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   THE MISSOURI ROCKETS TEAMS COMPETED IN THE GREATER MIDWEST CLASSIC @ THE ST. LOUIS SPORTS CENTER, THE 5TH, 6TH, AND 7TH GRADE TEAMS PLAYED. ALL THREE TEAMS PLAYED REALLY WELL, THE 5TH GRADE CAME AWAY CHAMPIONS, AND THE 6TH & 7TH GRADE TEAMS WENT 2-2.

   THE 5TH GRADE ROCKETS PLAYED, PROBALY THEIR BEST TOURNEY EVER AS THEY CAME AWAY CHAMPIONS, GOING UNDEFEATED. THE ROCKETS WON THEIR 1ST GAME BY FORFEIT, AS THEY LOST BY A 30-18 SCORE, BUT THE TEAM THEY PLAYED WERE ALL 7TH-8TH GRADERS AND WERE REMOVED FROM THE TOURNEY, EVEN IN THAT GAME THE ROCKETS REALLY PLAYED WELL AGAINST A MUCH OLDER AND BIGGER TEAM.  IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THEY PLAYED THE ENTIRE GAME WITH JUST 4 PLAYERS AND DEFEATED THE LADUE RAMS 30-24, AS KYRA HARDESTY, BROOKE GROSSE, MAURA ENGELHORN, AND MADDIE DENSLOW PLAYED THE ENTIRE GAME, KYRA LED THE SCORING WITH 16 PTS.. KYRA, BROOKE, AND MAURA THEN TURNED AROUND AND PLAYED THE ENTIRE NEXT GAME WITH THE 6TH GRADE THAT WON IN OT, AND MADDIE ALSO PLAYED.  ON SUNDAY THE ROCKETS WENT UP AGAINST THE ST. LOUIS MAJESTIKS AND DEFEATED THEM ON SUN. MORNING BY 8 PTS., BUT THEN HAD TO COME BACK AND PLAY THEM AN HOUR LATER FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ROCKETS WON 21-18, AND REALLY PLAYED SUPER. THOSE PLAYING IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WERE HARDESTY, GROSSE, DENSLOW, ENGELHORN, DEVIS CROSS, LEXI SCHNITTGER, AND GRACE FORTMAN. THE GIRLS REALLY PLAYED WELL, THE DEFENSE WAS GREAT, AND I'M SO PROUD OF HOW HARD THEY PLAYED EVERY GAME, I KNOW THEY WERE TIRED IT WAS A LONG WEEKEND FOR THEM, SOME GIRLS PLAYING 6,7, OR 8 GAMES, ME YELLING AT THEM PUSHING THEM TO FINISH EVERY GAME AND NOT GIVE UP, AND I THINK EVERY GIRL THERE ON SUN. GAVE EVERYTHING THEY HAD AND REALLY PLAYED HARD AS A TEAM, AND I THINK THESE GIRLS ARE STARTING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN, THATS HARD WORK AND PLAYING DEFENSE FOR 40 MINUTES A GAME. GOOD JOB 5TH GRADE ROCKETS.

   THE 6TH GRADE MO. ROCKETS ALSO PLAYED REALLY WELL, AND LIKE THE 5TH GRADE WAS SHORT ON PLAYERS AND PLAYED SO HARD ALL 4 GAMES, KARLY HARPER AND KAYLEE HEGGEMANN PLAYED THEIR HEARTS OUT AS THEY WERE THE ONLY 6TH GRADERS THERE FOR ALL 4 GAMES, AND BOTH REALLY PLAYED WELL. THE ROCKETS LOST THEIR 1ST TWO GAMES BOTH REALLY CLOSE GAMES, BUT BOUNCED BACK AND WON A TOUGH OVERTIME GAME OVER THE ST. LOUIS ROCKETS ON SAT. NIGHT, THEN CAME BACK ON SUN. AND BEAT THEM AGAIN, THIS TIME BY 7 PTS.. WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD NUCLEUS ON THIS TEAM, WORKING ON GETTING SOME MORE GIRLS TO GO WITH THEM. GOOD JOB GIRLS.

   THE 7TH GRADE ALSO WENT 2-2, LOSING THEIR FIRST TWO GAMES, THEN BOUNCING BACK WITH WINS. THE ROCKETS LOST THEIR 1ST GAME TO THE ST. LOUIS ROCKETS BY 4 PTS. AFTER WINNING MOST OF THE GAME. UP NEXT WAS THE SHAMROCKS, WHO MANY CONSIDER THE BEST IN ST. LOUIS, THE ROCKETS PLAYED REALLY WELL HAD A CHANCE TO WIN AT THE END OF REGULATION, THEN LOST BY 3 IN OVERTIME, REALLY A GOOD AND EXCITING GAME. ON SUNDAY THE ROCKETS BLASTED THE RYP TEAM BY ABOUT 30. ROCKETS 7TH GRADE TEAM I THINK WILL BE REALLY GOOD AS TIME GOES ON, I THINK A MONTH FROM NOW WE WIN THOSE 1ST TWO GAMES. WE'VE GOT SOME NEW GIRLS AND IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE TO BLEND AND I THOUGHT WE REALLY PLAYED GOOD DEFENSE THIS WEEKEND, ONCE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THIER ROLES, THIS TEAM WILL BE REALLY GOOD AND WE WILL BE BACK AT NATIONALS, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY GIRLS USE TO SCORING A LOT IT TAKES AWHILE TO UNDERSTAND ON A GOOD TEAM YOUR INDIVIDUAL SCORING WILL GO DOWN A LITTLE BECAUSE YOUR PLAYING WITH MORE GIRLS WHO CAN SCORE, AND DEFENSE AND SMART PLAY WINS GAMES. THIS TEAM WILL ONLY GET BETTER AS THE SEASON GOES ON, AND SHOULD REALLY BE SPECIAL BY SPRING, REALLY GOOD KIDS WITH A LOT OF TALENT, THIS TEAM WILL BE REALLY GOOD. THOSE PLAYING THIS WEEKEND HANNAH SUTTON, CORINNE ANSELM, KARLIE KING, MEGAN WAKEFIELD, MARGARET SHIELDS, EMILY STEWART, TENNYSON HENRY, AND MAYA BELL. GOOD JOB GIRLS.

   THE MO. ROCKETS 6TH & 7TH GRADE TEAMS WENT 3-0 TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT FRANCIS HOWELL. THE 7TH GRADE TEAM PLAYING THIER 1ST WEEKEND WITH EVERYBODY BACK PLAYING FROM SCHOOL GAMES PLAYED REALLY WELL, AND WAS REALLY NEVER TESTED. IN THE ROCKETS 1ST GAME THEY DEFEATED THE ST. CHARLES ATTACK 30-14, THEN DEFEATED THE JAGUARS 39-12, AND FINISHED UP BY DOMINATING THE LADY VIKINGS 41-3, IN THE ROUND ROBIN TOURNEY. THE TEAM REALLY PLAYED WELL. THOSE PLAYING WERE HANNAH SUTTON (WARRENTON), CORINNE ANSELM (ST. JAMES), KARLIE KING, ELLEN ROGERS, AND MEGAN WAKEFIELD (PACIFIC), TENNYSON HENRY (ST. CHARLES), MARGARET SHIELDS ( WARRENTON), KARLY HARPER (HOWELL). EMILY STEWART MISSED THE TOURNEY AS SHE WAS IN JAMAICA.

   THE 6TH GRADE ALSO WENT 3-0, AS THEY WON THIER 1ST GAME OVER THE LADY STORM, THEN DEFEATED OUR MO. ROCKETS 5TH GRADE TEAM, AND THEN IN A REAL DEFENSIVE STRUGGLE THE ROCKETS DEFEATED THE NORTHSTARS 13-8. THE GIRLS REALLY PLAYED HARD, HAD TROUBLE SCORING AT TIMES, BUT NOT FOR LACK OF EFFORT. THOSE PLAYING WERE KARLY HARPER (HOWELL), KAYLEE HEGGEMANN (ST. VINCENTS), DANIELLE BERRY (FT. ZUMWALT WEST), ELLEN CAIRNS & LEXI SCHNITTGER (ZUMWALT SOUTH), AND DARBY JOERLING (HOWELL).

   THE 5TH GRADE WENT 0-3, BUT WERE PLAYING UP IN THE 6TH GRADE DIVISION AND REALLY PLAYED WELL. IN THE 1ST GAME THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE NORTHSTARS AND LOST 30-16, THEN UP NEXT LOST TO OUR ROCKETS 6TH GRADE TEAM, THE ONLY TEAM THAT REALLY BEAT THEM HANDILY LOSING 28-3, THEN THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE LADY STORM AND REALLY PLAYED WELL BUT LOST BY 4 IN A REALLY CLOSE GAME. THOSE PLAYING WERE KYRA HARDESTY (WASHINGTON), MAURA ENGELHORN (ST. CHARLES), BROOKE GROSSE (HERMANN), DEVIN CROSS (WENTZVILLE), CASSIE MOSS (BORGIA), CASSIDY NURNBERGER (WASHINGTON), LEXI (ST.CHARLES), GRACE FORTMAN (ST. CHARLES). 

  NEXT UP FOR THE TEAMS NOV. 6-8 AT ST. LOUIS SPORTS CENTER

  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  IT WAS A REALLY GOOD WEEKEND FOR EVERYONE, 4TH GRADERS PLAYING WERE MADDIE DENSLOW, BROOKE GROSSE, 5TH GRADERS: KYRA HARDESTY, ELLEN CAIRNS, CASSIDY NURNBURGER, 6TH GRADERS: KARLY HARPER, DANEILLE BERRY, AND KAYLEE HEGGEMANN. THE YOUNG GIRLS PLAYED SO WELL AS BROOKE, KYRA, KARLY, DANIELLE, AND KAYLEE ALL PLAYED IN THE 7TH-8TH GRADE TOURNEY ALSO, AND REALLY COMPETED WELL, A REALLY GOOD LEARNING TOURNAMENT FOR THEM. KARLY DOMINATED THE 6TH GRADE GAMES ON THE BOARDS WITH TOUGH PLAY INSIDE, KYRA HANDLED THE BALL SO WELL ALL WEEKEND, DANIELLE AND KAYLEE PLAYED SOLID DEFENSE WITH NUMEROUS STEALS, AND DANIELLE HAD SOME BIG BASKETS. ON THE DOWNSIDE WE NEED TO SHOOT FREE THROWS BETTER, BUT A REALLY GOOD WEEKEND. CONGRATS GIRLS.

