6th Grade Boys @Rush City

The 6^th grade boys played in a 6 team tourney in Rush City this weekend.  They ended up in 3^rd place.  They had the same W-L record as Rush City but Rush took 2^nd by winning the point differential.  NB White 19-Pine City 37, Siren 13-Pine City 40, NB Black 38-Pine City 20.

In our first game against NB White we were slow to get going and the score was NB 13-Pine 19 at the half.  However, our first 2 points in the game were scored by our birthday boy.  Happy 12^th Casey! In the 3^rd quarter we found our rhythm and outscored them by 12. The only low point of the game was our miserable free throw percentage making only 1 of 13 from the line.  Our 2^nd game against Siren started in a similar fashion. At the half we were only up by 4 points.  We came alive again in the 3^rd quarter and outscored them in the 2^nd half by  16-1.  Our go to play was to Jusczak with an assist from Petersen.  Again, our free throws were in the tank making only 1 of 10.  We knew our 3^rd game against NB Black would be a challenge but the boys really kept pace for the first half.  Waxberg nailed a 3 at the last second and we went into the 2^nd half up 12-9.  Sadly after the half, NB Black came out in a full court zone press with traps that was a little too successful.  They were able to cause many turnovers and convert with an easy layup.  We figured out how to break the press by the 4^th quarter but by then it was too late.  Sadly that large point spread cost us the 2^nd place ribbon and we settled for 3^rd.   All in all still a great showing by these hoopsters.  We have a long wait until our next tourney which is in Pine City on March 5^th.   This gives us plenty of time to work on our free throws and to focus on running our own press and getting better at breaking one.

The attached pic is from when the 6^th grade boys played at ½ time of the Varsity game this past Thursday.