Holy Family Green Team Gets Win #1

It was an extremely exciting game as the Holy Family Green Team narrowly won the first game of the season 20 – 18 against a resilient All Saints team at the Activity Center.

The first half of the game was a very tight contest as both teams played tough defense. Both offenses showed signs of this being an early season game by not executing their respective offenses. The teams went into the halftime intermission tied at 4 as both sides looked a little tired from the early 9:00 am start of the game.

The Holy Family side came out on fire on both sides of the court as they scored all 16 points of the third quarter taking a 20 to 4 advantage into the 4th quarter. The All Saints team went on a tear of their own in the last stanza as they roared all the way back to make it a close game. The All Saints side had a final chance to send the game into overtime but a well-executed out of bounds play resulted in a layup that trickled out as time expired. Both teams played their hearts out and the near capacity crowd was thoroughly entertained.

All of the Holy Family girls played well and the teamwork and resolve showed up in the second half first by taking a big lead and then by holding on to the very end. The game was a very good teaching tool as it showed the girls not to take anyone for granted and to play to the very last second. Second, The coaches learned that the rule for this age bracket is that every girl needs to sit out at least one full quarter and not just combined time that equals a quarter. It almost cost Holy Family the game as it was agreed that Holy Family would play zone defense for the whole fourth quarter and sit out two girls for the whole quarter instead of forfeiting the game.

Next game is against St. Patrick of White Lake.
9086 Hutchins St., White Lake, Mi
Total Travel Estimate from Holy Family: 12.87 miles - about 23 minutes

Hope to see you all there….