUNNER-UP TEAM 8TH GRADE

GREAT JOB TO ALL OUR TEAMS

   THE MO. ROCKETS TEAMS COMPETED IN THE FARMINGTON TOURNAMENT LAST WEEKEND, REALLY A GOOD WEEKEND FOR ALL THE TEAMS.  THE COMPETITION WAS PROBALY A LITTLE WEAK, BUT STILL ALL THE TEAMS PLAYED WELL AND I WOULD SAY ALL REALLY PLAYED HARD.

    THE 6TH GRADE BLACK TEAM WENT 1-1 IN POOL PLAY WINNING 36-10, THEN LOSING 13-11 IN OVERTIME TO THE JETS, BUT THE JETS LOST THIER 1ST GAME SO THE ROCKETS GOT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON BY POINT DIFFENCIAL. THE ROCKETS SILVER TEAM WENT 3-0 WINNING ALL THEIR GAMES EASILY TO GET IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. THE TWO ROCKET TEAMS PLAYED FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. BOTH TEAMS PLAYED HARD AS THEY PLAYED A LOT OF THEIR GAMES WITH 5 PLAYERS. GOOD JOB GIRLS

   THE 7TH GRADE TEAM WENT 3-0 TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP, WINNING THEIR OPENING GAME EASILY, THEN RAN UP AGAINST A PRETTY QUICK BALLER TEAM AND THEIR WON 50-41, AND THEN WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME EASILY. GOOD JOB GIRLS 

  THE 8TH GRADE PLAYED GOOD ALSO GOING 2-1, AND FINISHING IN 2ND PLACE LOSING 44-41 TO THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS STRIKE TEAM. THE ROCKETS WON THEIR OPENER OVER THE ILLINOIS JETS 52-41, THEN DEFEATED FREDRICKTOWN, IN THIER 2ND GAME WINNING EASILY, KARLIE KING HIT 5 THREES IN THE GAME, THE ROCKETS THEN LOST A HARD FOUGHT BACK AND FORTH CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. GOOD JOB GIRLS

  THE 9TH-10TH GRADE BLACK TEAM WENT 2-1, AND TOOK HOME THE 2ND PLACE MEDALS. THE ROCKETS OPENED WITH A WIN OVER THE FARMINGTON TEAM, THEN RAN INTO A GOOD FLYERS TEAM, THAT WAS JUST TOO BIG AND FAST AND DEFEATED THE ROCKETS BY 20, THEN THE ROCKETS WON THE 3RD PLACE GAME OVER MINERAL AREA BY 25. GOOD JOB GIRLS

  THE ROCKETS SILVER TEAM WENT 1-2, AND REALLY PLAYED WELL. THE ROCKETS LOST THIER 1ST GAME TO THE MO. IMPACT 17U TEAM BY 12 BUT PLAYED REALLY WELL, THEN THEY LOST THEIR 2ND GAME BY 8 TO MINERAL AREA. IN THEIR 3RD GAME THE ROCKETS TEAM GOT A BIG WIN OVER FARMINGTON WINNING 57-37, REALLY PLAYED GREAT. VERONICA JONES PLAYED THIS WEEKEND WITH THE GIRLS AND PLAYED GREAT AND EVERYBODY ELSE REALLY PICKED IT UP. REALLY PROUD OF THIS GROUP GOT A BIG WIN AND PLAYED REALLY GOOD ALL THREE GAMES MAKING GREAT PROGRESS. GOOD TOURNAMENT GIRLS

REALLY A GOOD WEEKEND, ALL THE TEAMS SEEM TO BE GETTING A LOT BETTER EACH WEEKEND.

THIS WEEKS TEAM OF THE WEEK WAS REALLY A TOUGH CALL, BUT IT WILL BE THE ROCKET 6TH GRADE TEAMS

RUNNER-UP THIS WEEK AND PROBALY COULD HAVE BEEN 1ST WAS THE 9TH-10TH GRADE SILVER TEAM

  THE MO. ROCKETS BASKETBALL TEAMS COMPETED IN THE FRANCIS HOWELL J-ROCK TOURNAMENT. IT WAS THE 1ST TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR AND FOR SOME TEAMS THE 1ST TIME THEY MET EACH OTHER AS TEAMMATES. THE TEAMS COMPETED REALLY WELL AS USUAL, WITH THE 6TH & 7TH GRADE TEAMS WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS. WE ALSO HAD OUR 1ST 4TH GRADE TEAM.