    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

   WE'VE BEEN TAKING SOME BEATINGS THIS FALL ON THE 7TH-8TH GRADE TEAMS, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SO MANY GIRLS PLAYING ON THEIR SCHOOL TEAMS, I'VE WATCHED SOME OF THEM AND THEY ARE PLAYING REALLY WELL, BUT PLAYING IN THE URSALINE LEAGUE AND THESE TOURNAMENTS HAS REALLY HELPED HANNAH, EMILY, AND MARGARET AS THEY'VE DONE THINGS THEY NORMALLY MIGHT NOT DUE, AND THEY'VE IMPROVED SO MUCH AND REALLY SHOWED LEADERSHIP WHEN PLAYING WITH THE YOUNGER GIRLS AND NEVER GIVING UP AND ITS REALLY HELPED THEM. COURTNEY HUFF AND HAILEE NURNBURGER HAVE BEEN OUR ONLY 8TH GRADERS AND THEY TO HAVE PLAYED REALLY WELL, AND IT WILL HELP THEM ALSO.

    THE ROCKETS 6TH GRADE TEAM COMPETED IN THE AAU NATIONALS IN INDIANAPOLIS, IN., THE TEAM WAS THE FIRST WE'VE SENT TO NATIONALS IN 4 YRS.. IT WAS A LONG WEEK, WE WERE THERE 7 DAYS AND 6 NIGHTS, THE GIRLS HAD A BLAST, THEY GOT TO GO TO AN INDIANA FEVER WNBA GAME AND GO OUT ON THE COURT AND SHOOT A FREE THROW AND TALK TO ALL THE PLAYERS, THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS FUN, AS THE GIRLS TRADED PINS AND TALKED TO ALL THE OTHER PLAYERS, AND THE LIGHTING OF THE TORCH TO START THE TOURNEY, AND PLAYED REALLY WELL FOR THE MOST PART, AS THEY COMPETED AGAINST THE BEST TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY, THERE WERE SEVERAL TEAMS WITH GIRLS 6'1" & 6'2", HUGE AND GUARDS SO FAST, THERE WERE TEAMS THERE FROM AS FAR AWAY AS LOS ANGELES, CA.. THE GIRLS WON 7TH PLACE IN THE CLASSIC BRACKET OUT OF 18 TEAMS. THERE WAS 36 TEAMS TOTAL IN THE TOURNEY, IF YOU FINISHED 1ST OR 2ND IN YOUR POOL YOU WERE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET, IF YOU FINISHED 3RD OR 4TH YOU WERE IN THE CLASSIC BRACKET, WE FINISHED TIED FOR 2ND IN OUR POOL, BUT LOST ON POINTS, BY 1 PT..

   THE TEAM OPENED UP BY PLAYING TEAM OHIO, REALLY A BIG AND GOOD TEAM FINISHED 4TH LAST YR. WE STARTED OFF NERVOUS AND FELL BEHIND BY 14 PTS., BUT CUT IT TO 10 BY HALFTIME, BUT TEAM OHIO PULLED AWAY LATE IN THE GAME WINNING 51-27, KARLIE KING LED THE SCORING WITH 10 PTS., HANNAH SUTTON ADDED 9 PTS. INCLUDING 2- 3 POINTERS, EMILY STEWART HAD 4 PTS., KARLY HARPER AND CORINNE ANSELM EACH ADDED 2 PTS.

   IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME WE FACED THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SHOOTING STARS AND THE ROCKETS REALLY PLAYED WELL WINNING 45-38, KING AGAIN LED THE WAY WITH 15 PTS., SUTTON WITH 9 PTS., STEWART ADDED 8 PTS., ANSELM WITH 7 PTS., MARGARET SHIELDS 4 PTS., HARPER ADDED 2 PTS., REALLY A GOOD GAME FOR THE GIRLS.

  IN THE ROCKETS 3RD AND FINAL POOL GAME THE ROCKETS PROBALY PLAYED THEIR ONLY BAD GAME, JUST COULDN'T GET ANYTHING TO FALL, AND JUST NOT MUCH ENERGY, AS WE LOST 38-32. KING LED THE WAY AGAIN  WITH 14 PTS., STEWART ADDED 10 PTS.. SO WITH THE LOSS THE ROCKETS FELL INTO THE CLASSIC TOURNEY.

  ON MONDAY THE ROCKETS PLAYED REALLY WELL AND BLEW OUT THE INDIANA BLIZZARD 40-29, KING ONCE AGAIN LEADING THE WAY WITH 15 PTS., FOR AS GOOD AS THE ROCKETS PLAYED AND ENJOYED A BIG WIN TO OPEN BRACKET PLAY, THE BAD NEWS WAS EMILY STEWART SUFFERED A BROKEN ARM, AND EMILY WAS PLAYING SO WELL AND SO HARD IN THE TOURNEY A REALLY TUFF LOSE FOR THE GIRLS.

  ON TUESDAY MORNING THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE VOGUES OUT OF WASHINGTON, D.C., AND ONCE AGAIN A BIG TEAM AND I THINK THE GIRLS REALLY FELT THE EFFECT OF NOT HAVING EMILY AND SUFFERED A 42-24 LOSS.

  ON TUESDAY EVENING THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE CINCINNATI HEAT BLACK AND LOSS 42-28, WITH US DOWN TO 6 PLAYERS, THEY PRESSED THE WHOLE GAME AND FINALLY WORE US DOWN AND A REALLY CLOSE GAME TURNED INTO A 42-28 LOSS, KING LED WITH 11 PTS., ANSELM ADDED 6 PTS., SHIELDS 5 PTS., HARPER 3 PTS.,  AND SUTTON ADDED 2 PTS..

  IN OUR FINAL GAME ON WED. MORNING THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE NORTH CAROLINA STEALERS AND THE GIRLS PLAYED THIER HEARTS OUT AND CAME BACK FROM 8 PTS. DOWN TO WIN ON A LAST SECOND SHOT 46-45, TO FINISH IN 7TH PLACE. KARLIE KING AND CORINNE ANSELM BOTH HAD HUGE GAMES, AS KING HAD 19 PTS., AND ANSELM HAD 16 PTS., AND MARGARET SHIELDS HAD BY FAR HER BEST GAME WITH 9 PTS., AND SUTTON ADDED 2 PTS.. THIS GAME WAS CLOSE ALL THE WAY AND BEING IT WAS OUR 7TH GAME AND 7TH DAY OF BEING THERE, THE GIRLS WERE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY WORE OUT BUT SOME HOW PLAYED MAYBE THEIR BEST GAME. THE FINAL 20 SECONDS WERE SO EXCITING AS THE STEALERS HAD A 1 POINT LEAD AND HAD A BREAKAWAY  LAYUP BUT MISSED IT AND WE REBOUNDED THE MISS, GOT THE BALL TO HALF COURT CALLED TIME. WITH KING AND ANSELM DOMINATING THE GAME ON OFFENSE WE SET A PLAY UP FOR CORINNE TO DRIVE TO THE BASKET AND EITHER SHOOT OR LOOK FOR KARLIE INSIDE FOR THE FINAL SHOT, BUT THEY CUT CORINNE'S DRIVE OFF AND SHE MADE A GREAT PASS TO KARLIE, BUT KARLIE COULD NOT GET THE SHOT OFF AND SHE MADE A NICE BOUNCE PASS TO HANNAH WHO SHOT IT FROM THE FREE THROW LINE AND MADE IT WITH 2.2 SECONDS LEFT TO WIN IT. THE GIRLS ALL PLAYED SO HARD, WITH SOME NOT COMING OUT AT ALL.

   WE WENT TO THE TOURNEY PLAYING SHORTHANDED AS TENNYSON COULDN'T GO, SO WE HAD 7 PLAYERS, INCLUDING 2 5TH GRADERS, NOT MUCH SIZE, AND THEN THE INJURY TO EMILY, BUT THE GIRLS PLAYED SO HARD AND REALLY NEVER QUIT. MARGARET WAS OUR LONE TALL GIRL, AND SHE STARTED OFF SLOWLY, BUT REALLY STEPPED IT UP, USUALLY PLAYING THE WHOLE GAME, AND A HUGE LAST GAME, CORINNE AND HANNAH REALLY HANDLED THE BALL WELL AS MOST TEAMS PRESSED US ALL GAME LONG AND BOTH HAD SOME BIG GAMES, REALLY GOOD JOB, KAYLEE HEGGEMANN & KARLY HARPER BOTH 5TH GRADERS WERE NERVOUS I'M SURE BUT GOT BETTER AS WE WENT ALONG, KARLY HAD SOME BIG GAMES REBOUNDING, AND KAYLEE HELPED TH GUARDS ON DEFENCE. WE MISSED EMILY WHEN SHE GOT HURT, SHE WAS PLAYING REALLY WELL, WITH LOTS OF ENERGY, REALLY A GOOD LEADER ALL WEEK. KARLIE KING, CAN'T SAY ENOUGH I PUSHED HER HARD ALL WEEK TO HUSTLE AND PLAY HARD AND SHE REALLY STEPPED IT UP, SHE SCORED IN DOUBLE FIGURES IN ALL THE GAMES, REBOUNDED GREAT, HELPED WITH THE BALL, REALLY GOOD JOB.  I TOLD THE GIRLS YOU DON'T GET ANY BETTER BY NOT PLAYING ANYBODY AND I DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR EXCUSES ABOUT US BEING SHORT, OR WHEN EMILY GOT HURT, I WANTED EFFORT ALL WEEK, I TOLD THEM THE 1ST TIME WE WENT TO NATIONALS IN 2002, WE HAD KATHLEEN SCHEER, JILL SUTTON, LEANNE ROBISON, ALL TURNED OUT TO BE ALL-STATE PLAYERS AND WENT ON TO COLLEGE AND THEY DIDN'T WIN A GAME IN TEXAS THAT YEAR, SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS YOU LEARN BY BEING HERE AND PLAYING THE BEST. THAT TEAM TURNED OUT TO BE OUR BEST EVER, HOPEFULLY THESE GIRLS CAN BE CLOSE TO THAT GOOD. THE 1ST TIME HERE YOU LEARN THEN WHEN YOU COME BACK, YOU WILL DO BETTER, AND THESE GIRLS WILL BE BACK. WE WILL GET PICTURES UP SOON. CAN'T THANK THE PARENTS ENOUGH, LONG WEEK BUT SEEMED LIKE EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD TIME, SPECIAL THANKS TO BOB STEWART FOR EVERYTHING, I'M SURE THATS FROM EVERYONE. GET WELL SOON EMILY.

