notice and couldn't help but clown on her a little bit. My first thought was she looked like Pippi Longstocking and Mykie started calling her Pocohontas. But the funniest response came from Cassandra, who is always hungry and so immediately nicknamed her Wendy after the hamburger icon. Knowing Cassandra like we do, we're all convinced that every time she looked at Titi throughout the rest of practice, she started craving a Triple Bacononator with Biggie Fries and a Frosty!
Friday
"Wendy" Takai
Generally speaking we're all tired this time of year. So much so that players and coaches alike seemingly drag themselves out of bed, throw on some sweats (hopefully they are semi clean but not always a pre-requisite) and head to school. Fashion and appearance are rarely huge priorities! So when Titi Takai took the time to fix her hair and showed up to school in pigtails we all took
notice and couldn't help but clown on her a little bit. My first thought was she looked like Pippi Longstocking and Mykie started calling her Pocohontas. But the funniest response came from Cassandra, who is always hungry and so immediately nicknamed her Wendy after the hamburger icon. Knowing Cassandra like we do, we're all convinced that every time she looked at Titi throughout the rest of practice, she started craving a Triple Bacononator with Biggie Fries and a Frosty!
notice and couldn't help but clown on her a little bit. My first thought was she looked like Pippi Longstocking and Mykie started calling her Pocohontas. But the funniest response came from Cassandra, who is always hungry and so immediately nicknamed her Wendy after the hamburger icon. Knowing Cassandra like we do, we're all convinced that every time she looked at Titi throughout the rest of practice, she started craving a Triple Bacononator with Biggie Fries and a Frosty!
Tuesday
Umpqua 84 Chemeketa 60; Aubrey & BJ
Last Saturday we coasted to a 84-60 win over Chemeketa but it didn't really feel like a win. We were ahead 40-16 at halftime but didn't manage to keep up the same intensity throughout the second half. The good thing is that every single player, as well as the coaches, recognized that it wasn't our best effort, and that we have to continue to play HARD for 40 minutes a game if we want to achieve our goals, regardless of what our competition is doing.
The best part of the night came after the game when we were all able to spend some time with former UCC great and 1st Team Kodak All American Aubrey (Dickson) Dobrkovsky and her husband BJ. BJ is the boys varsity coach at Sprague High School in Salem and Aubrey splits her time between counseling kids in the local school district and her own private counseling practice. While BJ and I talked basketball, Aubrey told the girls story after story about her time at UCC, how hard we worked at practice, her roommates, etc. etc. Aubrey is one of the most positive people you will ever meet and spending time with her was so much fun that she almost made us forget how poorly we played in the second half!
Aubrey played at Umpqua from 1997-1999 and is still the school's second all time leading scorer. And even though I don't remember the exact score of a single game she played in, I clearly remember how much I enjoyed being her coach!! I wish we could go back and do it again!!
The best part of the night came after the game when we were all able to spend some time with former UCC great and 1st Team Kodak All American Aubrey (Dickson) Dobrkovsky and her husband BJ. BJ is the boys varsity coach at Sprague High School in Salem and Aubrey splits her time between counseling kids in the local school district and her own private counseling practice. While BJ and I talked basketball, Aubrey told the girls story after story about her time at UCC, how hard we worked at practice, her roommates, etc. etc. Aubrey is one of the most positive people you will ever meet and spending time with her was so much fun that she almost made us forget how poorly we played in the second half!
Aubrey played at Umpqua from 1997-1999 and is still the school's second all time leading scorer. And even though I don't remember the exact score of a single game she played in, I clearly remember how much I enjoyed being her coach!! I wish we could go back and do it again!!
Friday
Umpqua 97 Southwestern Oregon 61
We're not always as consistant as we would like to be but we can be explosive at times and that showed once again in our win against Southwestern Oregon. The first half was a grind and we built a 12 point lead only to see it completely vanish when SWOCC scored the first 12 points of the second half. I really don't know what happened at that point but it was like someone flipped a detonator switch and set off a bomb!! Over the next seventeen minutes we shot 70% and outscored SWOCC 60-24. Once again we had five players score in double figures and another one finished with eight. Here's a link to The News-Review game article: http://www.nrtoday.com/article/20090108/SPORTS/901089902/1056&title=UCC%20Riverhawks%27%20girls%20come%20alive%20to%20throttle%20Lakers
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