   THE 6TH GRADE SILVER TEAM TOOK HOME 3RD PLACE GOING 2-1, IN THE TOURNAMENT, WITH THEIR ONLY LOSS BEING BY 2 PTS.. THIS TEAM PLAYS SO HARD ALL THE TIME AND IS GETTING BETTER EVERY WEEKEND, ADDING A COUPLE OF GOOD 5TH GRADE GIRLS TO THE TEAM HAS HELPED ALSO.

  THE 6TH GRADE BLACK TEAM TOOK HOME THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY THIS WEEKEND GOING 3-0, NOT A LOT OF COMPETITION, BUT STILL A CHAMPIONSHIP. THE TEAM PLAYED WELL WINNING ALL THEIR GAMES BY SAFE MARGINS. GOOD JOB GIRLS

  THE 7TH GRADE WAS BY FAR THE MOST IMPRESSIVE TEAM WE HAD THIS WEEKEND GOING 3-0, AGAINST REALLY TOUGH COMPETITION. THEY DEFEATED A TEAM FROM CHICAGO BY OVER 15, THEN WON THEIR 2ND EASILY, AND THEN MET THE ST. LOUIS MAJESTIKS WHO HAD BEATEN THEM ABOUT A MONTH AGO, THIS TIME TOTAL DOMINATION BY THE ROCKETS WINNING BY DOUBLE FIGURES AND PROBABLY STAKING CLAIM TO THE BEST 7TH GRADE TEAM IN ST. LOUIS. BIG DIFFERENCE WITH THIS TEAM NOW IS MAE NIENHUESER DOMINATING THE INSIDE, MEGAN JENSEN AND RACHEL FICK ALSO REALLY GOOD INSIDE THIS WEEKEND AS THE MAJESTIKS ARE REALLY BIG. GOOD STEADY PLAY AS USUAL OUT OF CARLY HARPER, DANIELLE BERRY, AND KAYLEE HEGGEMANN, AND JUSTIN FARRELL, MOLLY LIGHT, LUCI FRANCKA, AND SOPHIE VOGT REALLY PLAYED WELL IN THIER 1ST TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR, THIS TEAM IS REALLY DEEP AND PLAYS REALLY WELL AS A TEAM, AND THE DEFENSE IS GREAT, I GET COMPLIMENTS ALL THE TIME ON OUR DEFENSE, REALLY GOOD. COACH SCHNEIDER HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THESE GIRLS AND THEY LISTEN AND REALLY PLAY HARD EVERY GAME.

  THE 8TH GRADE TEAM PLAYED REALLY WELL ALSO GOING 2-2, BUT THIER 2 LOSSES WERE TO HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS AND WERE REALLY CLOSE GAMES, I THOUGHT MAYBE THE BEST THEY'VE PLAYED IN A WHILE, STARTING TO UNDERSTAND THIER ROLES ON THE TEAM. NEWCOMER DARCY BAIRD (JEFF. CITY) REALLY HELPED INSIDE, PLAYED WELL, GUARD PLAY WAS GOOD, DEFENSE BETTER, NOT GREAT BUT GETTING THERE. I THOUGHT THE GIRLS REALLY PLAYED HARD, GOOD JOB GIRLS.