   THE ROCKETS 9TH-10TH GRADE TEAM WENT 2-3, IN CINCINNATI, PLAYED PRETTY WELL, REALLY WELL IN SOME GAMES, JUST LOST SOME CLOSE GAMES AND COULDN'T QUIT GET THE WINS.

  IN THE ROCKETS 1ST GAME AGAINST THE WISCONSIN PIZAZZ, THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE 1ST HALF ABOUT AS GOOD AS YOU COULD AND LED 39-23, THEN IN THE 2ND HALF HAD ABOUT AN 7 MINUTE SCORING DROUGHT AND LOST A TOUGH 58-56 GAME. BRIANNE PIERCE HAD A REALLY GOOD GAME WITH 18 PTS., JENNY ROCHA ADDED 13 PTS., ANNA VOGT HAD 10 PTS., AND KATIE THOMAS ADDED 9, ON 3 3-POINTERS.

  IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THE GIRLS DEFEATED THE WISCONSIN RISING FORCE 52-49, ALMOST BLOWING ANOTHER BIG HALFTIME LEAD AS THEY WERE UP BY 10 PTS. VOGT HAD 14 PTS., ROCHA AND LESLIE WILMES EACH ADDED 10 PTS..

  IN THE ROCKETS 3RD GAME THEY DEFEATED THE OHIO ELITE 62-53, PLAYING WITHOUT VOGT, WHO HAD A SPRAINED ANKLE. WILMES AND PIERCE BOTH HAD HUGE GAMES WITH 17 PTS. EACH, THOMAS ADDED 13 PTS., ERIN LITTREL ADDED 9 PTS.

  IN WHAT WAS PROBALY THE ROCKETS ONLY POOR GAME OF THE 5 GAMES THEY LOST TO THE OHIO RAGE 57-44, JUST COULDN'T SCORE AND NOT MUCH ENERGY IN THE GAME FOR THE ROCKETS. VOGT LED THE SCORING WITH 12 PTS.

  THE ROCKETS NEEDED TO WIN THIER 5TH GAME AGAINST A REALLY GOOD ROYALS TEAM AND GET SOME HELP TO GET INTO THE BRACKET PLAY ON WED., THEY GOT THE HELP THEY NEEDED BUT LOST A REALLY GOOD GAME 49-45, FELL BEHIND EARLY BY DOUBLE FIGURES BUT CAME BACK AND REALLY PLAYED WELL JUST FELL A LITTLE SHORT. VOGT HAD 19 PTS., AND LITTRELL ADDED 14 PTS. FOR THE GAME.

  THE TEAM REALLY PLAYED WELL ALL WEEKEND, EVERY GAME WAS CLOSE AND THATS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN THESE TOURNEYS. JUST SOME MISSED SHOTS AND TO MANY TURNOVERS IN CLOSE GAMES MAKE A DIFFERENT. BUT A GOOD WEEKEND FOR ALL THE GIRLS.

   THE 7TH GRADE WENT 5-0, TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND TOTALLY DOMINATED THE TOURNEY, WITHOUT HAVING ANY CLOSE GAMES. CONGRATS TO ALL THE GIRLS, FOR WINNING BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS.

  THE 8TH GRADE ALSO WENT 5-0, TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE GIRLS PLAYED REAL WELL TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THANKS TO COACH COSTLEY FOR HELPING OUT THIS WEEKEND.

  THE 11TH-12TH GRADE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM TOOK HOME THE CHAMPIONSHIP GOING 5-0, ALSO. THE TEAM LIKE THE 7TH GRADE HAS BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKENDS. THANKS TO ANDY WILMES FOR HELPING OUT WITH THE COACHING THIS WEEKEND.

  THE 9TH-10TH TEAM REALLY PLAYED WELL AND WON THEIR FIRST FOUR GAMES, BEFORE LOSING A VERY CLOSE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. THE TEAM REALLY PLAYED HARD AND HAD THIER BEST WEEKEND OF THE SUMMER.

CONGRATS TO ALL THE TEAMS ON A VERY GOOD WEEKEND, SORRY I MISSED IT, AND WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR HELPING OUT.

   THE ROCKETS 7TH GRADE TEAM & HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS WENT 4-0, TO CLAIM THE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THEIR DIVISIONS. BOTH TEAMS PLAYED REALLY WELL.

   THE ROCKETS 6TH GRADE TEAM WENT 2-2, AND FINISHED IN 3RD PLACE, WHILE THEY WERE PLAYING IN THE 7TH GRADE DIVISION, TO PREPARE FOR THEIR AAU NATIONALS COMING UP THE NEXT WEEKEND. THE TEAM REALLY PLAYED WELL GETTING SOME NEW PLAYERS IN THE SYSTEM, AS AMAURI WASHINGTON REALLY PLAYED WELL IN HER FIRST TOURNEY. THE ROCKETS BEAT A TEAM BY 8 THIS WEEKEND THAT BEAT THEM BY OVER 20 A MONTH AGO,  WITH JUST 5 PLAYERS, THE TEAM WENT 2-0 SAT. WITH JUST 5 A REALLY GREAT EFFORT. THOSE PLAYING THIS WEEKEND WERE, HANNAH SUTTON, CORINNE ANSELM, EMILY STEWART, AMAURI WASHINGTON, MADISON CLARK, MARGARET SHIELDS, KARLEE KING.

  THE ROCKETS 7TH GRADE TEAM HAS REALLY BEEN PLAYING WELL, AND THIS WEEKEND WAS REALLY GOOD GOING 4-0, AND CLAIMING THE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE TEAM HAS HAD A SOLID 5 PLAYERS, AND WITH THE ADDITION OF COURTNEY HUFF & RAECHEL STEINHOFF, THE ALWAYS SOLID PLAY OF KARINNE LANE, JAMIE GLEASON HAS REALLY DOMINATED INSIDE LATELY AND PLAYING WELL, STEPHANIE GERLING, KRISTEN ROACH, MORGAN SPRADLING HAS ALSO PLAYED REALLY WELL, THE TEAM HAS REALLY TAKEN OFF AND IS PLAYING REALLY WELL. IN THE ROCKETS OPENING GAME HUFF HAD A BIG GAME WITH 18 PTS. & 18 REBOUNDS.  IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME LANE & GLEASON BOTH HAD BIG GAMES.

  THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS PLAYING FOR THE 1ST TIME IN ABOUT 3 WEEKS, REALLY PLAYED WELL AND WENT 4-0, FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. ANNA VOGT LED THE WAY IN SCORING FOR THE ROCKETS FOR THE TOURNEY. VERONICA JONES HAD A BIG GAME IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ALSO. THOSE PLAYING WERE LESLIE WILMES, ANNA VOGT, ERIN LITTRELL, MAGGIE JUERGENSEN, VERONICA JONES, HANNAH MCGENNIS, AND KAITLYN EVANS. CONGRATS TO ALL THE GIRLS.

  THE 4TH GRADE WENT 0-3, BUT WERE PLAYING UP IN THE 5TH GRADE DIVISION, THE TEAM PLAYED REALLY HARD, BUT JUST OUTSIZED BY SO MUCH MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO SCORE. REALLY PROUD OF THE GIRLS PLAYED HARD.

  THE 5TH GRADE TEAM WENT 2-2, AND FINISHED IN 3RD PLACE, THE TEAM PLAYED HARD, BUT LIKE THE 4TH GRADE HAD A REALLY HARD TIME SCORING. CONGRATS GIRLS.

  ALL 3 TEAMS WON 2ND PLACE AND QUALIFIED FOR NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS OVER THE WEEKEND.

  THE 6TH GRADE REALLY PLAYED WELL, LOSING TO THE WARRIORS 42-35, IN THEIR OPENER BUT WERE LEADING MOST OF THE WAY, AND JUST RAN OUT OF GAS AGAINST A VERY GOOD WARRIORS TEAM. BUT THE ROCKETS BOUNCED BACK AND BEAT ANOTHER VERY GOOD REBELS TEAM THAT ONLY LOST TO THE WARRIORS BY 2 PTS.. THE ROCKETS DOMINATED THE REBELS FROM THE START, THE REBELS MADE A FEW RUNS AT THE ROCKETS, BUT THE ROCKETS ALWAYS MANAGED TO HOLD THE LEAD THEN STRETCH IT OUT. THOSE PLAYING WERE TENNYSON HENRY, EMILY STEWART, HANNAH SUTTON, MARGARET SHIELDS, TESLA RUEDIGER, KARLEE KING, AND CORINNE ANSELM.

  THE 8TH GRADE ALSO LOST THIER FIRST GAME TO THE CRUSADERS BY ABOUT 20, THE CRUSADERS WERE BY FAR THE BEST TEAM WE'VE SEEN ALL YEAR, REALLY GOOD AND REALLY BIG. BUT LIKE THE 6TH GRADE THE 8TH GRADE BOUNCED BACK AND BEAT THE SWARM EASILY TO WIN THE SILVER MEDALS. THOSE PLAYING WERE BROOKE COSTLEY, HANNAH MCGENNIS, KELSEY SCHERDER, KAITLYN EVANS, BAILEY MITCHELL, MAKAELA TRIPLETT, ASHLEY BISWELL, HANNA KEENE, RILEY REDDIN, AND KIMMIE ROCHA.

