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  THE 13U, 14U, & 16U ROCKETS COMPETED IN THE ST. LOUIS CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT THAT WAS HELD AT LINDENWOOD, ALL THE 3 TEAMS PLAYED WELL, BUT THE HIGHLIGHT WAS THE 14U TAKING HOME THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

   THE 14U ROCKETS DESTROYED EVERYONE IN POOL PLAY GOING 3-0, THE ROCKETS WON THEIR 1ST GAME 74-14 OVER THE ST. LOUIS FORCE, SAVANNAH KLUESNER LED THE SCORING WITH 14 PTS., RACHEL FICK HAD 13 PTS., MEGAN JENSEN & SOPHIE VOGT EACH ADDED 12 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS DEFEATED THE ILLINOIS LADY LEGENDS 70-17, FICK LED THE SCORING WITH 18 PTS., KLUESNER & VOGT EACH HAD 12 PTS., AND DANI BERRY ADDED 11 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 3RD AND FINAL POOL GAME THE ROCKETS DEFEATED THE MO. VALLEY RUNNING ANGELS 56-22, FICK & JENSEN EACH HAD 11 PTS., HANNAH MITCHELL ADDED 9 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 1ST BRACKET GAME THEY BLASTED THE ILLINOIS RAPTORS 61-11, CARLY HARPER LED THE WAY WITH 13 PTS., BERRY ADDED 11 PTS., AND KAYLEE HEGGEMANN & KLUESNER EACH HAD 8 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THEY MET UP WITH THE ALWAYS TOUGH MO. VALLEY ECLIPSE, AND THE ROCKETS WON 54-42, BERRY WITH A HUGE GAME WITH 20 PTS., HARPER ADDED 13 PTS., AND KLUESNER HAD 8 PTS..  INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP WAS A MATCH AGAINST THE VERY TALENTED ST. LOUIS TEAM ADIDAS IN WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE A VERY TIGHT GAME THE ROCKETS CAME OUT AND COMPLETELY DOMINATED THE GAME UP 12 AT THE HALF, UP 20 MOST OF THE 2ND HALF AND WINNING 72-60, AND REALLY NOT THAT CLOSE.  THE ROCKETS WERE THE BETTER TEAM BY FAR. BERRY WAS REALLY GOOD AT THE POINT GUARD SPOT, CONTROLLED THE GAME, AND INSIDE  KLUESNER, JENSEN, & FICK DOMINATED. JENSEN LED THE SCORING WITH 20 PTS., BERRY HAD 17 PTS., HARPER 10, AND KLUESNER WITH 9 PTS.. THE ROCKETS WERE 27-45 FROM THE FREE THROW LINE. THIS WEEKEND I ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE MOST OF THEIR GAMES, ALL THE BRACKET GAMES, AND ALL 9 GIRLS WERE VERY GOOD, DANI BERRY WAS GREAT ALL WEEKEND AT THE POINT, REALLY GOOD AGAINST ADIDAS AS SHE WAS ALWAYS BEING BEAT ON, AFTER A SLOW START I THOUGHT ALL THE POST PLAYERS, MEGAN, SAVANNAH, & RACHEL WERE REALLY GOOD. CARLY WAS STEADY AS ALWAYS, SOPHIE & KAYLEE WERE GREAT ON DEFENSE AND ARE NOW REALLY HELPING ON THE OFFENSE, TAYLOR AND HANNAH ALSO SOLID IN THEIR FIRST LOOK AT THIS KIND OF COMPETITION. I THINK THIS TEAM HAS SHOWN IT MIGHT BE THE BEST IN MO. IN THEIR AGE GROUP, I THINK FOR SURE IN  ST. LOUIS AREA, THOUGHT BECKY AND JENNIFER DID A REALLY GOOD JOB ALSO, WHEN YOU HAVE A TEAM THIS GOOD AND EVERYONE IS OUT TO BEAT YOU, COACHING IS NOT ALWAYS AS EASY AS IT LOOKS. GREAT JOB GIRLS

CONGRATS TO RACHEL FICK BEING NAMED TO THE ALL-STAR TEAM

  THE 16U ROCKETS WENT 2-2 PLAYED WELL AS THEY ARE PLAYING UP A YEAR IN AGE. THE ROCKETS OPENED WITH A 48-32 LOSS TO TEAM ADIDAS, WHICH ENDED UP WINNING THE TOURNAMENT, ROCKET UP 20-17 AT THE HALF, JUST HAD A ROUGH 2ND HALF, TOO MANY TURNOVERS AND SOME BAD SHOT SELECTIONS REALLY HURT, RACHEL STEINHOFF HAD 12 PTS. TO LEAD THE ROCKETS, KYRA HARDESTY HAD 7 PTS., AND CHELSEA SMITH ADDED 5 PTS. IN THE ROCKETS NEXT GAME THEY FACED THE ILLINOIS LEGENDS AND PLAYED ABOUT AS BAD AS YOU CAN IN THE FIRST HALF AND WAS DOWN 34-21, BUT CAME OUT IN THE 2ND HALF LIKE A NEW TEAM AND ACTUALLY TOOK A 1 PT. LEAD, BEFORE FALLING 56-52, GREAT GAME THOUGH. HARDESTY WAS REALLY GOOD, 5 3-POINTERS AND 17 PTS. TO LEAD THE WAY, PAIGE NOLTE ADDED 12 PTS., SMITH ADDED 8 PTS., FOR THE GAME THE ROCKETS HIT 10 3-POINTERS. IN THE ROCKETS 3RD GAME THE ROCKETS BEAT THE ILLINOIS PREDATORS 53-46, NOLTE WITH 11 PTS. LED THE WAY, HARDESTY ADDED 10 PTS., HANNAH SUTTON & LAUREN LAGEMANN EACH ADDED 9 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 4TH AND FINAL GAME THE ROCKETS DEFEATED THE ST. LOUIS ROCKETS 32-29, IN AN UGLY LOW SCORING GAME, BUT THE MO. ROCKETS CAME OUT ON TOP. HARDESTY HAD 9 PTS. TO LEAD THE WAY, NOLTE 7 PTS., KIMME DOLL ADDED 6 PTS. ONCE AGAIN BAD FREE THROW SHOOTING 5-14 MUST IMPROVE. OVERALL THOUGHT TEAM PLAYED GOOD. THOUGHT KYRA & PAIGE PLAYED WELL, CHELSEA HAD A GOOD WEEKEND.

CONGRATS TO HANNAH SUTTON ON BEING NAMED TO THE ALL-STAR TEAM

   THE 13U ROCKETS WENT 3-0 IN POOL PLAY TO WIN THEIR POOL, PLAYED REALLY WELL. IN THEIR FIRST GAME THE ROCKETS BEAT A TOUGH LES CHATS TEAM 42-30, BIG GAME FOR KYRA HARDESTY 17 PTS., 9-11 ON FREE THROWS, MADI BAUER HAD 7 PTS. 7 REBS., KATE RANDOLPH ADDED 6 PTS., AND ASHTYN  LAGEMANN ADDED 4 PTS. & 9 REBS.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THEY BLASTED THE ILLINOIS RAPTORS 50-9, HARDESTY WITH 14 PTS. & 5 ASSTS., LAGEMANN ADDED 10 PTS. & 9 ASSTS.,  BAUER & EMMA BOEHMER EACH HAD 8 PTS.,THE ROCKETS 3RD POOL GAME WAS A FORFIET. IN THE ROCKETS 1ST BRACKET GAME THE ROCKETS MET THE PREDATORS, A REALLY BIG AND STRONG TEAM, AND THE ROCKETS LOST 48-23. EMMA RANDOLPH WITH A GOOD GAME WITH 10 PTS., AND BOEHMER ALSO A GOOD GAME 4 PTS. & 10 REBS.. THE ROCKETS PLAYED GOOD ALL TOURNAMENT, JUST PLAYED A TEAM THAT WAS PROBABLY BETTER RIGHT NOW. GREAT JOB GIRLS

  CONGRATS TO KYRA HARDESTY ON MAKING THE ALL-STAR TEAM  

  THE MO. ROCKETS 14U & 16U TEAMS COMPETED IN THE ALWAYS TOUGH WINDY CITY CLASSIC IN WAUKEGAN, IL. THE 16U TEAM WENT 2-2, AND THE 14U TEAM WENT 3-1.

