Team Results (4-0)

(W)Defenders(51),PA Hoopsters(37)
(W)Defenders(72),Buffalo STORM(23)
(W)Defenders(73),Defenders Local 16U(32)

Championship Game:
(W)Defenders(49), Erie Saints(46)

4 SPORTS (HUBBLE)

STEAL CITY (HURST)

WESTERN PA BRUINS(SAUSSOL)

Tournament Results, Record 3-2

Triple Threat 54, Defenders 41 (L)

Scoring Summary: Broas(5),Crabb(5), DeMarco(3), Dougherty(7),Healy(4), Reinholz(5), Robbins(5), Stillwell(8), Wallace (2)


Defenders 54, Richmond Surge 51 (W)

Scoring Summary: Broas(5),Crabb(2), DeMarco(5), Dougherty(12),Guyton(1), Healy(8), Reinholz(5), Robbins(5), Stillwell(7), Wallace (3)


Pax River Silver Stars 60, Defenders 37 (L)

Scoring Summary: Broas(3), Dougherty(11), Guyton(1), Healy(4), Reinholz(6), Stillwell(1), Wallace (11)


Defenders 51 SJ Blitz 47, 2OT (W)

Scoring Summary: Broas(2),Crabb(2) DeMarco(4), Dougherty(7),Guyton(4), Healy(6), Reinholz(5), Robbins(6), Stillwell(8), Wallace (7)


Defenders 42, 1 On None 13 (W)

Scoring Summary: Broas(2),DeMarco(4), Dougherty(5),Guyton(5), Healy(8), Reinholz(4), Robbins(4), Stillwell(5), Wallace (5)


Tournament Summary:
Broas(17),Crabb(9), DeMarco(16), Dougherty(42),Guyton(11), Healy(30), Reinholz(25), Robbins(21), Stillwell(29), Wallace (28)

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National Team Schedule

April 1
Rochester Lady Titans Showcase – Geneva, NY
–3 games

April 16-18
Bluechip Basketball Pre-Season Challenge
- Virginia Commonwealth and University of Richmond, VA
-5 Games

April 23-25
Coca-Cola Classic Championships Washington, PA
-4+ Games
www.washingtonimpact.com

May 7-8
Erie Saints Challenge
Erie, Pa.
www.eriesaints.com/es/index.htm

May 15-16
Bluechip Basketball Spring Fling
Philadelphia, Pa.
-4 Games

May 29-30
USJN,BIG APPLE CHALLENGE
UNION, NJ
WWW.USJN.COM

June 13
2010 Crossroad Coyote Invitational Geneva, NY

June 19-20
GymRat CHALLENGE -ALBANY, NY www.gymratunlimited.com/womens/w_index.shtml

July 10-15
AAU DII AAU National Championships – ESPN Wide World of Sports® Complex
710 South Victory Way,
Kissimmee, FL 34747
www.aaugirlsbasketball.org/Events/2010NationalChampionship.aspx

Roster:
Broas, Jordyn (Kenmore East), Crabb, Jenna (Pioneer), DeMarco, Brooke (Grand Island), Dougherty, Shannon (West Seneca West), Healy, Christina (Sacred Heart), Reinholz, Kylie (Nichols), Robbins, Brianna (Nardin), Stillwell, Raeann (St Mary's), Wallace, Ashley (Starpoint)

16U Local Team Schedule

Buffalo Storm Brian Dux Tournament – March 27-28, 2010 - http://www.buffalostorm.org/
Western New York Lady Lakers – May 1-2, 2010 – SUNY Brockport http://www.wnyladylakers.com/
Erie Saints Challenge – May 7-8, 2010 - http://www.eriesaints.com/es/index.htm
Western Finger Lakes Main Event – May 22-23, 2010 – Geneva, NY
Niagara PAL – June 19-20, 2010 - http://www.niagarapal.com/

Roster:
Fontana, Victoria (St Mary's),Guyton, Marisa (Lockport), Hansen, Sarah (North Tonawanda), Hughes, Shannon (Williamsville East), Phillips, Jenna (Eden), Prater, Jessica (Sacred Heart), Ripson, Kristine (Lew-Port), Smythe, Cassey (Eden), Wegrzyn, Danielle (Grand Island), Weigel, Bailey (Williamsville East), Wingerter, Chloe (Nardin)

Known to our team as "Mission Hawaii" our 14U team has started our 12 month fund-raising efforts in order to play in Kona, Hawaii next year. The tournament which has seen the likes of Andrew Bogart, Dwight Howard, and LeBron James play during their younger days will give our team the chance to play against world competition.

At present after the Labor Day Car Wash the team has surpassed 10% of its fundraising goal.

Our team would like to offer everyone the opportunity to purchase a Buffalo Bills package raffle ticket. The one and only one winner will win:

1) Two tickets to the Buffalo Bills vs, Cleveland Browns, Oct. 11th game
2) Pre and Post game coverge with Mark Kelso on the Bill's radio show
3) Autographed Terrel Owens Bills jersey
4) Autographed Trent Edwards Bills jersey
5) Autographed Marv Levy book, "Where else would you rather be"

Each ticket is $20 a piece or 3 for $50. Only 250 tickets will be sold, which means the chance of winning is much better than a state lottery ticket. Contact Coach Kanalley at pkcm@roadrunner.com for tickets. The drawing is September 30th, 2009.

Our 14U team finished the season with strong 3 - 1 record at the Lake Erie Shootout, with a thrilling 47 - 43 overtime game. The second place finish was the third second place finish of the season along with two championship first place finishes. The team ended up with a 19 - 16 record, 4 more wins than the 2008 season.