  THE ROCKETS 10TH GRADE TEAM PLAYED REALLY WELL GOING 2-1, TO WIN THE SILVER MEDALS. THE ROCKETS WON THEIR FIRST GAME OVER THE SE MO. DYNASTY 68-52, THEN LOST A REALLY TOUGH GAME TO THE SPARKS 54-51, AS THE ROCKETS HAD CHANCES TO TIE IT UP AND JUST COULDN'T GET IT DONE, A REALLY BAD FIRST HALF OF ONLY 15 PTS. REALLY HURT. THE ROCKETS WON THEIR 3RD GAME IN A BLOWOUT OF THE SWARM. THOSE PLAYING WERE DREW KAMPER, LESLIE WILMES, KATIE THOMAS, KRIS STEVENS, ANNA VOGT, ERIN LITTRELL, BRI PIERCE, AND JENNY ROCHA.

 THESE TEAMS REALLY PLAYED HARD ALL WEEKEND AGAINST GOOD COMPETITION AND KNOWING THEY HAD TO WIN TO ADVANCE. I PUSHED A LOT OF THESE GIRLS HARDER THAN USUAL AND REALLY CHALLENGED THEM TO PLAY HARDER THAN USUAL, AND ALL THREE TEAMS REALLY STEPPED IT UP AND DID IT. I WANT ALL THESE GIRLS TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS A VERY COMPETITIVE PROGRAM AND WINNING IS VERY IMPORTANT AND YOU MUST PUT OUT A LITTLE MORE THAN YOUR OPPONENT BECAUSE AT THIS LEVEL THERE'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE IN TEAMS ITS WHO WANTS TO WIN MORE AND MAKES BETTER DECISIONS. I'M REALLY PROUD OF ALL THREE TEAMS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALL GO TO THE NATIONAL TOURNEYS AND DO WELL.

   THE 4TH GRADE WENT 3-0, TO CLAIM THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE FRANCIS HOWELL TOURNEY, THE TEAM REALLY PLAYED WELL, I PERSONALLY DIDN'T SEE THE GAMES THIS WEEKEND BUT THE COACHES SAID THE GIRLS PLAYED MUCH BETTER THAN THE TOURNEY THE WEEKEND BEFORE. THE ROCKETS WON AN EXCITING GAME BY ONE POINT IN THEIR FIRST GAME AS KYRA HARDESTY HIT A SHOT TO WIN IT WITH ABOUT 20 SECONDS LEFT. THE ROCKETS WON THE NEXT TWO GAMES PRETTY EASILY.  MAURA ENGELHORN, MADIE DENSLOW, AND BROOKE GROSSE PLAYING IN THIER SECOND TOURNEY PLAYED MUCH BETTER.

  THE 5TH GRADE ALSO WERE TOURNEY CHAMPS GOING 3-0, THEY WERE PLAYING IN THE 6TH GRADE DIVISION, BUT REALLY PLAYED WELL THIS WEEKEND. THEY HAD THEIR REGULAR GROUP OF KARLY HARPER, KYLIE TOEBBEN, KAYLEE HEGGEMAN, ABBY BARTCH, KYRA HARDESTY, RACHAEL FICK, DANIEL BERRY, AND THIS WEEKEND HANNAH SUTTON AND EMILY STEWART PLAYED WITH THEM. COACH SCHNIEDER SAID THE GIRLS REALLY PLAYED WELL, AND WENT 3-0 FOR THE WEEKEND. CONGRATS GIRLS.

  THE 7TH GRADERS WENT 2-1, AND CAME HOME WITH THE 3RD PLACE MEDALS AS THE TEAM PLAYED MUCH BETTER THIS WEEKEND. THIS TEAM IS STARTING TO GET THEIR PLAYERS THERE AND IS GOING TO GET STRONGER EVERY WEEK NOW I BELIEVE. THEY HAD THEIR REGULAR GROUP OF KARINNE LANE, MORGAN SPRADLING, STEPHANIE GERLING, KRISTEN ROACH, JAMIE GLEESON, AND NOW WITH COURTNEY HUFF PLAYING HER 2ND TOURNEY HELPS AND THIS WEEKEND RACHAEL STEINHOFF PLAYED AND WITH THESE 7 GIRLS LOOKED MUCH BETTER.

  THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WENT 1-2, LOSING THEIR LAST GAME BY 2 PTS. THAT WOULD HAVE PUT THEM IN THE 3RD PLACE GAME. THE GIRLS REALLY PLAY HARD JUST HAVING TROUBLE GET THAT BIG WIN THEY NEED.

  THE 6TH GRADE TEAM STAYED HOT GOING 3-0, IN THE MIDWEST CLASSIC TO CLAIM ANOTHER TOURNEY CHAMPIONSHIP. THE ROCKETS WON THE FIRST TWO GAMES EASY AND THEN WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP 42-33 OVER THE MAJESTIKS.

  THE 10TH GRADE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM LOST THEIR 1ST GAME IN OT, BUT REALLY PLAYED WELL AND CAME BACK TO WIN 4 IN A ROLL BEFORE LOSING TO THE MEMPHIS BOBCATS 54-51, IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, THE TEAM REALLY PLAYED WELL AGAINST SOME BETTER COMPEITITION.

  THE 5TH GRADE WENT 1-2, AND FINISHED TIED FOR 3RD, THE TEAM WAS IN A TOUGH BRACKET AND REALLY PLAYED WELL, AND LOST TWO CLOSE GAMES TO VERY GOOD TEAMS.

  THE ROCKETS 4TH GRADERS WERE BACK IN ACTION AND  WENT 0-3, LOSING ALL 3 GAMES BY A COMBINED 9 PTS., THE TEAM WAS SO CLOSE BUT JUST COULDN'T BREAK THROUGH WITH A WIN. FOR ONLY THIER SECOND TOURNEY THE TEAM PLAYED WELL.

  THE ROCKETS 8TH GRADE TEAM HAD THIER FIRST BAD WEEKEND, PLAYING SHORTHANDED ON SAT., THEY LOST THIER FIRST GAME TO THE KC PHENOM, THEN LOST THAT NIGHT ALSO, BUT BOUNCED BACK ON SUN. TO WIN EASILY.

  THE ROCKETS 9TH GRADE TEAM WENT 0-3, BUT LIKE THE 4TH GRADERS THEY PLAYED REALLY WELL JUST COULD NOT GET OVER THE HUMP FOR A WIN, REALLY PLAYED HARD AND IS IMPROVING.

  THE 5TH GRADE PLAYING IN THE 6TH GRADE DIVISION WENT 1-2 AND FINISHED IN 4TH PLACE, THE GIRLS PLAYED WELL, BUT JUST COULDN'T GET THE 3RD PLACE WIN.

  THE 6TH GRADE ONCE AGAIN WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP GOING 3-0, AND TOTALLY DOMINATING THE OTHER TEAMS, AS THEY BEAT THE ST. CHARLES ATTACK BY OVER 20 TO CLAIM THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

  THE 7TH GRADE TEAM WAS PLAYING SHORT ON PLAYERS ALL WEEKEND AND PLAYED HARD, BUT ENDED UP GOING 1-2, AND FINISHING IN 4TH PLACE. THE TEAM PLAYED HARD JUST NOT ENOUGH BODIES.

  THE 8TH GRADE TEAM HAD SOME VERY GOOD COMPETITION AND ENDED UP WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP GOING 3-0, THE GIRLS PLAYED VERY WELL AND CAME AWAY WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

  THE 10TH GRADE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TOOK HOME THE CHAMPIONSHIP GOING 3-0, AND LIKE THE 6TH GRADERS REALLY TOTALLY DOMINATED THE COMPETITION WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP EASILY.

  THE 9TH GRADE TEAM WON THIER 1ST CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE SUMMER GOING 2-1, AND WINNING THE 9TH-10TH GRADE CHAMPIONSHIP.

   THE ROCKETS PLAYED REALLY WELL IN CHICAGO THIS WEEKEND GOING 4-1, LOSING THIER ONLY GAME IN OVERTIME, AND WHILE PLAYING IN THE 16U-17U DIVISION. IN THE ROCKETS 1ST GAME THEY WON 48-41, WITH ANNA VOGT LEADING THE SCORING WITH 14 PTS., ERIN LITTRELL HAD 12 PTS., LESLIE WILMES HAD 9 PTS., KATIE THOMAS & JENNY ROCHA EACH HAD 5 PTS., AND MAGGIE JUERGESEN ADDED 2 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THEY PLAYED REALLY WELL WINNING 69-51 OVER INDIANA LADY LEGIT, VOGT HAD 18 PTS., DREW KAMPER ADDED 16 PTS., WILMES 13 PTS., LITTRELL ADDED 7 PTS., THOMAS 6 PTS., HANNAH MCGENNIS HAD 5 PTS., JUERGENSEN HAD 3 PTS., AND KRIS STEVENS ADDED 2 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 3RD GAME OF THE DAY ON SAT. THEY LOST A TOUGH 60-56 OVERTIME GAME. THE ROCKETS LED THE GAME 32-27 AT HALF BUT NEEDED A BASKET BY ROCHA WITH TIME RUNNING OUT TO TIE IT. LITTRELL HAD 10 PTS., VOGT 9 PTS., KAMPER & WILMES 8 PTS. EACH, STEVENS ADDED 7 PTS., THOMAS & ROCHA EACH HAD 6 PTS., JUERGENSEN HAD 3 PTS., AND MCGENNIS ADDED 2 PTS.. ON SUNDAY WHEN BRACKET PLAY STARTED THE ROCKETS WON 63-60, IN THIER OPENING GAME, VOGT WITH 18 PTS., LITTRELL HAD 16 PTS., AND KAMPER ADDED 11 PTS., TO LEAD THE SCORING FOR THE ROCKETS. IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THIER BRACKET THE ROCKTS WON 48-43, AS THE ROCKETS LED AT THE HALF 25-20, AND LED THE ENTIRE 2ND HALF AT TIMES BY DOUBLE FIGURES FOR THE WIN. VOGT LED THE WAY WITH 14 PTS., ROCHA 9 PTS., AND WILMES & LITTRELL EACH ADDED 7 PTS.. THE TEAM PLAYED WELL, AND GOT BETTER AS THE WEEKEND WENT ALONG, THE DEFENSE IMPROVED AS THE TEAM GOT MORE PHYSICAL, AND THE TEAM REBOUNDED BETTER EVERY GAME, AS REALLY WE WEREN'T VERY BIG. CONGRATS GIRLS.