  THE MO. ROCKETS 16U TEAM WENT UP AGAINST A VERY TOUGH WISCONSIN PIAZZAZ TEAM, THE ROCKETS WERE DOWN 36-28 AT THE HALF, BUT STRUGGLED IN THE 2ND HALF AND LOST 77-53. RACHEL STEINHOFF & PAIGE NOLTE LED THE SCORING WITH 12 PTS. EACH, HANNAH SUTTON ADD 11 PTS., AND KYRA HARDESTY HAD 7 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THEY WON 52-32, PLAYED REALLY WELL, NOLTE LED THE SCORING WITH 14 PTS., STEINHOFF ADDED 13 PTS., KARLIE KING HAD 11 PTS., SUTTON HAD 8 PTS., AND ASHLEY HAUPERT ADDED 6 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 3RD POOL GAME THE ROCKETS LOST IN INDIANA FINEST 54-45, TERRIBLE FREE THROW SHOOTING REALLY HURT 5-16, STEINHOFF LED WITH 10 PTS., NOLTE 9 PTS., KING ADDED 6 PTS., HAUPERT & SARA FICK EACH ADDED 6 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 4TH AND FINAL GAME THE ROCKETS LEFT ON A WINNING NOTE WITH A 45-36 WIN, STEINHOFF A BIG GAME WITH 21 PTS., HARDESTY ADDED 11 PTS..

CONGRATS TO KYRA HARDESTY FOR BEING NAMED TO THE ALL-STAR TEAM

   THE 14U TEAM WENT 3-1, THE ROCKETS OPENED WITH A TOUGH 55-48 LOSS TO ILLINOIS ELITE, NOT AT THE GAME, BUT PROBABLY A GAME THE ROCKETS SHOULD HAVE WON UP AT THE HALF, BUT ONLY SCORED 12 PTS. IN THE 2ND HALF. DANIELLE BERRY LED THE SCORING WITH 10 PTS., SOPHIE VOGT ADDED 8 PTS., TAYLOR WILLIAMS HAD 7 PTS. & SAVANNAH KLUESNER AND CARLY HARPER ADDED 6 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS DEFEATED A GOOD WISCONSIN PLAYGROUND TEAM 48-44, BERRY HAD 12 PTS., MEGAN JENSEN ADDED 10 PTS., WILLIAMS HAD 8 PTS.. THE ROCKETS FINAL POOL PLAY GAME WAS AGAINST THE INDIANA FLIGHT AND THE ROCKETS WON 52-34, HARPER & BERRY WITH 18 PTS. EACH LED THE WAY, HANNAH MITCHELL ADDED 7 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS FINAL GAME THE ROCKETS DEFEATED THE ROCKFORD WILDCATS 55-34, HARPER LED WITH 16 PTS., BERRY HAD 9 PTS., KLUESNER ADDED 8 PTS..

CONGRATS TO DANIELLE BERRY & SOPHIE VOGT FOR BEING NAMED TO THE ALL-STAR TEAM

    THE MO. ROCKETS TEAMS DOMINATED THE TROY TOURNAMENTS, WINNING 4 CHAMPIONSHIPS & GETTING 2 3RD PLACE FINISHES. THE 5TH GRADE WENT UNDEFEATED GOING 4-0, AND NOT REALLY CHALLENGED. THE 6TH GRADE ALSO WENT 4-0, WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN EASY FASHION. 7TH GRADE WENT 4-0,  WINNING ALL THIER GAMES BY WIDE MARGINS. THE 9TH GRADE TEAM WENT 4-0, TAKING HOME THE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE 8TH GRADE FINISHED 3RD, LOSING IN POOL PLAY TO A VERY GOOD LADY BALLER TEAM. THE 10TH GRADE FINISHED 3RD IN THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION. GOOD JOB BY ALL THE TEAMS FOR THE FIRST TOURNAMENT OF THE SUMMER.

  THE MO. ROCKETS 6TH, 7TH, & 9TH GRADE TEAMS COMPETED IN THE MARCH MADNESS IN ST. LOUIS ON MARCH 16-17, WITH THE 7TH & 9TH GRADE TEAMS WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS.

  THE 9TH GRADE TEAM WENT 1-1 IN POOL PLAY, WINNING ITS OPENER 55-14 OVER THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HEAT, KYRA HARDESTY LED THE SCORING WITH 14 PTS. & 5 STEALS, MEGAN JENSEN HAD 10 PTS. & 10 REBS., DANEILE BERRY ADDED 9 PTS. & 6 ASSTS., CARLY HARPER & SAVANNAH KLUESNER EACH HAD 8 PTS., SAVANNAH ALSO HAD 11 REBS., KAYLEE HEGGEMANN HAD 4 PTS., AND HANNAH SUTTON ADDED 2 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND POOL GAME THEY FACED THE MAGIC BASKETBALL ACADEMY, AND JUST HAD A BAD SHOOTING GAME, AND LOST 48-45. BERRY LED THE SCORING WITH 11 PTS., HARPER HAD 10 PTS., SUTTON ADDED 9 PTS., AND JENSEN FINISHED WITH 6 PTS.. THE ROCKETS THEN PLAYED THE BLACK CATS AND WON A TOUGH 40-36 GAME, JENSEN HAD A REALLY GOOD GAME WITH 15 PTS. & 8 REBS., KLUESNER ALSO ADDED PTS. & 9 REBS.. 

  ON SUNDAY THE ROCKETS OPENED BRACKET PLAY AGAINST THE ST. LOUIS TIGERS, IN A VERY PHYSICAL GAME THE ROCKETS WON 50-39. BIG GAME FOR KLUESNER 17 PTS., JENSEN A GOOD GAME ALSO 10 PTS. & 8 REBS., SUTTON ADDED 6 PTS., BERRY HAD 4 PTS. & 8 ASSTS.. IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE PREDATORS FROM SPRINGFIELD, IL., THE ROCKETS PLAYED A REALLY GOOD GAME BEATING THE PREDATORS 61-33 TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. BERRY LED A BALANCED SCORING ATTACK WITH 14 PTS. & 5 ASSTS., HARPER HAD 11 PTS., JENSEN ADDED 9 PTS., HARDESTY HAD 8 PTS., SUTTON WITH 7 PTS., KLUESNER ADDED 6 PTS. & 9 REBS., AND HEGGEMANN HAD 6 PTS.. THE ROCKETS HAD A REALLY GOOD TOURNAMENT CONSIDERING THEY WERE IN THE OPEN DIVISION AND WAS BY FAR THE YOUNGEST TEAM, PLAYED REALLY WELL.

  THE 7TH GRADE WAS PERFECT AGAIN THIS WEEKEND GOING 5-0 AND WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION. IN THE ROCKETS 1ST GAME THE ROCKETS DEFEATED THE ST. LOUIS KNIGHTS 44-26, REECE ARNOLD, JACKIE ARNOLD, & JULIE WRIGHT LED THE WAY WITH 10 PTS. EACH, SKYLAR GARCILLE ADDED 8 PTS., AMANDA HENDERSON, CASSIDY MURRAY, & MADDIE KING EACH HAD 2 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS DEFEATED THE ST. JOSEPH CRUSADERS 38-20, REECE ARNOLD HAD 19 PTS., JACKIE ARNOLD ADDED 11 PTS.. THE ROCKETS THEN DEFEATED THE ROCKWOOD TEAM 58-22, JACKIE REECE HAD 18 PTS. & 8 REBS., REESE ARNOLD ADDED 17 PTS & 4 STEALS, GARCILLE HAD 8 PTS. & 19 REBS., HENDERSON ADDED 5 PTS. & 5 REBS., MURRAY HAD 4 PTS. & 6 REBS., LAUREN BOYD ADDED 4 PTS., AND KING ALSO HAD 2 PTS.

   IN THE BRACKET PLAY ON SUNDAY THE ROCKETS ROLLED OVER THE KANSAS CITY AND 1 TEAM 52-24, JACKIE ARNOLD HAD A REALLY GOOD GAME WITH 20 PTS., WHILE HAVING 1ST HALF FOUL TROUBLE, REECE ARNOLD & WRIGHT EACH HAD 10 PTS., AND HENDERSON ADDED 6 PTS.. IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ROCKETS DEFEATED THE ST. LOUIS DREAM 37-25, REALLY DIDN'T PLAY A VERY GOOD GAME, BUT OPENED IT UP IN THE 2ND HALF. JACKIE ARNOLD HAD 13 PTS., REECE ARNOLD WITH 11 PTS., WRIGHT HAD 4 PTS.. ANOTHER REALLY GOOD WEEKEND FOR THE 7TH GRADE, REALLY PLAYED WELL.

