Playoffs Underway

The playoffs got started last night with two varsity games and one JV game. There we some intense ball being played by all teams last night. It was definitely a playoff, must-win atmosphere. Both the Stephens JV and V teams came out with a win. Jenkins V team also came out on top.  Next weeks schedule will be played as follows:

Game 1: JV - Jenkins vs. Johnson

Game 2: Varsity - Johnson vs. Miller

Game 3: JV - Miller vs. Game 1 Loser

All season long, teams have had the luxury of playing only one game per night. This next Wednesday that luxury will not be available for either Jenkins or Johnson team. The team who loses the first game will play Miller team in the last game. This is the one and only time the whole season this will happen. After this week we will only have two games per night. That way teams will only have to play once a night. This schedule may change if enough people have a problem with it. Let us know what your opinion is. Should we push the late game to the next week or just let the team who loses in game 1 battle it out in the last game?

To Determine A Champion

The regular season is over. Teams have been ranked for the playoffs. Let the fun begin! Playoffs will be played over the next five weeks to determine which team is the champion of the DCCS Basketball League.

Regular season rankings:

Varsity

1.     Jenkins

2.     Stephens

3.     Miller

4.     Johnson

Junior Varsity

1.     Stephens

2.     Jenkins

3.     Johnson

4.     Miller

Playoffs, for both V and JV leagues, will be a double elimination tournament until there are two teams remaining. Those two remaining teams will face off in a 3-game series. The schedule will be announced here on the blog every Thursday throughout the playoffs. It has to be done this way because of the way double elimination tournaments work. 

Wednesday, December 29 Games

Game 1: Varsity - Jenkins vs. Johnson

Game 2: JV - Stephens vs. Miller

Game 3: Varsity - Stephens vs. Miller

Playoffs Coming Up

It's been a long time since the blog has been updated. I apologize for that. I'll do my best to keep up on the latest news for the basketball league for the rest of the season. AND I finally updated the standings to the left. 

I'm excited about the playoffs! Next Wednesday, the 22nd, is the last three games of the regular season. The last week of the regular season has three important games. Each game will decide the outcome of each teams' seeding in the playoffs. Seeding is important this year, as I will explain later. 

The first game Wednesday, Johnson vs. Jenkins, has first place at stake for Jenkins and third place at stake for Johnson. Right now Jenkins and Stephens have identical records of 8-3, with Stephens owning the tiebreaker. In order for Jenkins to obtain first place in the playoffs, they will have to win their game and Stephens will have to lose theirs. Regardless of what happens in the first game, if Stephens wins their game they own first place. Miller and Johnson have identical records of 3-8. Neither team owns the tiebreaker with wins. If both teams win or both teams lose Wednesday the tiebreaker will be decided by point differential in games where they played each other. 

The lone varsity game between Jenkins and Miller has first place at stake for Jenkins team. If they win they will have the same record as Stephens but own the tiebreaker due to point differential in head to head matches. Miller has third place locked in.

As I said earlier, there's a lot at stake in the games Wednesday. Seeding in the playoffs is important because this year's playoffs will be a double elimination tournament. First place team plays fourth place team, second plays third. After that it depends who wins and loses. The first two teams with two losses are eliminated from the playoffs. After those teams are gone the remaining two teams will play a 3-game series. This applies to both the JV and V leagues. 

I wish you all the best of luck in the games Wednesday and the rest of the season in the playoffs!

2010 Positions Schedule

I've finally finished the schedule for the 2010 season. See below. Thank you to everyone who volunteered for their positions. Everyone else is was assigned to their time slots. If you don't fulfill your responsibility at the game you are assigned to, you will be suspended for a minimum of 2 quarters. Be sure to arrange for a replacement if you can't make it on your scheduled night. I tried to schedule everyone on nights they will already be there. Let me know right away if you see any place I scheduled someone for a game they are supposed to play.

Good luck to everyone in their games tonight!

P.S. I suggest everyone downloads and prints this schedule to keep track of when you play and when you are scheduled for your position. I can't call and remind everyone every week so please try to remember on your own.