    THE MO. ROCKETS 9TH-10TH GRADE COMPETED IN ST.LOUIS, AND PLAYED REALLY HARD, BUT WENT 0-4. THE TEAM REALLY HAD A TOUGH WEEKEND AS THEY WERE PLACED IN THE 16U-17U DIVISION, AND REALLY HAD A TOUGH TIME WITH THE SIZE AND THE SPEED OF THE OLDER TEAMS. I DON'T HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL STATS FOR THE WEEKEND, BUT THE MAIN THING IS COACH SCHNEIDER SAID THE TEAM NEVER QUIT AND REALLY PLAYED HARD. IT ACTUALLY WILL HELP THESE GIRLS AS THE SUMMER GOES ON, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF ALL OF THEM FOR PLAYING SO HARD AND NOT QUITTING, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THE COMPETITIVE NATURE OF THE GIRLS, LOSING IS HARD FOR THEM TO TAKE. THINGS WILL BE BETTER.

   LAST WEEKEND THE 5TH GRADE GIRLS & THE 6TH GRADE-7TH GRADE TEAM COMBINED WON CHAMPIONSHIPS, THE 8TH GRADE TOOK 2ND LOSING IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR THIER 1ST LOSE OF THE SEASON.

  THE 5TH GRADE TOOK HOME THE CHAMPIONSHIP GOING 3-0, FOR THE WEEKEND. IN THE ROCKETS 1ST GAME THEY WON 20-13, RACHAEL FICK HAD 8 PTS. TO LEAD THE SCORING, KYLIE TOEBBEN HAD 4 PTS., DANIELLE BERRY ADDED 3 PTS., ABBY BARTCH & KAYLIE HEGGEMANN EACH HAD 2 PTS., AND CARLY HARPER HAD 1 PT.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THEY WON 27-22, HEGGEMANN LED THE SCORING WITH 10 PTS., BERRY HAD 7 PTS., HARPER HAD 6 PTS., GRACE EVANS & KYRA HARDESTY EACH ADDED  2 PTS.. IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ROCKETS WON 21-16, BERRY HAD 12 PTS., HARPER 6 PTS., FICK ADDED 2 PTS., AND HEGGAMANN HAD 1 PT.. THE TEAM REALLY PLAYED WELL THIS WEEKEND, RACHAEL & CARLY WERE STRONG INSIDE, ALL THE GUARDS PLAYED WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE THE GIRLS ARE STARTING TO GET USE TO EACH OTHER AND PLAYING MUCH BETTER. NEXT UP IN TROY.

   THE 6TH & 7TH GRADE TEAMS WERE COMBINED THIS WEEKEND AND PLAYED WELL, AND WENT 3-0, TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP ALSO. IN THE ROCKETS 1ST GAME THEY STRUGGLED BUT WON 23-13, KARINNE LANE HAD 7 PTS., CORINNE ANSELM & TESLA RUEDIGER EACH HAD 4 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THEY WON 48-11, OVER A VERY WEAK TEAM, RUEDIGER HAD 10 PTS., LANE 9 PTS.. IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ROCKETS PLAYED A REALLY GOOD STORM TEAM AND IN A GAME WHERE THE LEAD WENT BACK AND FORTH THE ROCKETS WON 36-32, I DON'T HAVE THE STATS AVAILABLE, BUT ITS PROBALY A GOOD THING BECAUSE ALL 11 PLAYERS PLAYED REALLY WELL, IF THEY SCORED OR NOT. THE TEAM PLAYED MUCH BETTER DEFENSE AND PLAYED WITH A LOT MORE INTENSITY, REALLY A GOOD GAME.

   THE 8TH GRADE WENT 2-1, AND FINISHED IN 2ND PLACE, NOT PLAYING REALLY GREAT ALL WEEKEND. IN THE ROCKETS 1ST GAME THE ROCKETS STRUGGLED BUT WON 38-34, BROOKE COSTLEY LED THE SCORING WITH 13 PTS., HANNAH MCGENNIS HAD 10 PTS., KAITLYN EVANS ADDED 8 PTS., KELSEY SCHERDER HAD 7PTS.. IN THE 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS CAME OUT QUICK AND JUMPED AHEAD OF A REALLY GOOD JETS TEAM 20-2, AND WENT ON TO WIN 47-38. COSTLEY WITH 14 AND MCGENNIS WITH 13 PTS. LED THE SCORING, MCKAELA TRIPLETT & SCHERDER EACH HAD 4 PTS., RILEY REDDIN & KIMMIE ROCHA EACH HAD 3 PTS., EVANS AND ASHLEY BISWELL EACH ADDED 2 PTS.. IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ROCKETS SUFFERED A 44-32 LOSE TO THE SHOWTIME TEAM. THE ROCKETS DIDN'T PLAY REAL WELL BUT SHOWTIME WAS A GOOD TEAM AND US NOT PLAYING TOGETHER MUCH YET SHOWED. COSTLEY WITH 10 PTS. AND MCGENNIS WITH 8 LED THE SCORING. THE TEAM PLAYED REALLY HARD JUST COULDN'T QUITE GET THERE. NEXT UP IN TROY.

THE SUMMER OF 2008 WAS ANOTHER VERY GOOD ONE FOR MO. ROCKETS TEAMS. ALL THE TEAMS PLAYED HARD AND GOT BETTER AS THE SUMMER WENT ON.

   THE 5TH GRADE TEAM PLAYED REALLY WELL PLAYING IN A LOT OF 6TH GRADE TOURNEYS THE TEAM PLACED IN ALMOST ALL THEIR TOURNAMENTS. CASEY WADE COACHED THEM AND DID A REALLY GOOD JOB. THOSE PLAYING WERE HANNAH SUTTON, EMILY STEWART, TESLA RUEDIGER, TENNYSON HENRY, KAYLEE HEGGEMANN, CORINNE SCHMIDTKE.

   THE 7TH GRADE TEAM STARTED OF SLOWLY, BUT AS WE PICKED UP A FEW PLAYERS AND THE GIRLS GOT USED TO EACH OTHER THE TEAM REALLY STARTED TO COME ON, AND THEY WON THEIR LAST 3 TOURNAMENTS. THOSE PLAYING WERE RACHAEL BASSETT, KAITLYN EVANS, MACAELA TRIPLETT, MICKI BREHE, ASHLEY BISWELL, AND KELSEY SCHERDER. ALL THESE GIRLS REALLY PLAYED WELL. ALSO PLAYING WITH THIS GROUP WERE 6TH GRADERS KARINNE LANE, STEPHANIE GERLING, AND HAILEE NURNBERGER WHO ALL PLAYED REALLY WELL, THESE GIRLS PLAYED WITH THE 5TH GRADE IN 6TH GRADE TOURNAMENTS AND WITH THE 7TH GRADE AND REALLY PLAYED WELL.

   THE 8TH GRADE TEAM WAS OUR BEST TEAM ALL SUMMER LONG, REALLY PLAYING STEADY ALL SUMMER AND PLACING IN ALL BUT 2 TOURNAMENTS. THEY CAPPED OFF THE SUMMER BY FINISHING 10TH IN THE MAYB NATIONALS IN OKLAHOMA GOING 5-2. THOSE PLAYING THIS SUMMER WERE KELSEY CREED, ALYCIA JONES, DANA HEGGEMANN, KAYLA OETTERER, MACKENZIE HADDOX, ANNA VOGT, COURTNEY THOMAS, AND LOREAN ROGERS. THE COACHES LYNETTE CREED AND DAVID JONES DID A GREAT JOB. THE ONLY BAD NEWS WAS LOREAN ROGERS  INJURING HER KNEE IN A HIGH SCHOOL GAME AND NOT BEING ABLE TO PLAY MUCH, BUT IS DOING MUCH BETTER.

   THE 9TH-10TH GRADE ROCKETS HAD A GOOD SUMMER BEING VERY COMPETITIVE IN MOST TOURNEYS AND WINNING SEVERAL. THE GIRLS ALL PLAYED HARD AND WITH MOSTLY 9TH GRADERS SHOULD BE REALLY GOOD NEXT YEAR. THE TEAM WENT 2-3 IN THE MAYB NATIONALS IN OKLAHOMA PLAYING WELL. THOSE PLAYING WERE AMY RATERMANN, CARISSA RICHARDSON, ERIN NEIER, JENNY ROCHA, JESSICA SMITH, KATIE THOMAS, KRIS STEVENS, KRISTIN DEMPSEY, LAUREN ROACH,LESLIE WILMES, KAYLA BIERBAUM, KRISTA LANE, DREW KAMPER, AND COURTNEY COOLEY.

   THE 11TH-12TH GRADE TEAM HAD GOOD SUMMER, THEY STARTED OFF WITH SUM 12TH GRADERS PLAYING BUT AS THOSE GIRLS HAD TO START GOING TO COLLEGE TO START WORKING OUT THE TEAM HAD A PROBLEM WITH NUMBERS. THOSE PLAYING WERE BRI BALDWIN, ALAINA TRIPLETT, BRITTANY HOTSENPILLAR,KATIE LOTTMANN, MORGAN MCCORMICK, AND SENIORS KATHLEEN SCHEER, JULIE MEYER, AND MEGAN AUBUCHON. WHEN EVERYONE WAS THERE THIS TEAM WAS GOOD, BUT SOMETIMES THE NUMBERS HURT. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT BRI, ALAINA, BRITTANY WHO I THINK MADE ALMOST EVERYGAME OR DID MAKE EVERYGAME. JUST IN CASE NEXT SUMMER THESE SENIORS NOW DON'T PLAY I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THEM, ALAINA TRIPLETT STARTED IN 5TH GRADE I BELIEVE AND HAS BEEN A STEADY AND DEPENDABLE PLAYER ALL THE WAY THROUGH, BRI BALDWIN HAS ONLY PLAYED THE LAST TWO YRS. BUT HAS BEEN A REALLY STEADY PLAYER THAT WAS A PLEASURE TO COACH AND IMPROVED SO MUCH AND ALWAYS HAD TEAM FIRST, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST BRITTANY HOTSENPILLAR WHO PLAYED ONLY THIS SUMMER BUT REALLY IMPROVED AND REALLY PLAYED HARD. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS FRUSTRATING FOR ME AND THE GIRLS AT TIMES, IT WAS STILL A PRETTY GOOD SUMMER.