  THE 6TH GRADE WENT 0-4, BUT REALLY PLAYED WELL, AS MOST TEAMS WERE ALL 7TH & 8TH GRADE TEAMS. HAD SOME NEW PLAYERS PLAY THIS WEEKEND AND THE TEAM IMPROVED SO MUCH FROM THE 1ST GAME TO THE 4TH GAME. IN THE ROCKETS OPENER THEY LOST TO THE ST. LOUIS DREAM 22-14, MOLLY MITCHELL LED THE SCORING WITH 6 PTS., JULIE WRIGHT ADDED 4 PTS., CASSIDY MURRAY AND MADDIE KING EACH HAD 2 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THEY LOST TO THE KANSAS CITY AND 1 33-25, MURRAY LED THE SCORING WITH 6 PTS., MITCHELL HAD 5 PTS., WRIGHT WITH 4 PTS., LAUREN BOYD & ANNA HENKE EACH HAD 3 PTS., KING & GRACE GITTEMEIER EACH HAD 2 PTS.. UP NEXT WAS A VERY BIG AND PHYSICAL MAGIC TEAM, AND THE ROCKETS LOST 44-31, MITCHELL LED THE SCORING WITH 14 PTS., BOYD HAD 10 PTS., TO LEAD THE ROCKETS. IN THE ROCKETS 1ST BRACKET GAME THE ROCKETS LOST TO THE ST. JOSEPH CRUSADERS BY 2 PTS. AND REALLY PLAYED GREAT, THE 6TH GRADE IS GETTING MUCH BETTER, AS THEY WERE PLAYING THE SAME TEAMS OUR 7TH GRADE TEAM WAS PLAYING. GOOD JOB GIRLS

  THE MO. ROCKETS TEAM COMPETED IN THE CNR END OF THE WINTER TOURNAMENT AND DID REALLY WELL, AS IT WAS THE FIRST TOURNAMENT FOR THE TEAMS THIS SPRING. THE 5TH & 6TH GRADE ROCKET TEAMS TOKE HOME CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHILE THE 6TH & 8TH GRADE TEAMS TOOK HOME 3RD PLACE HONORS.

  THE 5TH GRADE OPEN THE TOURNAMENT PLAYING THE ST. LOUIS LYNX AND WON HANDILY 45-11, JULIA STRUCKHOFF LED THE SCORING WITH 12 PTS., LAUREN BOYD HAD 10 PTS., ALLISON TONIOLI ADDED 8 PTS., AUDREY WILLIAMS HAD 7 PTS., BYONCE STOCK ADDED 6 PTS., AND JESSICA CLAUSNER HAD 2 PTS. & A TEAM HIGH 5 REBOUNDS. THE ROCKETS NEXT PLAYED THE OTHER LYNX TEAM AND IN A DEFENSIVE STRUGGLE WON 12-10, TO GET TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. IN A REALLY EXCITING CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ROCKETS BEAT THE ST. LOUIS FORCE 29-25, THE ROCKETS LED MOST OF THE GAME BUT FELL BEHIND LATE, WILLIAMS HIT A BIG 3 LATE TO PUT THE ROCKETS UP, THEN ONCE AGAIN WE FELL BEHIND AND MADDIE KING HIT A 15 FT. SHOT WITH LESS THAN A MINUTE TO GO TO PUT THE ROCKETS UP 1, AND THEN HIT FREE THROWS DOWN THE STRETCH. STRUCKHOFF HAD A SOLID SHOOTING GAME WITH 8 PTS., KING HAD 8 PTS. & 10 REBS., WILLIAMS ADDED 7 PTS. & DID A GOOD JOB HANDLING THE BALL ALL GAME, STOCK HAD 6 PTS. AND DID A REALLY NICE JOB ON THE FORCE'S BIG GIRL INSIDE, CLAUSNER ADDED THE FINAL 2 PTS.. IT WAS A REALLY GOOD WEEKEND FOR THE GIRLS, TEAM IS REALLY GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME. GOOD JOB GIRLS

   THE 7TH GRADE TEAM PLAYED GREAT ALL WEEKEND, WHAT A WEEKEND FOR THEM, AS THEY TOOK THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY. THE ROCKETS ROLLED THROUGH WITH A 3-0 RECORD. THE TEAM OPENED UP WITH A WIN OVER TEAM ADIDAS 48-35, JACKIE ARNOLD LED THE SCORING WITH 21 PTS., 9 REBS., 4 ASST., JULIE WRIGHT HAD A HUGE GAME ALSO WITH 11 PTS. & 9 REBS., REESE ARNOLD ADDEDE 10 PTS., JILLIAN LOCKARD HAD 4 PTS., SKYLER GARCILLE 2 PTS., AND ALLY WILLIAMS DIDN'T SCORE BUT PLAYED A VERY GOOD GAME ON BOTH ENDS. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THEY PLAYED THE RENEGADES AND HAD A HUGE LEAD BUT LET MOST OF IT SLIP AWAY BUT STILL WON 47-39, REESE ARNOLD LED THE SCORING WITH 17 PTS. & 4 ASST., JACKIE ARNOLD ADDED 16 PTS., 5 STEALS, 5 REBS., GARCILLE HAD 8 PTS. & 9 REBS., WRIGHT HAD 6 PTS. & 11 REBS., WILLIAMS HAD 5 REBS.. IN THE ROCKETS 3RD GAME THEY PLAYED THE SHOCK AND WON IN EASY FASHION 57-19, ONCE AGAIN THE ARNOLD TWINS LED THE SCORING WITH JACKIE GETTING 23 PTS. & REECE 18 PTS., WRIGHT HAD 6 PTS., MADDIE KING & WILLIAMS EACH HAD 4 PTS., AND GARCILLE ADDED 2 PTS.. THIS TEAM PLAYED GREAT ALL WEEKEND, THE ARNOLD TWINS WERE VERY GOOD, BUT EVERYONE ELSE PLAYED GREAT ALSO, AND EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD THEIR ROLES EARLY ON AND THE DEFENSE WAS GREAT, JULIE AND SKYLER WERE GREAT INSIDE, ALLIE WILLIAMS A REALLY GOOD SOLID AND VERY SMART PLAYER, LOCKARD & KING STEPPED UP PLAYING UP IN AGE AND DID A NICE JOB. THIS TEAM IS GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD, IT ALREADY IS AND WILL GET MUCH BETTER.

   THE ROCKETS 8TH GRADE WENT 2-1, FINISHING IN 3RD PLACE, NOT A BAD WEEKEND, BUT HOPEFULLY WE WILL IMPROVE AS TIME GOES ON. THE ROCKETS OPENED WITH A VERY TOUGH GAME AGAINST THE BALLERS, PROBABLY NOT WHAT WE NEEDED TO START THE SEASON, HAD TROUBLE SCORING AND THEY WERE BIG, FAST, AND PHYSICAL AND WE HAD A HARD TIME MATCHING THEM, LOSING 34-15. NOT MUCH OFFENSE TO TALK ABOUT HOPE YOUNG HAD 6 PTS. & KYRA HARDESTY ADDED 5 PTS. TO LEAD THE WAY, ASHTYN LAGEMANN HAD 6 REBS. ALSO. NEXT UP THE ROCKETS PLAYED ST. DOMINIC AND WON HANDILY 45-23, PLAYED MUCH BETTER, HARDESTY HAD 11 PTS. & 4 STEALS, LAGEMANN ADDED A DOUBLE-DOUBLE WITH 10 PTS. & 10 REBS. EMMA RANDOLPH  & HOPE YOUNG EACH HAD 6 PTS., HOPE ALSO HAD 7 REBS., EMMA BOEHMER HAD 4 PTS. & 9 REBOUNDS, HALY & HANA YOUNG EACH ADDED 4 PTS., KATIE RANDOLPH HAD 6 REBS.. IN THE ROCKETS 3RD PLACE GAME THEY DEFEATED PARKWAY NORTH 41-29, HARDESTY A BIG GAME 16 PTS., 4 STEALS, 4 ASST., LAGEMANN 6 PTS. & 6 REBS., BOEHMER 6 PTS., THE ONLY DOWN NOTE IN THIS GAME WAS FREE THROW SHOOTING WAS TERRIBLE UNDER 30% THAT CAN'T CONTINUE IF YOU WANT TO WIN. OVERALL NOT BAD BEAT THE 2 TEAMS WE SHOULD HAVE AND LOST TO A REALLY GOOD TEAM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN START SHOOTING BETTER AND THE GIRLS MUST GET MORE PHYSICAL INSIDE AND I THINK THEY WILL, HARDESTY & LAGEMANN HAD GOOD TOURNAMENT. GOOD JOB GIRLS. 