2010 Regular Season Schedule (Final)
 

September 8, 2010 Games

GAME 1 JUNIOR VARSITY TEAM STEPHENS VS TEAM JENKINS

These two defenses flexed their muscles to start the game, holding each other scoreless until James Young scored the first two points for Team Stephens two minutes into the game. Team Stephens ran the ball quickly up the court while their zone defense held Team Jenkins scoreless for the first six minutes of the game, building an 8-0 lead. Patrick Stowell scored the only field goal for Team Jenkins and at the end of the first quarter the score was JENKINS 4 - STEPHENS 10

The second quarter showed more scoring early with Patrick Stowell and Levi Peterson hitting early 3 pointers. Team Stephens played physically with offensive rebounds leading to easy layups and short jump shots and halfway through the second quarter they led 18-13. Team Stephens substituted in a tall lineup and their zone defense held Team Jenkins to only four more points. Jonathan Reynolds lead his team to a halftime lead of 26 – 17 with 10 first half points and 7 first half rebounds. JENKINS 17 STEPHENS 26

Andrew Miller lead Team JENKINS in the third quarter, assisting and scoring to lower the lead to four, 26 – 30 (Team Stephens leading). Charles Reynolds and Jared Stephens led team Stephens with good teamwork to bring their lead back up to 10 points with one minute left in the third quarter, 26-36. In the last minute, Patrick Stowell hit a 3 and Andrew Miller hit a last second shot to end the quarter strong. Third Quarter Score JENKINS 31 STEPHENS 36

The last quarter started with high intensity, both teams showing that they wanted the win. Team Stephens was able to make the most of their early possessions, sinking two early baskets using skilled passes and short jump shots to lead 40-31. The team battled hard through the fourth quarter, but traded buckets until there were 2 minutes left in the game. Score 37-45 Stephens up. In the end, Stephens zone defense help up and Team Stephens took a well played game, with Jonathan Reynolds leading his team with 18 points and 14 rebounds. FINAL SCORE JENKINS 39 STEPHENS 48

GAME 2 JUNIOR VARSITY TEAM JOHNSON VS TEAM MILLER

The game started with both teams showing off their offenses with and early score of 6-6. Austin Stowell grabbed a few offensive rebounds and hit a pair of early buckets, while on the other team Benjamin Peterson was leading his team with shooting and acting as the point guard. Braden hit a three to give team Johnson a four point lead 9-13 with three minutes left in the first quarter. Team Johnson worked together to assist each other to some easy layups, and they led going into the second. JOHNSON 18 MILLER 14

The second quarter started slower, and Team Miller didn’t score a point for the first four minutes of the quarter. Andrew Johnson scored two baskets and Team Johnson led 14-25 with 4 minutes left in the half. James Bryant had a fast break jump shot that he sank and got fouled, and converted for a 3 point play. Shaun drove through the defense and scored a tough layup to put Team Johnson up by 16 points 30-14. Benjamin Peterson wouldn’t quit though and he helped his team score some quick points. Halftime score JOHNSON 34 MILLER 22

Lucas J. started strong with assist to Dalton Strong and scoring the teams 25^th and 26^th points. Both teams to struggled shoot and getting there rebounds. Austin Stowell put forth a lot of effort and forced a jump ball. Team Miller fought back to be within 5 points with 1:42 to go in the third. But team Johnson fought back and ended the quarter with a 9 point lead. JOHNSON 48 MILLER 39

The fourth quarter started with anticipation for a Miller comeback. James B. an unknown bench player started the fourth quarter with two points to put team Johnson ahead by 11 points. Both teams went back and forth scoring on four point runs. Team Johnson ended up winning the end score being 62 to 50. Seth Johnson had 14 points and Austin Stowell had a double double with 11 points and 15 rebounds.