     MY HARDEST THING OF ALL IS TO SAY GOOD BYE TO THE SENIORS FOR THE LAST TIME, AND THIS YEARS GIRLS KATHLEEN, MEGAN, AND JULIE HAVE REALLY BEEN SPECIAL TO ME NOT JUST BECAUSE WE WON BUT BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF PLAYERS AND ATTITUDES THEY HAD THAT WINNING WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THEMSELVES,  AND WOULD DO ANYTHING IT TOOK TO TRY AND WIN, AND ALWAYS PLAYED SO HARD REGARDLESS OF THE SCORE. I BUTTED HEADS WITH THEM SOME, BUT I,VE GOT A TON OF RESPECT FOR ALL THREE. WE WILL MISS YOU. I WILL MISS YOU. GOOD LUCK.

  I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK ALL THE PARENTS WHO HELPED WITH SCORE KEEPERS, GETTING KIDS TO ALL THE GAMES, AND SO FORTH. A SPECIAL THANKS TO CASEY WADE, LYNETTE CREED, DAVID JONES, FOR COACHING AND DOING A GREAT JOB, AND REAL SPECIAL THANKS TO DON BALDWIN FOR ALL THE HELP GETTING OUT FLYERS AND BOOKING MOTELS AND SO FORTH.

  A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE GIRLS FOR A GREAT SUMMER GOOD LUCK AT SCHOOL AND I WILL TRY TO GET TO ONE OF YOUR GAMES THIS WINTER.

                GOOD LUCK, THANKS, JIM

THE MO. ROCKETS 8TH GRADE TEAM WENT 3-0, AND TOOK HOME THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WARRIORS TOURNAMENT AT ST. LOUIS SPORTS CENTER. THE 5TH GRADE WENT 1-2, AND 6TH GRADE WENT 2-2 AND BOTH TOOK HOME 2ND PLACE MEDALS.

   THE ROCKETS 8TH GRADERS OPENED WITH A 36-14 WIN OVER THE ST. LOUIS ALL-STARS, MACKAELA TRIPLETT AND KARINNE LANE LED THE SCORING WITH 8 PTS. EACH, ASHLEY BISWELL HAD 6 PTS., JAMIE GLEASON 5, KAITLYN EVANS 4, AND STEPHANIE GERLING AND KRISTEN ROACH EACH HAD 2 PTS.. IN THE GAME THE ROCKETS HAD 4 3-POINTERS. IN THEIR 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS WON 30-21, LANE LED THE SCORING WITH 9 PTS., EVANS HAD 6, BISWELL AND GLEASON EACH HAD 5 PTS., TRIPLETT 3 PTS., AND GERLING ADDED 2 PTS.. THE ROCKETS AGAIN HAD A GOOD GAME SHOOTING WITH 3 3-POINTERS.. IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ROCKETS ROLLED TO A 41-33 WIN, TRIPLETT HAD A BIG GAME WITH 15 PTS., EVANS HAD 10 PTS., GLEASON 6 PTS., LANE HAD 4 PTS., AND BISWELL, GERLING, AND ROACH ALL ADDED 2 PTS. THE TEAM REALLY PLAYED WELL, AND THE 7TH GRADERS LANE, GLEASON, AND GERLING REALLY PLAYED WELL, AND THE 8TH GRADERS TRIPLETT, LANE, EVANS, AND ROACH, REALLY PLAYED WELL ALL WEEKEND ALSO. WE WILL GET YOUR PICTURE UP IN THE ALBUM SECTION SOON.

   THE 6TH GRADE TEAM WENT 2-2, AND TOOK HOME THE 2ND PLACE MEDALS. IN THE ROCKETS 1ST GAME THEY BEAT THE MAJESTIKS 25-18, CARINNE & TENNYSON HENRY LED THE SCORING WITH 8PTS. EACH, EMILY STEWART HAD 5 PTS., AND HANNAH SUTTON ADDED 4 PTS. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS PLAYED A REALLY GOOD ST. LOUIS WARRIOR TEAM AND CAME UP A LITTLE SHORT LOSING 23-19, HENRY HAD A BIG GAME WITH 11 PTS., CARLY KING & CORINNE ADDED 4 PTS. EACH. IN THEIR 3RD GAME THE ROCKETS WON 33-19, TESLA RUEDIGER LED THE SCORING WITH 17 PTS., KING HAD 8 PTS., HENRY HAD 4 PTS., AND SUTTON & STEWART EACH HAD 2 PTS.. IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ROCKETS WERE PLAYING WITH ONLY 5 PLAYERS AND 5TH GRADERS AND STAYED CLOSE FOR A HALF, BUT WITH HENRY AND ELLEN ROGERS FOULING OUT THE WARRIORS PULLED AWAY IN THE REMATCH WINNING 35-9, MARGO SHIELDS HAD 4 PTS., STEWART AND HENRY ADDED 2 EACH, AND SUTTON HAD 1 PT.. GOOD WEEKEND FOR THE 6TH GRADERS STARTING TO COME AROUND.

  THE 5TH GRADERS WENT 1-2, AND ALSO CAME HOME WITH THE 2ND PLACE MEDALS, LIKE THE 6TH GRADERS LOST BOTH TIMES TO THE SAME TEAM. IN THE ROCKETS 1ST GAME THE ROCKETS LOST 21-15 TO THE MAJESTIKS, IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THEY DEFEATED THE ST. LOUIS STORM 14-11, AND THAT SET UP THE REMATCH WITH THE MAJESTIKS. THE ROCKETS LED MOST OF THE GAME BUT FELL SHORT IN THE END 13-11, THE GIRLS PLAYED REALLY WELL AND HAS SHOWN HUGE IMPROVEMENT ALREADY. THOSE PLAYING THIS WEEKEND WERE DANIELLE BERRY, CARLY HARPER, DARBY JOERLING, KAYLI HEGGEMANN, KRISTEN SEABAUGH, GRACE EVANS, AND KYRA HARDESTY.

  NEXT UP IS JAN. 31-FEB. 1 IN COLUMBIA, MO. ALL TEAMS WILL BE PLAYING.

  LAST WEEKEND THE ROCKETS TEAMS ALL DID VERY WELL, WITH THE 6TH GRADE AND 8TH GRADE TAKING HOME CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND THE 5TH GRADE TAKES HOME 2ND PLACE MEDALS.

  THE 8TH GRADE TEAM WENT 4-0, TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP, THE TEAM REALLY PLAYED WELL AND BENEFITED FROM GIRLS FINISHING THEIR SCHOOL SCHEDULES AND ABLE TO PLAY. IN THE 1ST GAME THE ROCKETS DEFEATED THE HOT SHOTS 31-25, WHICH WOULD PROVE TO BE THE CLOSET GAME OF THE WEEKEND FOR THE TEAM. IN THEIR 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS WON 41-16, KELSEY SCHERDER LED THE SCORING WITH 11 PTS., KAITLIN EVANS HAD 10 PTS., JAMIE GLEASON ADDED 9 PTS., KRISTEN ROACH HAD 4, AND KARINNE LANE AND HALEE NURNBERGER EACH HAD 2 PTS. IN THE ROCKETS 3RD GAME THEY DEFEATED THE TITANS 26-18, EVANS LED THE SCORING WITH 10 PTS., MACKAELA TRIPLETT AND ASHLEY BISWELL EACH HAD 5 PTS., SCHERDER ADDED 4 PTS., AND STEPHANIE GERLING ADDED 2 PTS..  IN THEIR FINAL GAME THE ROCKETS DEFEATED THE WARRIORS 24-15, EVANS AGAIN LED THE SCORING WITH 10 PTS., SCHERDER WITH 8 PTS., GERLING, LANE, AND GLEASON ALL ADDED 2 PTS.. IN THE FINAL GAME THE ROCKETS SIZE INSIDE WAS A HUGE ADVANTAGE, AS EVANS, SCHERDER, GLEASON, AND KAITLYN MCCLAIN DOMINATED THE INSIDE, AND PLAYING WITH A SHORTAGE OF GUARDS KARINNE LANE REALLY PLAYED WELL HAVING TO HANDLE THE BALL THE ENTIRE GAME AND PLAYING ALMOST THE ENTIRE GAME. REALLY GOOD WEEKEND THE TEAM IS GETTING MUCH BETTER EVERY WEEKEND, REALLY GOOD EFFORT BY EVERYONE.

   THE 6TH GRADE GIRLS WON THEIR FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2009, GOING 3-0 TO TAKE HOME FIRST. IN THE ROCKETS OPENER THEY DEFEATED THE COLUMBIA SUNS 25-19, IN A TOUGH GAME. TESLA RUEDIGER LED THE SCORING WITH 12 PTS., HANNAH SUTTON HAD 4 PTS., EMILY STEWART AND TENNYSON HENRY EACH HAD 3 PTS., AND MARGARET SHIELDS ADDED 2 PTS.  IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THEY DEFEATED THE JEFF. CITY REDSTORM 19-11, PLAYING THE ENTIRE 2ND HALF WITH 3 6TH GRADERS, AND 3 5TH GRADERS. STEWART LED THE SCORING WITH 7 PTS., RUEDIGER AND HENRY EACH HAD 4 PTS., SUTTON, KAYLI HEGGEMANN, AND SHIELDS EACH ADDED 2 PTS.. IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ROCKETS HAD A REMATCH WITH THE STORM AND POUNDED THEM 33-18, HENRY WITH A MONSTER GAME DOMINATING ON DEFENSE AND SCORING 17 PTS., CORINNE ANSELM PLAYING HER FIRST GAME OF THE TOURNEY WAS A BIG HELP WITH 6 PTS. AND NUMEROUS STEALS ON DEFENSE, RUEDIGER AND STEWART EACH HAD 4 PTS., AND SUTTON ADDED 2 PTS., THE TEAM REALLY PLAYED WELL AND MOST OF THE TIME WITH ONLY 5 PLAYERS AND THE HELP OF 2 5TH GRADERS WHO ALSO PLAYED WELL. GOOD JOB GIRLS.