   THE 6TH GRADE WENT 2-1, AND TOOK HOME 3RD PLACE, PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DONE BETTER, LET THEIR 1ST GAME BY A BIG MARGIN AND LET IT SLIP AWAY AND LOST 29-26. IN THE 1ST GAME JULIE WRIGHT LED THE WAY WITH A DOUBLE-DOUBLE 12 PTS. & 20 REBS., LOCKARD HAD 6 PTS. & 7 REBS., CALYNN LOCKARD HAD 4 PTS. & 9 REBS.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THEY DEFEATED THE SAINTS 30-18, WRIGHT ANOTHER HUGE GAME AND ANOTHER DOUBLE-DOUBLE 20 PTS. & 17 REBS., ANNA HENKE HAD 2 PTS. & 4 STEALS. IN THE ROCKETS 3RD GAME THEY DEFEATED THE MAVERICKS 54-6, NO STATS WERE AVAILABLE. THE TEAM PLAYED PRETTY WELL OVERALL, NEED TO GET QUICKER ON DEFENSE AND LESS FOULING. GOOD JOB GIRLS

  OVERALL REALLY GOOD WEEKEND, CONSIDERING IT WAS OUR 1ST TOURNAMENT AND SOME TEAMS HAD NOT EVEN PRACTICED YET. JULIE WRIGHT HAD A GREAT TOURNAMENT BOTH SCORING AND REBOUNDING, REECE & JACKIE ARNOLD PLAYING THIER 1ST TOURNAMENT WERE REALLY GOOD, KYRA HARDESTY & ASHTYN LAGEMANN WERE REALLY STEADY ON THE 8TH GRADE, AND I WOULD SAY THE WHOLE 5TH GRADE TEAM PLAYED REALLY WELL. GREAT JOB GIRLS

THIS IS THE WRAP UP FOR SUMMER OF 2012 FOR THE MO. ROCKETS TEAMS:

4TH GRADE:

   THE 4TH GRADE DID VERY WELL, JUST HAD A HARD TIME FINDING GAMES FOR THEM, THEY WON SEVERAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, SUCH AS FRANCIS HOWELL TOURNAMENT, FARMINGTON, THIS TEAM WILL BE REALLY GOOD, THEY HAVE ATHLETES JUST NEED A LITTLE MORE PLAYING TIME. PAIGE MENSE REALLY PLAYED WELL INSIDE AND I THINK WAS A REAL SURPRISE ON HOW SHE COULD SCORE AND REBOUND, REALLY GOOD SUMMER AND WILL ONLY GET BETTER, JESSICA CLAUSNER, REALLY IMPROVED AS THE SUMMER WENT ON, A GOOD REBOUNDER AND AGGRESIVE ON DEFENSE, BROOKE SMITH, GOOD JOB HANDLING THE BALL, GOT MORE CONFIDENT AS THE SUMMER WENT ALONG, ALLISON TONIOLI, ALLISON REALLY HELPED OUT REBOUNDING AND STARTED TO SCORE MORE AS THE SUMMER WENT ALONG, JULIA STRUCKHOFF, JULIA REALLY IMPROVED ALL SUMMER, BALL HANDLING MUCH BETTER, GOOD SHOOTER, AND GOT TO BE A VERY GOOD DEFENSIVE PLAYER, REALLY QUICK, HELPED HER BY PLAYING WITH THE 5TH GRADE ALSO, JULIA WAS THE MOST IMPROVED, LAUREN BOYD, LAUREN MISSED A LOT OF GAMES WITH SOFTBALL, BUT SHE IS A DIFFENCE MAKER, WITH HER A REALLY GOOD TEAM, SHE WILL BE A REALLY GOOD PLAYER. REALLY GREAT JOB GIRLS, THIS TEAM WILL BE REALLY GOOD, A LOT OF ATHLETES. I THINK WHAT THIS TEAM NEEDS TO WORK ON IS TAKING PRACTICE MORE SERIOUS. THANKS TO BECKY FOR COACHING THEM MOST OF THE TIME, REALLY GOOD JOB.

 5TH GRADE:

   THE ROCKETS 5TH GRADE TEAM HAD A REALLY GOOD SUMMER, WINNING SEVERAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND  PLACING IN ALMOST ALL THEIR TOURNAMENTS. THE SUMMER WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY WINNING THE MAYB ARKANSAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN SRRINGDALE, ARKANSAS. MARSHI BAIRD HAD A REALLY GOOD SUMMER, LEADING THE TEAM IN SCORING, SOMETIMES I THINK MAYBE NEEDED TO BE A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE LOOKING TO GO INSIDE AND SCORE, BUT REALLY A GREAT SUMMER, JILLIAN LOCKARD, REALLY IMPROVED, A GOOD SHOOTER, PROBABLY NEEDS TO SHOOT MORE, AND WORK ON HANDLING THE BALL, JILLIAN WAS ALWAYS AT EVERYTHING A REALLY STEADY GOOD PLAYER, WILL BE A REALLY GOOD PLAYER. MADDIE KING, MADDIE DID A GOOD JOB HANDLING THE BALL, NEEDS TO WORK ON HER RIGHT HAND MORE, BUT MADDIE REALLY DID A GOOD JOB RUNNING TO OFFENSE, ANNA HENKE, ANNA HAD A GOOD SUMMER BOTHERED BY A KNEE INJURY LATE, BECOMING A GOOD SHOOTER, IMPROVED A LOT, CASSIDY MURRAY, CASSIDY DID GOOD JOB PLAYING INSIDE, PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE MORE PHYSICAL, THAT WILL COME, BUT REALLY DID A NICE JOB, JULIE WRIGHT, WITH JULIE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START, JULIE IMPROVED SO MUCH, AS SHE WAS REALLY PHYSICAL INSIDE AND THEN REALLY DID A NICE JOB OF SCORING HAVING SEVERAL GAMES IN DOUBLE FIGURES, REALLY HURT THE TEAM WHEN SHE BROKE HER FINGER LATE IN THE SEASON. REALLY GREAT JOB GIRLS, THIS TEAM WILL BE A REALLY GOOD TEAM AND WILL ONLY GET BETTER. THANKS TO DAVE BAIRD COACHING THEM.

  6TH GRADE:

   THE 6TH GRADE TEAM HAD AN INTERESTING SUMMER, ALWAYS STRUGGLING FOR PLAYERS, JUST COULDN'T FIND ANY TO HELP OUT. THE TEAM WAS REALLY GOOD AT TIMES, LIKE WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP AT FARMINGTON, BUT THEN COULD BE REALLY STRUGGLING AT TIMES. THE GIRLS PLAYED REALLY HARD, BUT AT TIMES JUST STRUGGLED TO SCORE. CAMERON HANEY, CAMERON REALLY IMPROVED, THE BEST THING ABOUT CAMERON IS SHE PLAYS SO HARD, A REAL TEAM PLAYER, AND REALLY IMPROVED SO MUCH AS THE SEASON WENT ON, NEEDS TO WORK ON HER SHOOTING, BUT CAMERON WILL BE A REALLY GOOD PLAYER, REALLY ATHLETIC. BROOKE REED, BROOKE HAD A GOOD SUMMER, GOOD JOB OF HANDLING THE BALL, BROOKE REALLY IMPROVED ALL SUMMER, BECAME A STEADY GUARD, AMANDA HENDERSON, AMANDA BROUGHT SOME SHOOTING TO THE TEAM, NEEDS TO WORK ON DEFENSE AND JUST BEING MORE AGGRESSIVE. SKYLER GARCILLE, SKYLER IS A PLAYER BECAUSE OF HER SIZE, I THINK CAN BE A REALLY SPECIAL PLAYER, GOT A GOOD SHOT, NEEDS TO WORK ON BEING MORE PHYSICAL INSIDE, I THINK THAT WILL COME, AND A REALLY GOOD FREE THROW SHOOTER. BROOKE GROSSE, BROOKE CAME BACK AND PLAYED THE LAST FEW TOURNAMENTS REALLY PLAYED GOOD, NEEDS TO BE MORE AGGESSIVE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE NEEDS TO BE, HAS BECOME A REALLY GOOD SHOOTER, WITH BROOKE BACK PLAYING REALLY HELPED THIS TEAM. SARAH KRUETZTRAGER PLAYED PRETTY WELL ALL SUMMER, WAS SHOOTING BETTER AS THE SUMMER WENT ALONG, A BROKEN NOSE ENDED HER SUMMER EARLY THOUGH. LIKE I SAID THIS TEAM REALLY WAS FUN AT TIMES AND FRUSTRATING AT OTHER TIMES, BUT USUALLY ALWAYS PLAYED REALLY HARD. GREAT JOB GIRLS.

