Hoops Update

So as you can tell, not much time in the schedule for updating family and friends on what's going on in our lives - which is too much!

Here's a quick breakdown on the Scappoose Basketball season. We finished 3rd in our league, which was good enough to host a home playoff game. It was a league playoff game against a team that we had beat twice already this season - Seaside.

One of the hardest things to do in basketball is beat a team 3 times. You have to overcome the cockiness that comes with thinking 'we already beat these guys twice, this'll be no problem'... this is mostly an issue with the kids, as Ryan and I knew these guys could play with us. You also have to overcome the reality that these guys know every thing you run both offensively and defensively. Then, since they know everything you think 'maybe we put in a new wrinkle or two'... but you risk distracting the kids from the stuff we have been doing all year.

So Seaside came to town and played a tough, tough basketball game. We went cold from the free throw line down the stretch, and they hit a couple of shots, and despite their best player getting a wide open look at a 3 point shot to tie the game, we beat them to advance to the next round of playoffs... which is tonight!

It's been 6 years since Scappoose has hosted a state playoff game, and that game is tonight against the Newport Cubs. Ryan and I went and scouted Newport in their league playoff game versus Central High School (in Independence outside Salem). They are more athletic than we are, but they seem to lack discipline both offensively and defensively. They run a couple of things defensively that we haven't seen much of this season (1-2-1-1 three quarter court press and 1-3-1 zone defense in the half court). So we have spent a lot of time in practice the last 2 days working against those defenses.

I think the kids are as prepared as they can be... game is tonight at 7pm at Scappoose High School... come on out if you are in the area and free tonight!

If we win, we advance to the next round of the playoffs and head to North Bend (Coos Bay area on the southern Oregon coast) to play on Saturday.

Wish us luck!

Go Tribe!