   THE 5TH GRADE TOOK HOME 2ND PLACE MEDALS FOR THE 2ND WEEK IN A ROLL, THE TEAM REALLY PLAYED HARD, AND LIKE LAST  WEEK IMPROVED A BUNCH. THE TEAM OPENED THE TOURNEY PLAYING THE JEFF. CITY REDSTORM, A REALLY BIG AND STRONG TEAM, THE ROCKETS LED MUCH OF THE GAME BUT FELL A LITTLE SHORT IN THE END LOSING 25-19, DANIELLE BERRY LED THE SCORING WITH 14 PTS., KAYLI HEGGEMANN ADDED 4 PTS., AND KRISTEN SEABAUGH HAD 1 PT.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THEY ROLLED OVER THE HIGH BROS. LUMBER TEAM 23-8, KYRA HARDESTY LED THE SCORING WITH 7 PTS., DARBY JOERLING HAD 4 PTS., SEABAUGH AND BERRY EACH HAD 3 PTS., GRACE EVANS, KARLY HARPER, AND HEGGEMANN EACH ADDED 2 PTS.. THE ROCKETS CAME BACK ON SUN. MORNING AND DEFEATED THE HIGH BROS. TEAM AGAIN 26-7, BERRY WITH 13 PTS., SEABAUGH 6 PTS., HARPER 5 PTS., AND HEGGEMANN ADDED 2 PTS.. THAT SET UP THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH THE REDSTORM AGAIN, THE ROCKETS PLAYED SO HARD AND FELL BEHIND EARLY BUT BATTLED BACK TO GET CLOSE, BUT FELL 21-16. BERRY HAD 7 PTS., SEABAUGH 4 PTS., JOERLING AND HARPER 2 PTS. EACH, AND HEGGEMANN ADDED 1 PT.. WHAT REALLY HURT WAS THE ROCKETS COULD ONLY GO 8-29 ON FREE THROWS FOR THE GAME AND THAT WAS A KILLER. THE TEAM REALLY PLAYED WELL THOUGH, WITH JOERLING, BERRY, HEGGEMANN, HARDESTY, AND EVANS REALLY WAS TOUGH ON THE PRESS CAUSING NUMEROUS TURNOVERS. AS THE TOURNEY WENT ALONG SEABAUGH AND HARPER GOT BETTER INSIDE, BIG IMPROVEMENT FOR THE WHOLE. JUST LIKE THE OTHER TEAMS A REALLY GOOD EFFORT, NO QUIT.

   CASEY AND MYSELF BOTH THOUGHT THE TEAMS LOOKED SO MUCH BETTER, THE 8TH GRADE REALLY HAS PLAYED WELL BACK TO BACK WEEKENDS, CHAMPIONS BOTH WEEKENDS. THE 6TH GRADE LOOKED THE BEST ITS LOOKED ALL YEAR, NOW GRANTED I THINK THE COMPETITION WASN'T QUIT AS GOOD AS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN BUT STILL GOOD, AND THE GIRLS DOMINATED. THE 5TH GRADE ONCE AGAIN PLAYED SO HARD BUT JUST A LITTLE SHORT, BUT I THINK THE GIRLS WHO HAVEN'T PLAYED THIS LEVEL OF BASKETBALL BEFORE ARE STARTING TO GET MORE AGGRESSIVE AND HOPEFULLY THE NEXT TOURNEY THEY WILL GET OVER THE HUMP. REALLY PROUD OF ALL 3 TEAMS AS THEY PLAYED HARD EVERY GAME AND CHEERED FOR THE OTHER TEAMS. GOOD JOB.

   THE MISSOURI ROCKETS 5TH, 6TH, AND 8TH GRADE TEAMS TOOK HOME ALL THE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE GIRLS SIDE OF THE GREYHOUND CLASSIC, PLAYED AT THE ST. LOUIS SPORTS CENTER, REALLY A GOOD WEEKEND AND EXCITING ONE.

   THE 5TH GRADERS PLAYED WELL BUT WAS HELPED OUT BY A PRETTY WEAK FIELD, BUT THEY WERE MISSING SOME KEY PLAYERS ALSO, AND HAD SOME NEW GIRLS PLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. IN THEIR OPENER THE ROCKETS ROLLED TO A 27-2 WIN OVER THE GREYHOUNDS. KRISTEN SEABAUGH LED THE SCORING WITH 8 PTS., ABBY BARTCH HAD 7 PTS., CARLY HARPER AND KYLIE TOEBBEN ADDED 4 PTS. EACH, DARBY JOERLING AND KYRA HARDESTY EACH HAD 2 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS WON A THRILLER 18-16, JOERLING, HARPER, SEABAUGH, AND TOEBBEN ALL HAD 4 PTS., AND HARDESTY ADDED 2 PTS.. IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ROCKETS AGAIN BEAT THE GREYHOUNDS 41-4, NO STATS WERE AVAILABLE. CONGRATS TO COACHES SCHNIEDER AND HARPER, AND TO ALL THE GIRLS ON A GOOD WEEKEND.

ONE NOTE OF BAD NEWS FOR THE 5TH GRADE WAS THAT GRACE EVANS SUFFERED A BROKEN FINGER, AND IS QUESTIONABLE FOR NEXT WEEKEND.

   THE 6TH GRADE ALSO CAME AWAY WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN DRAMATIC FASHION, WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN OVERTIME. IN THE ROCKETS 1ST GAME THEY FELL TO THE SPARKS 21-18, AS TERRIBLE FREE THROW SHOOTING KILLED THEM, AS THEY WERE 1-15 ON FREE THROWS. TENNYSON HENRY LED THE SCORING WITH 6 PTS., TESLA RUEDIGER ADDED 5 PTS., KARLIE KING HAD 3 PTS., MARGARET SHIELDS & EMILY STEWART EACH ADDED 2PTS. IN THEIR 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS DEFEATED THE HAWKS 34-22, ANSELM LED THE WAY WITH 12 PTS., RUEDIGER HAD 8 PTS., HENRY & STEWART HAD 4 PTS. EACH, ELLEN ROGERS ADDED 3 PTS., KING HAD 2 PTS., AND HANNAH SUTTON HAD 1 PT.. NEXT CAME A REMATCH WITH THE SPARKS, THIS TIME THE ROCKETS PLAYED MUCH BETTER AND WON 30-16, HENRY LED THE WAY WITH 8 PTS., ROGERS HAD 6 PTS., RUEDIGER & ANSELM EACH HAD 5 PTS., SHIELDS HAD 4 PTS., STEWART ADDED 2 PTS., AND KING HAD 1 PT.. NEXT UP THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH THE STING, THE ROCKETS FELL BEHIND BY 13 PTS., IN THE 2ND HALF, BUT BATTLED BACK AND ANSELM HIT A DRIVING LAYUP TO TIE IT WITH 3 SECONDS LEFT TO SEND IT TO OVERTIME. IN THE OVERTIME THE ROCKETS TOOK THE LEAD AND NEVER GAVE IT UP WINNING 35-32, RUEDIGER A BIG GAME WITH 10 PTS., ANSELM HAD 9 PTS., HENRY ADDED 7 PTS., KING HAD 5 PTS., SUTTON & ROGERS EACH HAD 2 PTS., THIS WAS PROBALY THE BEST WIN FOR THIS GROUP OF GIRLS, THEY NEVER GAVE UP AND ALL 8 PLAYERS REGARDLESS IF THEY SCORED OR NOT PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE. REALLY GOOD JOB GIRLS.

   THE 8TH GRADE ALSO TOOK HOME THE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND ALSO IN DRAMATIC FASHION. THE ROCKETS TOTALLY DOMINATED THE OPENING OPPONENT THE ST.LOUIS ALL-STARS WINNING 58-11, HANNAH MCGENNIS LED THE SCORING WITH 15 PTS., CAITLYN EVANS HAD 11 PTS., CORINNE LANE & JAMIE GLEASON EACH HAD 8 PTS., BROOKE COSLEY ADDED 6 PTS., HANNA KEENE & RILEY REDDIN EACH HAD 4 PTS., MACKAELA TRIPLET & KIMMIE ROCHA ADDED 1 PT.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS ROLLED OVER THE JAGUARS 43-10, COSLEY LED THE WAY WITH 11 PTS., KELSEY SCHERDER ADDED 9 PTS., MCGENNIS HAD 6 PTS..   IN THE ROCKETS 3RD GAME THEY AGAIN WON EASILY 43-17 OVER THE CYCLONES, MCGENNIS HAD 11 PTS., SCHERDER & COSLEY EACH HAD 8 PTS., AND JAMIE GLEASON HAD 5 PTS.. IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ROCKETS TOOK ON THE GAMEFACE TEAM AND WON AN EXCITING 43-42 GAME. THE ROCKET WERE TIED 24-24 AT THE HALF, THE 2ND HALF WAS BACK AND FORTH AND FINALLY BROOKE COSLEY HIT A 3-POINTER WITH 3 SECONDS TO GO TO WIN IT. EVERYONE PLAYED REALLY WELL, WE COMBINED THE 7TH-8TH GRADERS FOR THIS TOURNEY, SO WE HAD 14 GIRLS, ALL THE GIRLS PLAYED WELL AND EXTREMELY HARD. I WANT TO THANK THE GIRLS AND PARENTS FOR THE PATIENCE WITH SO MANY PLAYERS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET A LOOK AT EVERYONE. GOOD JOB GIRLS.

 NEXT UP IS MARCH 28-29 AT FRANCIS HOWELL ALL TEAMS FROM 4TH-HIGH SCHOOL WILL PLAY.

JUST A NOTE THE 7TH GRADE BOYS WENT 2-1, FINISHING IN 5TH PLACE.

    THE MO. ROCKETS CAPTURED 5 CHAMPIONSHIPS AT FRANCIS HOWELL AND ONE 3RD PLACE FINISH. ALL THE TEAMS PLAYED GREAT. THE TEAMS COMBINED FOR A 16-2 RECORD FOR THE WEEKEND, MOST WINNING IN LOPSIDED SCORES.