7TH GRADE:

   THE 7TH GRADE ROCKET TEAM HAD A REALLY GOOD SUMMER, WINNING NUMEROUS TOURNAMENTS, PLAYING WELL AT THE AAU NATIONALS. THE TEAM ENDED UP WITH 11 REALLY STRONG PLAYERS, AND I THINK AS THE SUMMER WENT ALONG THEY KIND OF UNDERSTOOD THEIR ROLES AS SCORER, REBOUNDER, PASSER, ETC. AND I THINK THEY ALL PLAYED REALLY HARD. KYRA HARDESTY LED THE TEAM IN SCORING, AND DID A GREAT JOB OF HANDLING THE BALL, KYRA REALLY STEPPED UP THIS SUMMER AND LOOKED TO SCORE MORE AND GOT THE BALL WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE, KYRA HAS BECOME ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE AREA, AND REALLY PLAYED WELL AT NATIONALS. ASHTYN LAGEMANN ENDED UP BEING OUR ONLY BIG GIRL INSIDE AND A LOT OF TIMES SHE WAS UNDERSIZED, BUT ASHTYN REALLY IMPROVED AS THE SEASON WENT ALONG, REALLY IMPROVED ON DEFENSE, AND HAD SOME BIG GAMES ON OFFENSE ALSO, HAD A REALLY GOOD NATIONALS TOURNAMENT ALSO. TESSA STROTHER & KATIE RANDOLPH BOTH DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF REBOUNDING FOR US, BOTH WERE UNDERSIZED BUT REALLY PLAYED TOUGH INSIDE, KATIE SHOT GOT BETTER AS THE SUMMER WENT ALONG. EMILY BRUNE REALLY DID A GOOD JOB OF HANDLING THE BALL WHEN NEEDED TO, SHOT GOT BETTER AS THE SUMMER WENT ALONG, EMILY WILL BE A REALLY GOOD POINT GUARD, JUST NEEDS A LITTLE MORE PLAYING TIME AND CONFIDENCE, PROBABLY THE BEST DEFENSIVE GUARD WE HAD. EMMA RANDOLPH REALLY IMPROVED THIS SUMMER, ACTUALLY I WOULD SAY THE MOST IMPROVED, REALLY BECAME A GOOD SHOOTER, AND HANDLED THE BALL BETTER AS THE SUMMER WENT ALONG. TIFFANY MACHENS PLAYED WELL THIS SUMMER ALSO, TIFFANY ENDED UP CHANGING FROM INSIDE TO A GUARD, AND REALLY JUST PLAYED WHEREVER SHE WAS NEEDED. TIFFANY HAD A REALLY GOOD GAME AT NATIONALS. ABBY WILSON WAS SOLID PLAYER ALL SUMMER, ABBY HAD TO PLAY INSIDE FOR US, AND WAS OUTSIZED A LOT OF TIME, BUT DID WELL, HER SCORING MIGHT HAVE DROPPED A LITTLE, BUT ABBY WAS A REALLY SOLID PLAYER AND HER OUTSIDE SHOT GOT BETTER AS THE SUMMER WENT ALONG. MADDIE BAUER, MADDIE IS REALLY GOOD SOCCER PLAYER AND MISSED SOME GAMES, BUT WHEN SHE WAS THERE ALL THE TIME, THE LAST 2 MONTHS REALLY PLAYED WELL, OUR MOST ATHLETIC GIRL, MADDIE COULD CREATE THINGS FOR HERSELF AND OTHERS, VERY GOOD DEFENDER AND REBOUNDER. ASHLEY REHAGEN & KELSEY SCHENEWERK, LIKE MADDIE MISSED A PART OF SUMMER DUE TO SOCCER, BOTH GIRLS HELPED WITH THIER SHOOTING, BOTH GOT BETTER THE MORE GAMES THEY PLAYED. I THINK THE 7TH GRADE WAS A TEAM THAT LOOKED GREAT ONE GAME, THEN NOT SO GREAT THE NEXT, NEED MORE CONSISTIENT PLAYER ON OFFENSE, REBOUND BETTER. FOR THE MOST PART REALLY PLAY HARD, THESE GIRLS IMPROVED MORE THAN ANY OTHER TEAM I THINK, REALLY PLAYED GREAT AT NATIONALS. ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL PARENTS FOR GETTING THE GIRLS TO PRACTICE, ALMOST EVERYONE ALWAYS MADE PRACTICE AND NOBODY REALLY LIVED CLOSE, MOST HAD A LEAST A 45 MINUTE OR MORE DRIVE, THANKS TO THIS EFFORT BY YOU, THE TEAM AND EVERY GIRL REALLY IMPROVED. GREAT JOB GIRLS, FOR A GREAT SUMMER.

8TH GRADE:

    WITH THIS TEAM I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START, THEY HAD SUCH A GREAT SUMMER, MAYBE THE BEST SUMMER A ROCKET TEAM HAS EVER HAD. PLAYED GREAT AT NATIONALS FINISHING IN 6TH PLACE OUT OF 70+ TEAMS, TAKING 4TH IN NIKE EVENT IN NASHVILLE, WINNING THE USJN CHAMPIONSHIP IN CHICAGO, WINNING THE ARKANSAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, FINISHING 2ND IN USJN EVENTS IN ST. LOUIS & KANSAS CITY, AND WINNING NUMEROUS OTHER TOURNAMENTS, WHAT A SUMMER FOR THESE GIRLS AND PARENTS. THIS TEAM STARTED 4 YRS. AGO, AND FROM THAT TEAM CARLY HARPER, DANIELLE BERRY, RACHEL FICK, KAYLEE HEGGEMANN ARE STILL THERE, AND EVERY YEAR WE'VE ADDED 2-3 PLAYERS AND THIS TEAM HAS BECOME SOMETHING SPECIAL. CARLY HAS IMPROVED HER SHOOTING A LOT THIS SUMMER AND IS A REALLY GOOD DEFENSIVE PLAYER AND REBOUNDER, DANIELLE REALLY HELPED HER GAME THIS SUMMER BY LOOKING TO SHOOT MORE FROM THE OUTSIDE AND LIKE CARLY BECAME A PRETTY STEADY 3 POINT SHOOTER, DANI DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF HANDLING THE BALL ALSO, RACHEL DID A BETTER JOB OF SCORING INSIDE, NEEDS TO PLAY A LITTLE MORE PHYSICAL INSIDE BUT WAS MUCH BETTER THIS SUMMER, PLAYED REALLY WELL IN CHICAGO, KAYLEE, IS JUST A REALLY SOLID PLAYER, PROBABLY NEEDS TO LOOK TO SCORE A LITTLE MORE, BUT A GREAT DEFENDER, AND JUST DOES WHAT SHE SUPPOSE TO DO, REALLY A GOOD TEAM PLAYER. MEGAN JENSEN, I THOUGHT IMPROVED THE MOST, REALLY PLAYED WELL INSIDE ON BOTH ENDS, SCORED MUCH BETTER THIS SUMMER, REALLY PLAYED WELL IN CHICAGO. MAE NIENHAUSER HAD A GOOD SUMMER ALSO, REALLY A PHYSICAL PLAYER INSIDE, NEEDS TO WORK ON HER SHOOTING SOME, DID A GREAT JOB WHEN WE WENT UP AGAINST BIG PLAYERS INSIDE. SOPHIE VOGT, I WOULD SAY HAD A BREAK OUT SUMMER, REALLY IMPROVED HER ABILITY TO SCORE, AND HAS ALWAYS PLAYED GREAT DEFENSE, PROBABLY NEEDS TO WORK A LITTLE ON BALLHANDLING, GREAT TEAM PLAYER, PLAYED REALLY WELL IN NIKE EVENT, ABBEY HOFF WAS ONE OF THE NEW PLAYERS THIS YEAR AND DID A GREAT JOB, ABBEY'S BIGGEST ASSET IS SHE'S ATHLETIC, AND HAD SOME REALLY GOOD GAMES, JUST NEEDS TO WORK ON BEING A LITTLE MORE CONSISTENT AND NOT BEING SO HARD ON HER SELF WHEN THINGS DON'T GO AS WELL, REALLY A GOOD TEAM PLAYER, PAIGE CARPENTER, PAIGE WAS JUST  A SOLID PLAYER, GOOD DEFENSE AND A  GOOD SHOOTER PROBABLY NEEDED TO SHOOT A LITTLE MORE, BUT WAS FINDING HER NICHE ON THE TEAM, RACHEL THOMPSON, RACHEL STARTED A LITTLE LATE, BUT WAS A REAL DIFFENCE MAKER WITH HER PLAYING, DANIELLE COULD MOVE OFF THE BALL MORE AND SHOOT MORE, AND RACHEL COULD FINISH, PLAYS LIKE NO ONE WE'VE EVER HAD, WHEN SHE GOT TO THE RIM IT WAS POINTS, NEEDS TO WORK ON OUTSIDE SHOT. WITH RACHEL'S ATHLETIC ABILITY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF EVERYONE ELSE THIS TEAM BECAME SOMETHING SPECIAL. MADDIE GARRISON & MADDIE FLEER ALSO PLAYED WITH THESE GIRLS, AND I THINK WHEN THEY GOT TO PLAY IT REALLY HELPED THEM IMPROVE. FLEER PLAYED REALLY WELL IN BRANSON, AND PLAYED IN THE NIKE EVENT. REALLY GREAT JOB GIRLS. SPECIAL THANKS TO BECKY FOR COACHING THEM, DID A GREAT JOB, WHEN YOU'VE GOT AS MANY GOOD PLAYERS AS THIS TEAM AND THEY ALL SHOW UP ITS A TOUGH JOB GETTING PLAYING TIME FOR THEM, DID A GOOD JOB, AND GOOD JOB BY PARENTS ALWAYS GETTING THEM TO PRACTICES, AND ITS A LONG SUMMER AND REALLY EVERYTHING I THOUGHT WENT GREAT.