Celebrating at the team party afterwards, we now look forward to our fundraising off season, which we call "Mission Hawaii". With the commitmment from all the families our goal is to play in the 2010 World Youth Basketball Tournament, in Hawaii.

Thank you to all our families, coaching staff, and most important our players for a fun and memorable 2009 AAU season.

Our 14U team finished 1 - 3 for the tournament, but came away with the experience and understanding what it takes to play in a Pre-National tournament. The tournament attracted close to 200 teams from 13 different states. The lone victory increased the teams total to 17 wins for the season, which bypasses the total of all of last season.

Playing in their 7th consecutive weekend tournament in a row the mental grind finally caught up to our 14U team as they finished 1 - 3. The lone victory was a double digit win against a team from the Cobbleskill area, while a couple of 4 point loses to the Rochester Warriors and WNY Lady Lakers teams sealed the deal. Highlights of the weekend included another building block from the "Pyramid of Success", Team Spirit, enjoying Movie Night at the hotel together while watching "Heart of the Game" and the possibility of going to Hawaii next season to play in the Spalding World Youth basketball Tournament. And no that is not a typo!

The team will take a week off to study for final exams and than get back to tournament play the weekend of June 20th - 21st at Syracuse and finish the AAU season in Fredonia, June 27th - 28th.

Our 14U team finished 2nd place in pool play (losing to the eventual tournament champions from Pittsburgh by 5 points) and completed the tournament with a solid 10 point victory against the Niagara PAL team. The final victory placed our team in 3rd place for the tournament.
All this was accomplished despite Coach Kanalley's "Brain Cramp" coaching job. Supposedly Coach Kanalley has asked the Basketball God's for more insight and wisdom for the Lady Rebel's Tournament next weekend in Rome, New York.

Demonstrating "Initiative" (the desire not to be afraid of failing and knowing failure is part of the road to success) and "Intentness" (the utmost conviction of determination, perserverence, and persistence to stay the course, even in difficult times) our 14U team won their second consecutive tournament and now are on a season high high 8 game winning streak.

The first win of the tournament was against the Niagara Rapids. The game went into a thrilling double overtime period, which ended in a 2 point victory.Game 2 also went into overtime against the Genesee Valley Phillies, which ended up in a 1 point victory.

Victories over the Syracuse Stars and the host teams Rochester Warriors completed the championship weekend.

Our 14U team's newly taught building blocks from the "Pyramid of Success" of alertness and self-control, came in handy and were a contributing factor in this past weekends impressive championship play. A convincing all-around effort against the STNY Flyers team in the first game and a come from behind victory against the Syracuse Stars made a matchup against the Rochester Warriors very enticing. The Warriors spanked our 14U team at the Brockport Tournament 2 weeks ago. This time the outcome was different with a close, hard, fought battle that in the end favored our Defender's team. By ending up the top seed in pool play, our 14U's finished the job at hand, with a solid double digit victory over the Mountaineers (Olean).

Rose Brown became the ex-champion at the Mau game on Saturday night, as a host of first time winners were crowned title holders. Next on the agenda, will be the instructional teaching of Mau to our team's Moms and Dads.

15U Defenders took home the championship of the Erie Spring Classic Tournament by winning 3 tough games on Sunday. The Defenders lost its opening game of the tourney on Saturday, which forced them to face #1 seeds PA Storm and Buffalo STORM (Jamestown) on Sunday before advancing to play the PA Runnin Rebs in the championship. In all the 15U Defenders ended up 4 and 1 as they won their second championship of the season.

15U Defenders took home the championship of the Erie Saints AAU Tournament by defeating the host Saints team in the finals by 5 points. The Defenders played outstanding basketball all weekend with wins over the PA Prime Time Hoops, Southern Tier Lady Hornets, PA Blue Thunder, and the Erie Saints.

Our 14U team played with a sense of loyality and cooperation on the court this weekend, showing that their getting back in the groove. Despite the team scoring 45 points in the final game of the tournament, which ended in a 3 point loss, optimism will be high for a great showing next weekend in Seneca Falls, especially with the possibility of three of our players coming back from injury.

Rose Brown was crowned Erie Saints "Mau" champion for the weekend. Not bad for a rookie.

When is a loss a win? That question will be answered next weekend in our up-coming tournament in Erie, PA. Our 14U team took it on the chin this past weekend in the Brockport tournament and finished in 3rd place. Coming off an impresive debut tournament in Ithaca, our team lost focus and let their first round opponent slip through the cracks. A thrilling second round overtime win seemed to get the team back on track, but two consecutive cold shooting games on Sunday sealed a disappointing ride home. A strong, resilient showing in Pennsylvania would convince all of us, that the left cornerstone of the "Pyramid of Success", industriousness is the key to every tournament and every game that we in play together.

Kicking off a grueling 9 tournament in 10 weekends schedule, our 14U team finished with a 2nd place finish with a 3 - 1 record. Only a 2 point loss to the eventual champions from Utica, spoiled a great weekend.

Wins over a local team from Groton and two Syracuse teams has got our team dreaming of bigger and better things as our season continues in Brockport next weekend.

The same foursome that won the UB 3 on 3 attended the Buffalo Gus Macker and were undefeated winning the Championship, after beating a tough team from Canada for the second time. Congratulations to Candis Kapuscinski, Kylie Reinholz, Sarah Pawlak, and Bridget Andrews.