GAME 3 VARSITY TEAM JOHNSON VS TEAM STEPHENS

Team Stephens revs up the game with a quick defense. Both teams are at each others neck. Ethan uses his advantage to make a few easy shots. James Obrien blocked Loren early with a quick hand. Both teams keep each others defense on a leach letting no points. Justin Hull is 100% for free throws in the first quarter. Team Johnson begins to get easy points. Both teams still following each other by 2 points. Loren Reynolds shoots an amazing 3 to help his team get back into it. Dean Stephens enters the game with an amazing steal. JOHNSON 15 STEPHENS 10

Both teams equally matched the other offensively; however team Johnson defensively takes the lead by quick steals. Ethan starts the 2^nd quarter with 50% on his free throws. Again each team following by 2 or 3 points. The second quarter is neck to neck. Back on forth on the quart both teams are struggling offensively to get any points. Team Johnson leads the first half in fouls 4-0. Team Johnson plays with Team Stephens on their side of the court with 3 consecutive steals, however at the half, teamwork from Team Stephens helps them to a half time of 6 points. JOHNSON 25 STEPHENS 31

The third quarter began with Darren Jenkins helping his team to calm down and start the second half passing the ball for an easy layup. Team Johnson begins to work together and Darren Johnson makes two three pointers to tie the game. However, on an attempt to get an offensive rebound, James Stephens twisted his ankle and had to leave the game. The word so far on his injury is a severe ankle sprain, and he will miss 4-6 weeks. As he left the game, Team Johnson took advantage and build a lead by the end of the third quarter.

At the start of the fourth, Team Johnson looked in control and began scoring back and forth between Team Stephens. Darren Jenkins had a quick steal and on the fast break, got fouled and twisted his knee, causing him to leave the game as well. The word so far on his injury is that he will be out for the entire season rehabbing his knee. After he left the game, Team Stephens began to press Team Johnson and cause turnovers, which led to some easy buckets. With 45 seconds left in the game, Team Johnson led but Brett Jenkins hit a 3 pointer and got fouled, converting for a four point play. On Team Stephens next possession, Brett hit a free throw line jumper to put his team up by 1 with 3.9 seconds left. Darren Johnson slipped on the last play and passed the ball off to Dean Stephens, who heaved a contested 3-point shot that missed the mark and Team Stephens won a thriller.

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Sept, 1, 2010 Games

Game 1 - Stephens vs. Miller (V)

by William Evan
8/07/09

This game was really an exciting game to start off the season, with both teams putting forth a lot of effort. It was a low scoring game with Team Stephens scoring 16 points and Team Miller scoring 19 points at half time, but Team Stephens picked up the pace in the second half scoring 34 of their 50 points.

Team Miller picked up more rebounds than Team Stephens, 40-25, but they weren’t able to put it in the basket due to Team Stephens defense forcing Team Miller to shoot 28%. Team Stephens had good teamwork throughout the game and were in control most of the game.

In the second quarter Team Miller's offense scored 13 points while Team Stephens scored only 6 points with the help of Jared P. and Dana, but Team Miller wasn't able to maintain the offensive pace, scoring only 7 point to the Stephens 15 in the next quarter due to Team Stephens' defense.

In the fourth quarter both teams picked up their offense with Ethan and James S. both scoring double digits for Team Stephens and Jared and Dana scoring double digits for Team Miller. The game ended up being a defensive battle with Team Stephens coming out on top. James Stephens led Team Stephens to victory with 16 points 8 rebounds 6 assists 3 steals and 3 blocks.

Game 2 - Jenkins vs. Miller (JV)

by Andrew Johnson 8/07/10

Strong competition within the first junior varsity game of the season quickly replaced the excitement of the new season from players of both team Miller and team Jenkins. Team Jenkins led the competition with a 3 point attack in the first half and a 16 point lead in the second half to win the game 51-35.

In the first quarter team Jenkins had control most of the quarter. Daniel Ashton #36 amazingly shot 66% on his 3 point shots in the first quarter, but that percentage wouldn't last. Team Jenkins would lead in the first quarter by 9 points (18-9).

Through the second quarter team Miller's defense worked to steal the ball and rush it down the court to get quick baskets. In the second quarter team Miller had 5 steals and would score 16 points to trail team Jenkins by 3 points at half time.

With a half time score of 28 Team Jenkins and 25 Team Miller, both teams kept the competition high. Starting the third quarter, Team Jenkins defensively outplayed team Miller significantly. Team Jenkins allowed no points by team Miller. Although team Miller drew 5 fouls in the third they couldn't hold the ball long enough to get points on the board. Team Jenkins offense had 8 steals and 19 rebounds in the third. They would score 12 points in the third leading by 15 points in the start of the fourth. Just before the end of the third Steven Miller was injured coming down from 2 point attempt. He was escorted by teammates to the bleachers and by the end of the game he was walking around with a slight limp. He is optimistic about playing in junior varsity game 2 on 9/8/10.