9TH GRADE:

   THE 9TH GRADE HAD AN UP AND DOWN SUMMER, PLAYED REALLY WELL AT TIMES, AND NOT SO GOOD AT OTHER TIMES. THIS TEAM HAD A LOT OF GIRLS THAT HADN'T PLAYED AT THIS LEVEL BEFORE AND AS THE SUMMER WENT ALONG THEY ADJUSTED TO THE SPEED OF THE GAME AND IMPROVED. THE TEAM WAS VERY COMPETITIVE IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA AND ACTUALLY REALLY PLAYED WELL IN THE CHICAGO EVENTS. THE TEAM WAS ALSO HURT BY SOME INJURIES AND THE NUMBERS OF PLAYERS REALLY DROPPED OFF. BY FAR THE BEST TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR WAS AT THE AAU NATIONALS REALLY PLAYED GOOD AGAINST REALLY GOOD TEAMS. HANNAH SUTTON HAD A GOOD SUMMER AS SHE WAS NAMED TO SEVERAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS, SHOOTING AND BALLHANDLING IMPROVED A BUNCH, DEFENSE NEEDS TO GET BETTER, KARLIE KING ALSO PLAYED REALLY WELL ALL SUMMER, ALSO NAMED TO AN ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM, KARLIE SHOT THE BALL WELL AND DEFENSE REALLY IMPROVED, SUMMER ENDED EARLY BY SLIGHT KNEE INJURY, KYLIE TOEBBEN REALLY IMPROVED THIS SUMMER, BECAME A GOOD SHOOTER AND REBOUNDER, NEEDS TO CUT DOWN TURNOVERS, THESE THREE PLAYED GREAT IN FLORIDA. FAITH STEPHAN IMPROVED ALL SUMMER, JUST NEEDS TO GET MORE CONFIDENT HANDLING THE BALL. DARCY BAIRD PLAYED REALLY WELL INSIDE, LEADING THE TEAM IN REBOUNDING. LAUREN MURPHY IMPROVED ALL SUMMER, ALSO MISSED SOME TIME WITH A BROKEN FINGER. ANN HARDY, REALLY WORKED HARD ALL SUMMER AND IMPROVED A BUNCH, JUST NEEDS TO KEEP WORKING ON HER GAME. KATIE KRUETZTRAGER PLAYED WELL INSIDE, GOT BETTER AND DEVELOPED SOME GOOD INSIDE MOVES. MOLLY ARAND HELPED OUT HANDLING THE BALL AND SHOT THE BALL WELL. REALLY GOOD JOB BY ALL THE GIRLS.

10TH GRADE:

   THE 10TH GRADE TEAM REALLY DID WELL THIS SUMMER, ONLY PLAYING WITH 8 PLAYERS ALL SUMMER, BUT ALWAYS PLAYED HARD. I THOUGHT THEY REALLY PLAYED WELL IN THE NIKE EVENT IN TENNESSEE, AND WAS VERY GOOD IN BOTH TRIPS TO CHICAGO. THE TEAM WAS FULL OF GUARDS, AND VERY GOOD ONES. RACHEL STEINHOFF, REALLY HAD A GOOD SUMMER, SHOOTING THE BALL REALLY WELL, AND WAS NAMED TO SEVERAL ALL TOURNAMENT TEAMS, KARINNE LANE GOT BETTER AS THE SUMMER WENT ALONG, WAS REALLY GOOD IN THE NIKE EVENT, REALLY GOOD GETTING TO THE BASKET, BUT HER OUTSIDE SHOT IMPROVED A BUNCH, JANIE ARAND ALSO PLAYED WELL ALL SUMMER, AND NAMED TO SEVERAL ALL STAR TEAMS, JANIE NOT ONLY PLAYED WELL AT THE GUARD SPOT, BUT REALLY HELPED INSIDE, AS SHE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF REBOUNDING ALSO, SAM DOMALEWSKI PLAYED GREAT ALL SUMMER, SAM HAD A GOOD OUTSIDE SHOT, AND COULD GET TO THE RIM ALSO, SAM WAS ALSO A VERY PHYSICAL PLAYER INSIDE FOR HER SIZE AND DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF REBOUNDING, I THOUGHT SAM WAS THE MOST IMPROVED PLAYER, SHE WAS GOOD LAST YEAR, BUT MUCH BETTER THIS YEAR. STEPH GERLING ALSO HAD A GOOD SUMMER, STEPH, JUST HITS HER SHOTS AND PLAYS REALLY GOOD DEFENSE AND A REALLY GOOD JOB OF REBOUNDING FOR HER SIZE. EMILY GRAHL REALLY DID A GOOD JOB OF RUNNING THE OFFENSE AND A REALLY TOUGH DEFENDER. ANNA SCHMIDT PLAYED REALLY GOOD ALL SUMMER, HER SHOT WAS SO MUCH BETTER, AND PLAYED REALLY GOOD DEFENSE, REALLY IMPROVED THIS SUMMER. SARA FICK REALLY IMPROVED, FOR SARA PLAYING WITH THIS GROUP OF GUARDS REALLY HELPED SARA, AND SHE IMPROVED EVERY WEEK, PLAYED REALLY GOOD IN TENNESSEE. GREAT JOB GIRLS. THANKS TO CHRIS ARAND FOR HELPING COACH THEM.

 I THINK ALL THE TEAMS PLAYED WELL AND REPRESENTED THE CLUB IN A VERY POSSITIVE WAY, SOME TEAMS WON A LOT MORE, BUT EVERY TEAM COMPETED, REALLY GREAT JOB GIRLS, YOU CARRIED ON THE ROCKETS TRADITION OF COMPETITIVE PLAY AT EVERY LEVEL.