  NOW GETTING TO THE HIGH SCHOOL OUR 9TH-10TH GRADE SILVER TEAM WENT 1-2, I THOUGHT THIS TEAM PLAYED REALLY HARD AS THEY'RE ARE ALMOST ALL 9TH GRADERS, AND WAS IN A TOUGH BRACKET WITH OLDER TEAMS. SARA FICK DID A NICE JOB INSIDE, TYLER GREGORY DID A GOOD JOB REBOUNDING AND DID A GOOD JOB OF SCORING SOME PTS.. ALEX NAPOLI HANDLED THE BALL WELL, MORGAN SPRADLING DID A NICE JOB OF REBOUNDING AND BROUGHT SOME TOUGHNESS TO THE TEAM. MADISON WEHKING, ALEXIS LASHLEY, MAKAYLA THOMPSON, AND ALLISON PRATT ALSO PLAYED WELL. FIRST TOURNAMENT FOR THESE GIRLS, THOUGHT THEY REALLY PLAYED HARD, DIDN'T GET DOWN WHEN THINGS DIDN'T GO GREAT, GOOD FIRST TOURNAMENT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALRIGHT. THIS TEAM WILL GET BETTER QUICK.

  THE 9TH-10TH GRADE TEAM WENT 2-2, ALSO PLAYING A LOT OF OLDER TEAMS, ONLY LOST TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM BY 4 PTS.. THE GROUP FROM LAST YEAR OF ANNA SCHMIDT, RACHEL STEINHOFF, STEPHANIE GERLING, ALEX READY WAS SOLID AS ALWAYS, THOUGHT THE LUCAS TWINS (ALLIE & TAYLOR) WERE REALLY IMPRESSIVE, ESPECIALLY ON THE DEFENSIVE END, CAROLYN RYAN DID A NICE JOB. THIS TEAM WILL BE REALLY GOOD WHEN EVERYONE STARTS PLAYING. REALLY GOOD JOB THIS WEEKEND GIRLS

  THE 17U TEAM PLAYED WELL, WENT 2-1, LOST IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. THEY LOOKED REALLY GOOD AT TIMES AND AT OTHER TIMES NOT SO GOOD. JUST GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO JELL, AND GET ANNA VOGT BACK. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE CALLING THEM 17U REALLY A LOT OF YOUNGER PLAYERS ON THIS TEAM. DEFENSE NEEDS TO IMPROVE, CUT DOWN ON TURNOVERS, AND STEADY PLAY OUT OF THIS TEAM. THEY WILL BE GOOD ONCE WE GET GOING. THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME PLAYER CHANGES, BUT ALL THESE TEAMS WILL BE VERY GOOD BY END OF SUMMER.

ONE MINOR INJURY THIS WEEKEND HANNAH SUTTON, GOT CUT ABOVE THE LEFT EYE, GOT IT GLUED. THANKS TO DR. HEMMERSMEIER FOR BEING ON DUTY AT THE GAME STOPPING THE BLEEDING, PATCHING IT UP, SO HANNAH COULD PLAY THE 2ND HALF. GOOD JOB HANNAH AND DOC (:

REALLY GOOD JOB GIRLS

THIS WEEKS TEAM OF THE WEEK IS THE ROCKETS 7TH GRADE, CONGRATS GIRLS

THIS WEEKS RUNNER UP TEAM ROCKETS 8TH GRADE

GOING TO GIVE A TEAM OF THE WEEK BASED ON RESULTS, EFFORT, AND JUST OVERALL HARD PLAY.

   THE MO. ROCKETS COMPETED IN THE GATEWAY ADIDAS TOURNAMENT LAST WEEKEND.  IT WAS MIXED RESULTS FOR THE ROCKET TEAMS THIS WEEKEND, WITH SOME DOING WELL, AND OTHERS STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT.

   THE 6TH GRADE BLACK TEAM CAME AWAY WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN THIS WEEKEND, AS ITS BACK TO BACK WEEKENDS FOR THEM. WINNING THIER OPENING GAME ON A FORFEIT, THEN CRUISING TO A 10 PT. WIN IN THEIR LAST POOL GAME, IN THIER 1ST BRACKET GAME THEY DEFEATED THE ROCKETS SILVER TEAM EASILY,TO SET UP THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH THE JETS, AND THE ROCKETS EASILY WON AGAIN. GOOD JOB GIRLS

  THE 6TH GRADE SILVER TEAM WENT 1-2, WINNING ITS OPENER OVER THE FESTUS TIGERS EASILY, THEN LOST A TOUGH GAME TO THE JETS. IN THE BRACKET ROUND THEIR WON ON A FORFIET, THEN HAD TO MEET UP WITH THE ROCKETS BLACK TEAM IN THE SEMI-FINALS AND WAS DEFEATED.