Beginning the fourth quarter both teams battled for the control of the ball while also keeping the others defense struggling for a rebound. Team Miller would finish the quarter with 13 rebounds, 6 turnovers, and 10 points. Team Jenkins would finish off the quarter with 11 points and the game with a lead of 16 points and the first Junior Varsity win of the 2010-2011 season.

Game 3 - Jenkins vs. Johnson (V)

Varsity game two brought Varsity team Johnson and team Jenkins to the court to compete fiercely for the win. The first quarter of the game team Johnson led the quarter by 2 points. Totaling 9 rebounds, 6 turnovers, 4 steals, and 13 points team Johnson would continue with the same intensity. Team Jenkins totaled 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 turnovers and 11 points. Ryan Jenkins started the game with back to back jumpshots to start his team. Jared Kingston answered by driving in for a couple layups. Both teams brought this furor to the second quarter. Team Johnson would keep the lead by 5 points due to 2 three pointers from Darren Johnson at the end of the quarter. With the score 30 – 25 after the first half the second would be the final struggle for the game.

In the third quarter team Johnson would trail by 12 points. Team Jenkins scored 19 points in the third as Slade Jenkins and Zachariah Peterson led an attack on the basket netting them points and offensive rebounds. In the 4th quarter Kent Miller fought hard to bring his team to within one point of team Jenkins but team Jenkins answered again with Zachariah and Slade as their offensive weapons. By the end of the game, the two combined for 33 of the Jenkins 57 points. Team Johnson couldn't mount a comeback, with Darren going cold going 0-6 in the fourth quarter from behind the arc With a final score of 44 – 57 team Jenkins took the well earned team win. (players of note, Garrett Jenkins had a quad-5 and nearly a 5x5 with 7 points, 6 rebounds 4 assists, 7 steals, and 5 blocks; Zachariah Peterson had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals and Slade Jenkins had 16 points, 8 rebounds, a steal and a pair of blocks)

Season Underway

The season is officially underway; the wait is over! Last night was a huge success. There were no technical fouls, no dirty plays and no sassing the refs. I don't know about everyone else but I sure felt a little rusty. Hopefully that rust can shake off in the weeks to come. Congratulations to the winners of last night's games.  

Unfortunately, we are still fixing some things with the stats and website. We will not be able to have stats up until 8 PM on the night following the games (Thursday). The system we are working on will have the stats up directly following the games on Wednesday night. We will also be able to stream videos of the game from the night before. We're hoping to have all this up and running within a month. 

Let the Games Begin!

The long awaited basketball season is finally here! Tonight is the night! For all those who have been living under a rock, the basketball season's first games will be tonight at the Murray Boys and Girls Club. First game starts at 7:00. For all those who have been waiting, ever so patiently, for this day to come... IT'S FINALLY HERE!! I'm excited! I hope all of you are. This will be the best season ever!

See schedule posted below if you're not sure when your team plays tonight.

Tonight participants will have a chance to volunteer for when they want to fulfill their required positions. Positions meaning referees, stats, scoreboard and camera. Volunteer early if you want to choose when you can help in the games because positions' times slots will be given out on a first come first serve basis. Everyone is required to help out this year; everyone was assigned to a position and everyone must help with the required amount of games. If you don't know what position you were assigned to, ask me. I'll also help you to know what training is required for your position.

We've had a few additions this year that will improve the league in many ways. The addition of the committee and commissioner have made everything more organized, among many other things. The addition of the by-laws and mission statement help to make sure all players understand what the league is all about and what each participants responsibilities are, on and off the court. The addition of the referee training will ensure games will be refereed by people who understand the rules and regulations of the game. This blog is another addition that will help improve the league by giving all the participants in the league the chance to stay caught up on the latest news.

Our main website is under construction right now. We're working on a whole bunch of improvements. Soon we'll be able to view videos of the games right on our website. We'll also be improving the way stats for each game are presented and organized. For now, keep checking here in the blog for the latest and greatest news.

New Uniforms!!!

Great News!

The new uniforms for the 2010 season have arrived and are available to be picked up. The new uni's look great! We will all be looking sharp this season!