  FOR ME LIKE EVERY PARENT IT WAS A BUSY SUMMER, I KNOW FOR MYSELF, I FIGURED OUT THAT OUT OF THE 31 DAYS OF JULY, I STAYED IN A MOTEL 20 OF THOSE DAYS AS ALL TEAMS WERE PLAYING IN NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS AND EXPOSURE EVENTS, BUSY MONTH. I THINK THIS WAS THE PROBABLY THE BEST SUMMER FOR OUR TEAMS, IF YOU FACTOR ALL THEM TOGETHER. OF COURSE THE 8TH GRADE DID THE BEST, BUT EVERYONE WAS REALLY COMPETITIVE. THE 7TH GRADE ALSO DID A GREAT JOB. ITS A LONG SUMMER AND IT CAN BE A GRIND, BUT I WILL SAY PARENTS WERE GREAT, MOST GOT THEIR GIRLS TO PRACTICES AND GAMES, NO REAL ISSUES AND THAT IS GREAT FOR A TEAM THAT PLAYS AS MUCH AS WE DO. SPECIAL THANKS TO BECKY SCHNEIDER, DAVE BAIRD, AND CHRIS ARAND FOR HELPING COACH DID A REALLY GOOD JOB, REALLY BIG THANKS TO BECKY WHO WAS AT ALMOST EVERY PRACTICE, THANKS A BUNCH. HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL IN THE FALL AND NEXT SUMMER, HIGH GIRLS GOOD LUCK IN YOUR SEASON, I'M SURE I WILL SEE AT LEAST ONE OF YOUR GAMES.

THANKS FOR A GREAT SUMMER GIRLS

JIM

  THE ROCKETS 8TH GRADE TEAM DOING WELL IN ORLANDO, GOING 3-0 AND WINNING THIER POOL, THE ROCKETS WON THEIR OPENING GAME 55-26, OVER THE TENNESSEE HOOP TEAM, ABBY HOFF HAD 12 PTS., 5 REBS., MAITLYN NEINHAUSER HAD 11 PTS. & 6 REBS., AND RACHEL THOMPSON ADDED 10 PTS.,  ROCKETS JUMPED OUT TO AN EARLY 20 POINT LED AND WAS REALLY NEVER TESTED. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE BOSTON SHOWSTOPPERS , A TEAM THE ROCKETS BEAT LAST YEAR IN A VERY CLOSE GAME, AND AGAIN THIS YEAR IT WAS CLOSE, AS THE ROCKETS WON 55-53, IN OVERTIME. THE ROCKETS JUMPED OUT TO A 15-4 LEAD, BUT THE SHOWSTOPPERS CAME BACK AND ACTUALLY TOOK THE LEAD, WITH THE ROCKETS DOWN 1 PT, IN OVERTIME, CARLY HARPER MADE A GOOD PASS TO NIENHAUSER WHO HIT A SHORT JUMP SHOT TO PUT THE ROCKETS UP 1 WITH 20 SECONDS TO PLAY THE ROCKETS THEN GOT A STOP ON DEFENSE AND HIT A FREE THROW TO HOLD ON FOR THE WIN. DANIELLE BERRY LED THE SCORING WITH 14 PTS., THOMPSON HAD 10 PTS..  NEXT UP WAS THE GEORGIA BLAZERS AND THE ROCKETS WON EASILY 51-19, MEGAN JENSEN HAD 10 PTS., NIENHAUSER 9 PTS., AND RACHEL FICK ADDED 9 REBOUNDS IN THE GAME. THE ROCKET OPEN BRACKET PLAY FRI. MORNING.

  THE 8TH GRADE ROCKETS OPENED BRACKET PLAY UP WITH A CONVINCING 54-26 VICTORY OVER THE LOUISVILLE JAGUARS, CARLY HARPER LED THE SCORING WITH 15 PTS., RACHEL THOMPSON 14 PTS. & 5 STEALS, MEGAN JENSEN 7 PTS. & 5 REBS., AND MAE NIENHAUSER HAD 5 PTS. & 7 REBS.. REALLY WE WERE JUST TOO BIG AND ATHLETIC FOR THE JAGUARS, GREAT GAME GIRLS. THEY ARE NOW IN THE FINAL 16, PLAY SUNDAY AT 3:00

  THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE LOUISIANA BLUE CHIPS WITH A CHANCE TO GO TO THE ELITE 8, AND THE ROCKETS ROLLED WINNING 54-31, RACHEL THOMPSON LED THE WAY WITH 16 PTS., MAE NIENHAUSER ADDED 10 PTS. & 8 REBS., CARLY HARPER ALSO ADDED 12 PTS. & 7 REBS.., REALLY A GOOD AND DOMINATING WINNING, AS THE ROCKETS ONCE AGAIN WAS PLAYED A REALLY GOOD DEFENSIVE GAME AND TOTALLY CONTROLLED THE GAME FROM START TO FINISH. SO ONTO THE ELITE 8

   IN THE ELITE 8 GAME THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE COMETS, AND LED THE GAME THROUGHOUT, BUT GOING INTO THE 4TH QUARTER IT WAS A TIGHT GAME, AND THE COMETS HIT 2 FREE THROWS TO GO UP 37-36, WITH SECONDS LEFT AND THE ROCKETS COULDN'T GET A SHOT OFF AND WENT DOWN TO DEFEAT. THE ROCKETS WERE LED BY HARPER WITH 15 PTS., & DANIELLE BERRY WITH 11 PTS., BUT POOR SHOOTING AND ONLY HITTING 4-11 ON FREE THROWS WERE COSTLY. REALLY A FRUSTRATING LOSS BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE WE WERE THE BETTER TEAM, BUT WE JUST LET THE COMETS HANG AROUND AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS A ONE POINT GAME, THEY WERE BIG AND PLAYED GOOD DEFENSE, BUT WE MISSED A BUNCH OF SHOTS THAT WE USUALLY MAKE, AND SOMETIMES THATS JUST HOW THE GAME GOES. PLAY SUNDAY AT 8:00 A.M. 

  THE ROCKETS 8TH GRADE DEFEATED THE LOUISIANA HURRICANES 45-35, REALLY A NICE BOUNCE BACK WIN AFTER A TOUGH LOSS, ROCKETS CONTROLLED THE GAME THE WHOLE WAY, REALLY NEVER GOT CLOSE, GOOD WIN GIRLS. ABBY HOFF LED THE SCORING WITH 11 PTS., RACHEL THOMPSON HAD 10 PTS., AND CARLY HARPER 9 PTS. & 4 STEALS, REALLY A GOOD EFFORT BY EVERYONE, DEFENSE WAS REALLY GOOD. UP NEXT PLAY GEORGIA HEAT AT 12:15 FOR 5TH PLACE, OUR FINAL GAME EITHER WAY, LETS CLOSE OUT WITH A WIN GIRLS.

  THE ROCKETS MET THE GEORGIA HEAT FOR 5TH PLACE, THE ROCKETS JUMPED OUT TO AN EARLY LEAD AND LED 34-26 AT THE HALF, BUT COLD SHOOTING AND TURNOVERS DOOMED THE ROCKETS IN THE 2ND HALF AS THE ROCKETS COULD ONLY MANAGE 10 PTS., AND FELL THE TO HEAT 58-44. DANEILLE BERRY LED THE SCORING WITH 10 PTS.,CARLY HARPET ADDED 9 PTS., RACHEL THOMPSON HAD 5 PTS., ABBY HOFF, MAE NIENHAUSER, KAYLEE HEGGEMANN, RACHEL FICK, MEGAN JENSEN ALL ADDED 4 PTS., AND SOPHIE VOGT HAD 2 PTS.. THE LACK OF 2ND HALF SCORING IS THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED IN THE ROCKETS OTHER LOSS. THE ROCKETS FINISHED 6-2, AND A REALLY GREAT 6TH PLACE FINISH.