  THE 7TH GRADE WENT 2-1 LOSING IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TO THE MAJISTIKS 35-24, THE ROCKETS WON THIER FIRST TWO GAMES EASILY. IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME DOWN 16-15 AT HALF, BUT COULDN'T MAKE ANY SHOTS IN THE 2ND HALF, AND REALLY JUST DIDN'T PLAY REAL WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE THE ROCKETS AND MAJESTIKS WILL SEE A LOT OF EACH OTHER THIS SUMMER.

  THE 8TH GRADE GIRLS WENT 1-3, BUT REALLY ACTUALLY PLAYED WELL DESPITE THE RECORD. THEY LOST THEIR 1ST GAME IN OVERTIME TO THE JETS PLAYING SHORTHANDED, THEN IN A REALLY GOOD GAME LOST 46-44 TO TEAM ADIDAS, SHOULD HAVE WON REALLY PLAYED GOOD, THEN THEY CRUSHED THE SAINTS, AND LOST A REALLY TOUGH GAME TO THE INDIANA ELITE TEAM BY 6. SO REALLY A GOOD WEEKEND AS IT WAS A REAL STEP UP IN COMPETITION. GOOD JOB

  THE 9TH-10TH GRADE GIRLS REALLY PLAYED GREAT THIS WEEKEND GOING 2-1, LOSING TO THE FAMILY ROCKETS WHICH IS BY FAR THE BEST TEAM IN ST.LOUIS, MAYBE MO. IN THAT AGE GROUP. IN THEIR 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS DEFEATED THE WOLFPACK REALLY GOOD TEAM FROM CAPE AREA, AND THEN BEAT THE MO. IMPACT TEAM 52-41 TO TAKE HOME THE 2ND PLACE TROPHY, EVERYBODY REALLY PLAYED WELL FOR THIS TEAM, RACHEL STIENHOFF AND KARINNE LANE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB HANDLING THE BALL, JAMIE GLEESON, ALLIE AND TAYLOR LUCAS, SARA FICK DID A GREAT JOB ON THE INSIDE, AND ANNA SCHMIDT, ALEX READY, AND STEPH GERLING ALL PLAYED WELL AND HIT SOME BIG SHOTS. THIS TEAM REALLY MOVES THE BALL SO WELL AND IS SO UNSELFISH ITS REALLY FUN TO COACH AND WATCH, NO ONE WORRIES ABOUT WHO SCORES, THEY'RE JUST WORRIED ABOUT THE ROCKETS HAVING MORE POINTS THAN WHO THEY PLAY AT THE END OF THE GAME. GOOD JOB GIRLS

  THE 17U GIRLS WENT 0-4, REALLY PLAYED TOUGH COMPETITION, PROBABLY PLAYED THEIR BEST GAME, IN THIER 1ST GAME LOSING 41-29 TO THE MAJESTIKS, JUST OUTSIZED ALOT AND JUST STRUGGLED TO SCORE, PLAYED REALLY HARD AT TIMES AND I THOUGHT HAD SOME TIMES IT PROBABLY NEEDED TO BE A LITTLE HARDER. THIS TEAM IS JUST YOUNG AND WILL GET BETTER. OVERALL NOT BAD.

  ONCE AGAIN OVERALL A GOOD WEEKEND, A SPECIAL GOOD JOB TO THE 6TH GRADE WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN

  ONE MINOR INJURY AGAIN THIS WEEKEND MADISON GILLAM WAS TAKING DOWN REALLY HARD IN 17U GAME HIT HER HEAD AND SUFFERED A CONCUSSION WILL BE OUT ABOUT A WEEK.

THIS WEEKS TEAM OF THE WEEK IS THE 9TH-10TH GRADE BLACK TEAM

THIS WEEKS RUNNER-UP 6TH GRADE BLACK TEAM

GOOD LUCK GIRLS IN FARMINGTON