You are welcome to call me (801) 703-6241 and arrange to get your uniform before the games tonight, otherwise, you can just pick them up from me at the B&G Club.

For those of you who have not yet paid for your uniform, we are going to let you use your uniform for the first week of games and you can take your new uniforms home with you, but you will not be able to play in any further games until your uniform is paid for. Payments for the uniforms should be given to Garrett. For the cost of your uniform, talk to me.


- James

Ref Training

The first Ref training class was completed on 8-22-10. The following DCCS Basketball League participants are now certified Referees, having qualified to ref Varsity and Junior Varsity Games:

James S, Ash, Brett, Ethan, Jake T, Jared S, Luke S, Miles, Loren, Carson, Derek W, Garrett, Dean, Gabe, Darren Je, Michael M, Jared P.

Assigned Refs that took the class but have not taken the Exam: Dana

Assigned Refs that still need to take the Ref training class & Exam: Charles R, Eric F, James O, Stephen K, Steven M.

All DCCS basketball participants are eligible to take the Ref training class and become certified Refs. If you still need to take the class, or would like to be a ref in the future, the next Ref training class will be held on 9-1-10 at the Boys & Girls Club of Murray during the second game (junior varsity).

Sunday Training Reminder

Just a reminder for everyone: We will be holding a training this Sunday (Aug 22) after church. The training is for everyone assigned to a position, which is EVERYONE. If you aren't sure which position you were assigned to, see list below.

Those training for a position in stats, camera or scoreboard should meet with me in the back of 1838. From there we will separate everyone out into their groups for training. Referee and blogger training location is up to James and Darren, respectively.

Be sure to schedule enough time for your training on Sunday.
Here's how long I'm guessing training for positions will take:
Referee - 2 hrs
Stats - 1 hr
Blogger - 30 min
Camera - 10 min
Scoreboard (SB) - 20 min





Positions  

Quick Sunday Meeting

Thank you all for attending the meeting yesterday. For those of you who missed it, we went over the goals for this season and some improvements we plan to make. We will be keeping the same by-laws, mission statement and policies as we had in the preseason. We also went over orders for uniforms. If you didn't get your uniform ordered you will need to talk to James Stephens. If you want to get your jersey in time to play the first game you have to talk to him this week. We also talked about the positions everyone will be required to fulfill. Everyone will be fully trained for their positions this year. Positions include blogger, cameraman, scoreboard, statkeeper and referee. Everyone was assigned to a position in the meeting and will be trained on August 22nd. Everyone should clear out two hours in their schedule after church on the 22nd to allow time to be fully trained for your position. If you aren't sure of your position contact me, or leave a comment.

Below is the finalized schedule.
2010 Regular Season Schedule (Final)

-Garrett

Welcome!

On behalf of the the DCCS Basketball League, I would like to welcome you to our new blog! 
This will be the simplest way for participants in the league to stay caught up on the latest basketball action and news.  Hopefully we will have plenty of bloggers to contribute. Any volunteers who are interested in blogging leave a comment in the comments section below. We could even assign bloggers to act as "reporters" for each game. They could take notes during the game and blog about what happened. I'm just throwing ideas out there. If you have any ideas you would like to throw out there please comment in the comments section below. 
We will be working towards integrating this blog into our existing website. For now it will stand alone as the official blog of the DCCS Basketball League.
I'm excited for the league this year. I'm working on a lot of new stuff that will make the league even cooler than it already is. For instance, I'm going to work out a way to give everyone access to the games' film. I'm also trying to get more people involved in helping with the website to make it more fun and interactive for everyone. The league is also hoping to adopt some of the awards the NBA has at the end of the regular season. Awards like Defensive Player of the Year, Most Improved Player, Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player. Voting will most likely take place right here in this blog! I also think it would be cool to have an All-star Week like we did last year. I'll try to incorporate something like that into the schedule. We're also hoping to get trophies for the winners of the championship game. A lot of exciting stuff going on. Leave a comment if you can think of anything else we should include in our league. This is going to be the best year ever! Too bad the season is so far away. We have to wait clear til September 1st for the first game of the season. That leaves us plenty of time to practice and polish up our bball skills with our newly picked teams. 

-Garrett Jenkins
garrett.gman@gmail.com