  THE 4TH GRADE PLAYED THEIR 1ST TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR AND WENT 3-0 TO CLAIM THE CHAMPIONSHIP. IN THE ROCKETS 1ST GAME THEY DEFEATED THE CHICAGO WILDCATS 13-4, KYRA HARDESTY LED THE SCORING WITH 7 PTS., CAROLINE ROGERS, ADRIA COSTLEY, AND GRACE EVANS EACH ADDED 2 PTS.. IN THEIR 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS DEFEATED THE FLAMES 36-8, HARDESTY LED THE SCORING WITH 10 PTS., COSTLEY HAD 9 PTS., ROGERS 7 PTS., MEREDITH ROACH ADDED 4 PTS., EVANS, CASSIDY NURNBURGER,AND BAILEY EACH HAD 2 PTS.. IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST THE BARAT EAGLES, THE ROCKETS WON 25-6, COSTLEY LED THE SCORING WITH 7 PTS., ROGERS, EVANS, AND MADELINE EACH ADDED 4 PTS., HARDESTY & NURNBURGER EACH ADDED 3 PTS., AND BROOKE GROSS PLAYING HER 1ST GAME FAILED TO SCORE BUT PLAYED WELL. THE TEAM REALLY PLAYED WELL AND PLAYED REALLY HARD ALL WEEKEND. CAROLINE ROGERS ALSO RECEIVED THE HUSTLE AWARD. GOOD JOB TO ALL THE GIRLS. KYRA, ADRIA, AND GRACE REALLY PLAYED WELL ALSO HAVING TO PLAY ALMOST THE ENIRE GAME.

  THE 5TH GRADE ROCKETS PLAYED REALLY WELL GOING 2-1, AND FINISHING IN 3RD PLACE. THE ROCKETS OPENED WITH AN EXCITING 24-23 WIN, KARLY HARPER LED THE SCORING WITH 8 PTS., RAECHEL ADDED 6 PTS., KYLIE TOEBBEN & DANIELLE BERRY EACH HAD 4 PTS., AND KRISTEN SEABAUGH HAD 2 PTS., ALSO PLAYING WELL BUT NOT SCORING WERE KAYLI HEGGEMANN & ABBY BARTCH. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS LOST A TOUGH 32-24 GAME, AND THAT PUT THE ROCKETS IN THE 3RD PLACE GAME. THE ROCKETS PREVAILED IN THE 3RD PLACE GAME 24-14, BERRY LED THE SCORING WITH 7 PTS., HEGGEMANN & HARPER EACH HAD 6 PTS., TOEBBEN HAD 3 PTS., SEABAUGH ADDED 2 PTS.. THE 5TH GRADE REALLY PLAYED WELL AND IS GETTING BETTER EVERY WEEK AS WE GET SOME NEW PLAYERS IN THE MIX, THE TEAM JUST NEEDS TO GET A LITTLE MORE PHYSICAL INSIDE AND THEY WILL.

   THE 6TH GRADE GIRLS WENT A VERY IMPRESSIVE 3-0, IN WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE ROCKETS DOMINATED ALL 3 GAMES BY HUGE MARGINS. IN THE OPENER THE ROCKETS WON 64-4, OVER THE WARE WOLVES, KARLIE KING LED THE SCORING WITH 18 PTS., HANNAH SUTTON HAD 17 PTS., TESLA RUEDIGER ADDED 12 PTS., MARGARET SHIELDS & CORINNE ANSELM EACH HAD 6 PTS., AND ELLEN ROGERS HAD 5 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS PLAYED A GOOD ATTACK TEAM, BUT DOMINATED THEM WINNING 47-27. LEADING THE SCORING WAS KING WITH 19 PTS., ROGERS WITH 10 PTS., RUEDIGER ADDED 6 PTS., SUTTON, EMILY STEWART, AND ANSELM EACH ADDED 4 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 3RD GAME THE ROCKETS BEAT ST. PATRICKS 50-27, THE ROCKETS BUILT UP A HUGE LEAD AND CRUISED FROM THERE, LEADING THE SCORING WAS KING WITH 13 PTS., SUTTON WITH 11 PTS., RUEDIGER HAD 10 PTS., SHIELDS ADDED 6 PTS., ANSELM & ROGERS EACH HAD 4 PTS., AND STEWART ADDED 2 PTS.. THE ROCKETS PLAYED SO WELL THIS WEEKEND AND ARE GETTING BETTER EVERY WEEKEND, REALLY IMPRESSIVE THIS WEEKEND, AND WHAT A WEEKEND FOR KARLIE KING AVERAGED 17 PTS. A GAME AND DIDN'T MISS MANY SHOTS, SUTTON ALSO A GOOD WEEKEND AVE. 10 PTS. A GAME, WITHOUT TENNYSON, KARLIE AND ELLEN DID A GREAT JOB INSIDE. NOT THE GREATEST OF COMPETITION, BUT REALLY GOOD EFFORT BY ALL 8 GIRLS.

   THE ROCKETS 7TH GRADE WENT 2-1, BUT WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP ON POINT DIFFERENCE. IT WAS THE TEAMS 1ST GAME WITH JUST THE 7TH GRADERS, AND THEY PLAYED REALLY WELL. THE ROCKETS WON THEIR 1ST GAME 32-26, OVER THE SHARPSHOOTERS. KARINNE LANE LED THE SCORING WITH 10 PTS., CORINNE ANSELM HAD 7 PTS., HALIEE NURNBURGER & MORGAN SPRADLING EACH HAD 4 PTS., JAMIE GLEASON ADDED 3 PTS., STEPHANIE GERLING ADDED 2 PTS., AND KRISTEN ROACH HAD 1 PT.. THE ROCKETS WON THEIR SECOND GAME THE ROCKETS WON 40-13, OVER RIVER CITY EXPRESS, LANE HAD 10 PTS., GLEASON & ANSELM EACH HAD 9 PTS., NURNBURGER HAD 5 PTS., SPRADLING ADDED 4 PTS., AND HANNAH SUTTON HAD 3 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 3RD GAME THE ROCKETS LOST 34-28, BUT WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP BY POINT DIFFERENCE. GLEASON HAD 10 PTS., BUT WAS IN FOUL TROUBLE ALL GAME AND FOULED OUT EARLY, LANE & GERLING EACH ADDED 6 PTS., NURNBURGER & ANSELM EACH HAD 2 PTS.. THE TEAM REALLY PLAYED WELL FOR THEIR 1ST TOURNEY, REALLY GOOD TOURNEY FOR KARINNE LANE HANDLED THE BALL WELL AND SCORED, 6TH GRADER CORINNE ANSELM HELPED OUT A LOT ALSO, AND GLEASON AND SPRADLING DID A GOOD JOB INSIDE. GOOD JOB GIRLS.

   THE ROCKETS 8TH GRADE LIKE THE 6TH GRADE TEAM WENT 3-0, AND TOTALLY DOMINATED EVERY GAME, IN WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP. IN THE ROCKETS 1ST GAME THE ROCKETS WON 48-16,KELSEY SCHERDER LED THE SCORING WITH 11 PTS., KAITLYN EVANS & BROOKE COSTLEY EACH HAD 8 PTS., HANNAN MCGENNIS ADDED 7 PTS., MACKAELA TRIPLETT HAD 5 PTS., HANNAH KEENE & KIMMIE ROCHA EACH HAD 4 PTS., AND RILEY REDDIN HAD 1 PTS.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS WON 37-19, EVANS LED THE SCORING WITH 12 PTS., COSTLEY HAD 10 PTS., SCHERDER HAD 6 PTS., KEENE 4 PTS., TRIPLETT & REDDIN EACH HAD 2 PTS., AND ROCHA HAD 1 PTS.. IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ROCKETS ROLLED OVER THE PREVIOUSLY UNDEFEATED RIVER CITY TEAM 60-19, MCGENNIS WITH 23 PTS. LED THE WAY, KEENE HAD 12 PTS., COSTLEY ADDED 11PTS., EVANS & SHERDER EACH HAD 4 PTS., TRIPLETT HAD 3 PTS., ROCHA HAD 2 PTS. AND REDDIN HAD 1 PT.. THIS TEAM PLAYED SO WELL, THEY PASS THE BALL REALLY WELL AND PLAY REALLY TOUGH DEFENSE. AS LONG AS SHERDER & EVANS CAN STAY OUT OF FOUL TROUBLE, WITH THE GUARDS THEY HAVE THEY ARE REALLY A GOOD TEAM AND FUN TEAM TO WATCH.

   THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM WAS LIKE THE 8TH GRADERS 3-0, AND NOT EVEN TESTED IN WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP. IN THE ROCKETS 1ST GAME THE ROCKETS GOT OFF TO A BIG LEAD THEN CRUISED TO A 41-32 WIN OVER GAMEFACE, ANNA VOGT LED THE SCORING WITH 21 PTS., KATIE THOMAS HAD 5 PTS., DREW KAMPER & BRI PIERCE EACH HAD 4 PTS., ERIN LITTRELL HAD 3 PTS., LESLIE WILMES ADDED 2 PTS., AND JENNY ROCHA & KELSEY CREED EACH HAD 1 PT.. IN THE ROCKETS 2ND GAME THE ROCKETS WON 53-27, ROCHA & VOGT EACH HAD 10 PTS., LITTRELL & PIERCE EACH ADDED 8 PTS., WILMES ADDED 5 PTS., THOMAS & KAMPER EACH HAD 4 PTS., BROOKE COSTLEY & CREED EACH HAD 2 PTS.. IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ROCKETS PLAYED THE CHICAGO WILDCATS AND WON 52-24, VOGT LED THE WAY WITH 12 PTS., THOMAS 10 PTS., WILMES HAD 7 PTS., KAMPER 6 PTS., LITTRELL 5 PTS., PIERCE 4 PTS., CREED & ROCHA EACH HAD 3 PTS., COSTLEY ADDED 2 PTS.. THE TEAM REALLY PLAYED WELL, VOGT INSIDE WAS ALMOST UNSTOPPABLE, AND THE GUARDS REALLY TOOK CARE OF THE BALL AND PLAYED WELL. TEAM DEFENSE WAS REALLY GOOD ALSO. NEXT UP FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL IS IN FARMINGTON, ALL TEAMS WILL PLAY THERE. GOOD WEEKEND GIRLS.