Carlisle - VB

Carlisle Christian Academy round 2:: Varsity Boys

The Frederick Warriors Boys Varsity team had a second chance to play against the Carlisle Christian Academy team on December 17. Throughout the game, the two teams battled back and forth trading the lead in a close battle. Early in the fourth quarter, the Warriors had the two point lead. Down the stretch, the Warriors continued to play well against the Carlisle team and it appeared they would break into the win column. However, during several drives down the court, the Warriors were called for travelling which shut down any opportunity they had to complete their first win of the season. The final score was 31-25.

After the final game for the team in 2009, each of the starters lead in separate categories. Ben Cook leads all Warriors with 84 points and is second on the team with 52 rebounds. Benjamin Carstens leads all Warriors with 55 rebounds and 28 blocked shots. Benjamin has also scored 53 points. Jacob Hughes leads all Warriors with 8 three-point shots made and is second on the team with 62 total points scored. Josiah Carstens leads the team with 16 assists and has also scored 55 points. Matt Kelly leads all Warriors with 21 steals and he also has scored 50 points.Christopher Leao leads all other players with 26 points, 33 rebounds, and 9 blocked shots. Nick DiGregory, Toby McGrath, John Rubeling, and Sean Duke have all scored. John actually scored points on his Birthday! Jason Kehr has done well off the bench as the point guard. Peter Rubeling and Samuel Pritt have provided good defensive efforts with steals and Connor Johnson, Toby, John, Samuel, and Nick have pulled down rebounds.

The team is looking forward to the Christmas break and the practices that will help them to work even better together as they go into 2010. The team is doing much better working the ball inside for easy shot opportunities and is becoming very strong on defense, giving up only 31 points in their latest game after giving up 43 points to the same team just a week ago.

MountainView - VG

Mountainview:: Varsity Girls

 After a slow 4 point 1st quarter, the Warriors turned it up scoring 21 points in the second quarter to open up the game.

 The pressure defense was too much for Mountainview as the Warriors "stole away" the game. 11 girls recorded steals with Liz and Maggie leading the way with 5 and 4 respectively.

  The Warriors controlled the boards with Rebecca at 15, Rachael with 12, Emily Pritt with 6 and Maggie and Sarah with 5 each.

 Once again, the Warriors displayed unselfish play and shared the basketball as 10 girls added points to the victory. It was a convincing win for the Warriors as they defeated the Conquerors 51 to 23. The Warriors head into the Christmas break 8-3.

MountainView - MSG

Mountainview:: Middle School Girls

 The Middle School Girls started out small with only 5 players ready for tip off. Joanna Hughes, Michaela Joannides, Emma Matthews, Jackie Lamont and Mckenzie Quick took the court for tip off thinking they might be playing all four quarters. The bench was empty.

 At the end of the first quarter, 3 more Warriors showed up to play and the score was 4 to 1, with the Conquerors in front. Second quarter action saw Kirsten Blickenstaff and Gabrielle Freese add to the score with 2 points each. At half time the score was tied at 5.

  In the second half, the Conquerors pulled away outscoring the Warriors 9 to 2 in the third quarter. The Warrior girls reached down deep for the fourth quarter and scored 8 points. The Conquerors scored four however, and that was just enough to hand the Warriors their first loss of the season. The final score was 18 to 15.

 Leading the Warriors in rebounds was Joanna Hughes with 10. Gabrielle Freese had 5 rebounds for the night. Jackie Lamont led in steals with 8, followed by Emma Matthews and Joanna Hughes with 3 each. Mckenzie Quick had 2 steals for the night.

Joanna "Get that outta here!" Hughes also led in blocks with 5 rejections for the night. There were tears after the contest as this was the first loss under Coach Quick, but they can hold their heads up high as they gave MVCA their best competition of the season according to their coach. Great job girls!

Grace - VG

Grace Academy:: Varsity Girls

 Winter blew into town, just as the Warriors thawed out to get hot in the second half of the game against the Grace Knights. The first half of the game found the Warriors down by 2 at half-time. But they came out hot for the remainder of the contest and in the second half, the Warriors outscored the Grace Knights 36-30. The final score was 55-51 with the Warriors heading home with a W.

 Statistical highlights include: 7 players in the scoring column. Liz Catoe scored 8 important points in the 4th quarter.

 With Rebecca Reifsnider out for most of the 1st half, Kathryn Romanchuk came in and sparked the Warriors with 6 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks in the 2nd quarter. 091211_10

Charity Poole gave it her all and had 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 steals. Keeping everything tight, Liz, Rebecca and Rachael all had 4 steals.

Carlisle - MSB

Carlisle Christian Academy:: Middle School Boys

The Warriors headed to Pennsylvania to face CCA Crusaders. The Crusaders welcomed the Warriors and their fans and started the evening in prayer. It was a great first quarter for the Warriors. The starting line up of Abel, Koffman, Lamont, D. Passarelli and Wright all shot and made at least one basket in the first quarter. The Warrior team then charged on with the whole team taking part in this effort. John Koffman was high scorer for the game, Daniel Passarelli and Joel Kehr each contributed several baskets to the score. Josiah Weaver lead the rebound count followed by Timothy Dietrich who rebounded, stole and blocked well. The team did a good job off subbing in players while continuing to execute plays. The evening ended in a 29 – 14 victory for the Warriors.