  EACH YEAR YOU GO TO THESE NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS YOU TRY AND IMPROVE EVERY YEAR, AND THIS YEAR WAS ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT, AS LAST YEAR THE ROCKETS FINISHED IN THE TOP 16. WHAT MAKES THIS YEAR SO TOUGH IS THE TEAM THAT WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP WAS IN OUR POOL AND WE BEAT THEM IN POOL PLAY, AND I THINK THE GIRLS REALLY THOUGHT THIS WAS THEIR YEAR TO DO IT. AFTER THE LAST GAME AGAINST THE HEAT, THERE WERE A LOT OF TEARS AS THEY WERE SO DISAPPOINTED, BUT WHEN THEY HAVE A FEW DAYS TO GET OVER THEY WILL REALIZE HOW WELL THEY REALLY DID, BUT IN THESE TOURNAMENTS AND ALL TOURNAMENTS IT JUST TAKES A FEW THINGS, LIKE TURNOVERS, MISSED FREE THROWS, LACK OF FOCUS ON DEFENSE EVEN JUST FOR A FEW PLAYS, AS EVERY POINT IS SO IMPORTANT. REALLY SO PROUD OF YOU GIRLS, PLAYED GREAT REALLY REPRESENTED THE CLUB WELL, LOTS OF COMPLIMENTS FROM OTHER COACHES AND AAU OFFICIALS. ONCE AGAIN GREAT WEEK OF BASKETBALL. GREAT JOB BECKY AND JENNIFER ALSO.  CARLY HARPER LED THE TEAM IN SCORING WITH 9.9 PTS. A GAME, RACHEL THOMPSON, WHO PLAYED REALLY WELL ALL WEEK SCORED AT A 9.8 A GAME PACE, AND DANIELLE BERRY WAS 3RD AT 7.5 PTS.. REALLY THE SCORING IS GREAT TO LOOK AT BUT THE TEAM REALLY PLAYED GREAT, EVERYONE HAD AT LEAST ONE REALLY GOOD GAME AND THE DEFENSE WAS RREALLY GOOD. ONCE AGAIN GREAT JOB GIRLS, I KNOW YOUR ALREADY THINKING WE WILL DO BETTER NEXT YEAR.

   BOTTOM LINE IS WIN YOU FINISH 6TH OUT OF 78 TEAMS YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOUR TEAM AND YOURSELF

   THE MO. ROCKETS FINISHED 4TH IN THE 13U-14U DIVISION OF THE VERY TOUGH NIKE EVENT IN NASHVILLE, TN.. ITS THE FIRST TIME A ROCKET TEAM HAS PLACED IN A NIKE SPONSORED EVENT. THE ROCKETS WENT 3-2 IN THE TOURNAMENT.

   THE ROCKETS OPENED WITH A 60-38 WIN OVER THE TENNESSEE PRIDE, DANIELLE BERRY LED THE SCORING WITH 17 PTS., SOPHIE VOGT & CARLY HARPER EACH ADDED 11 PTS., ABBY HOFF HAD 8 PTS., MEGAN JENSEN FINISHED WITH 6 PTS., HANNAH SUTTON ADDED 5 PTS., AND MADDIE FLEER & RACHEL FICK EACH HAD 2 PTS..

  IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THEY PLAYED THE CBC TEAM FROM COLORADO, WHICH WAS AN OLDER TEAM, AND WAS A VERY GOOD TEAM, IN WHAT WAS A GREAT GAME THE ROCKETS TRAILED 26-23 AT THE HALF, BUT PLAYED MAYBE THIER BEST HALF OF THE YEAR AND RALLIED TO WIN 50-43. JENSEN A REALLY GOOD GAME LED THE SCORING WITH 13 PTS., BERRY HAD 12 PTS., HARPER SCORED 9 PTS., SUTTON ADDED 8 PTS..

   IN THE ROCKETS 3RD GAME, THEY RAN UP AGAINST THE CAL SWISH TEAM FROM SAN DIEGO, CA. ONCE AGAIN AN OLDER TEAM AND A REALLY BIG AND FAST TEAM, THAT THE ROCKETS HAD TROUBLE ADJUSTING TO. THE ROCKETS PLAYED HARD JUST OUTCLASSED AND FELL 66-36. BERRY LED THE SCORING WITH 12 PTS., VOGT ADDED 7 PTS., AND HARPER HAD 5 PTS..

  THE ROCKETS BOUNCED BACK TO DEFEAT THE WINSON-SALEM STEALERS FROM NORTH CAROLINA, WINNING 59-33, REALLY PLAYED WELL, TOTAL DOMINATION AND A GOOD BOUNCE BACK AFTER A TOUGH LOSS. BERRY LED WITH 16 PTS., VOGT 13 PTS., HOFF ADDED 12 PTS..

  IN THE 3RD PLACE GAME THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE ILLINOIS RUSH 14U TEAM, THE ROCKETS LED 28-27, BUT COULD ONLY SCORE 11 PTS. IN THE 2ND HALF AND FELL 58-38. JENSEN & VOGT WITH GOOD GAMES SCORING 10 PTS. EACH, AND HOFF ADDED 8 PTS..

  THE ROCKETS PLAYED SO GOOD THIS WEEK, AS I SAID OF ALL THE TEAMS WE'VE HAD WE HAVE NEVER PLACED, THE TEAM GOT A NICE TROPHY, AND CARLY HARPER & SOPHIE VOGT WERE NAMED TO THE ALL-STAR TEAM. EVERYONE PLAYED GREAT. THOSE PLAYING WERE DANI BERRY, ABBY HOFF, HANNAH SUTTON, MADDIE FLEER, RACHEL FICK, SOPHIE VOGT, CARLY HARPER, AND MEGAN JENSEN.

   THE MO. ROCKETS 8TH GRADE WON THE USJN CHAMPIONSHIP IN CHICAGO GOING 5-0, ONLY THE 2ND ROCKET TEAM TO WIN A USJN CHAMPIONSHIP. THE TEAM TOTALLY DOMINATED.

   IN THIER OPENING GAME THE ROCKETS WON 50-18 OVER THE HEART OF ILLINOIS TEAM, BERRY LED THE SCORING WITH 13 PTS., RACHEL THOMPSON ADDED 11 PTS., HOFF HAD 10 PTS., & RACHEL FICK ADDED 8 PTS. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS DEFEATED THE WEST CENTRAL COUGARS 61-25, HOFF LED THE SCORING WITH 18 PTS., BERRY ADDED 14 PTS., JENSEN A REALLY GOOD GAME WITH 12 PTS. & 5 REBS., THOMPSON 8 PTS. & 5 STEALS.. IN THE ROCKETS 3RD GAME THE ROCKETS WON 60-28, HOFF AGAIN LED THE SCORING WITH 21 PTS., THOMPSON 13 PTS., BERRY 9 PTS., AND HARPER 8 PTS. & 7 REBS..

   IN THE SEMI-FINAL GAME THE ROCKETS PLAYED A VERY GOOD ILLINOIS LIGHTNING TEAM,  AND THE ROCKETS PLAYED REALLY WELL AND PULLED OUT A 55-48 WIN. A GREAT GAME FOR MEGAN JENSEN 15 PTS. & 5 REBS.,THOMPSON ADDED 10 PTS., AND BERRY HAD 9 PTS..

  IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE CELTICS AND THE ROCKETS LED 27-26 AT THE HALF, A SLOPPY FIRST HALF AS I THINK BEING ON THE ROAD FOR MOST OF JULY WAS STARTING TO WEAR ON THEM, BUT THEY REALLY STEPPED IT UP AND THE ROCKETS CAME AWAY CHAMPIONS WINNING 59-45. REALLY GOOD GAME FOR DANIELLE BERRY WITH 14 PTS. AND REALLY GOOD DECISIONS AS THE POINT GUARD, AND I THOUGHT REALLY UPBEAT ALL WEEKEND, CARLY HARPER HAD A BIG 2ND HALF AND FINISHED WITH 11 PTS., ANOTHER SOLID WEEKEND FOR CARLY, KAYLEE HEGGEMANN REALLY HAD A BIG GAME WITH 10 PTS. AND NUMEROUS BIG PLAYS ON DEFENSE, THE BEST I SAW KAYLEE PLAY THIS SUMMER, AND RACHEL FICK ALSO A HUGE 2ND HALF WITH 9 PTS., MEGAN JENSEN ONLY HAD 5 PTS. IN THIS GAME BUT, MEGAN HAD A GREAT TOURNAMENT ON BOTH ENDS OF THE COURT. ALL THE GIRLS PLAYED GREAT, SO PROUD OF YOU. I WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAD NO PLAYERS NAMED TO THE TOURNAMENT ALL-STAR TEAM, WHAT A JOKE, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, I WOULD SAY ALL 7 OF YOU WERE BETTER THAN ANY OF THE GIRLS WHO WERE NAMED TO IT.

   WHAT A JULY FOR YOU GIRLS, 6TH AT AAU NATIONALS IN FLORIDA, 4TH AT NIKE EVENT IN NASHVILLE, TN., AND NOW CHAMPIONS AT THE USJN IN CHICAGO. GREAT MONTH, GREAT TEAM.