Youth basketball to end with tournaments
By Kathy Thomson
Three of Albany’s fifth and sixth grade basketball teams were on the court last Saturday, and all four of the local teams are expected to compete in the season-ending tournaments scheduled for this Saturday, Feb. 8.
The sixth grade boys will play in Clyde’s main gym, while the fifth grade boys will be in Clyde’s auxiliary gym.
The girls’ tournaments will be in Eula. The sixth grade girls will be in the Eula High School gym, while the fifth graders will be playing at the middle school.
The youth basketball season will end this Saturday, Feb. 8, just in time to free up the Albany practice gym for Little Dribblers.
Little Dribblers
Three teams of girls and four teams of boys from eight years to fourth grade are playing in the Albany Little Dribblers at the practice gym on nine-foot goals with games starting at 9:00 a.m. every Saturday from Feb. 8 through Feb. 29.
Little Dribblers will tip-off on Saturday morning starting with the boys Gray vs Red at 8:30 a.m. The girls will follow with their first game at 9:30 a.m. between Turquoise and Purple.
Games will alternate each hour between the boys and girls with the last game starting at 2:30 p.m.
Coaching for the boys are Clint Chapman (Red), Kim Neece (Gray), Tony Wheeler (Black), and Matt Duke (Blue).
The boys have seven players on three of the teams, and eight boys on the remaining team.
Coaching the girls teams, with six players on each team, are Susan Britting (Turquoise), Nikki Thompson (Red), and Spencer Newsom and Anthony Ceder (Purple).
Sixth Grade Girls
The Albany sixth grade girls outscored Jim Ned Red 17-12, and also beat Clyde Gold 27-9 last Saturday in Clyde.
Scoring for Albany against Jim Ned were Caroline Chapman 5, Mimi Ivy 4, Avarie Myrick 4, and Madison Holson 4.
Scoring for Albany during the Clyde game were Braylee Clark 10, Madison Holson 8, Caroline Chapman 6, and Serenity Murphy 2.
“The girls are doing a good job with offense, defense, and inbound,” said coach Clint Chapman. “Right now we’re working on getting ready for the season-ending tournament.”
The sixth grade girls’ first game this Saturday, Feb. 8 in Eula will be at 9:20 a.m. with Jim Ned Blue.
Sixth Grade Boys
The Albany sixth grade boys played Jim Ned Blue in their first game on Feb. 1, and their second game was with Eula.
Results for those games were not available at press time on Tuesday, and will be reported next week.
This Saturday the local boys will open their tournament in Clyde with an 8:30 a.m. match with Jim Ned Red.
Fifth Grade Boys
In their first game of the day, the Albany fifth grade boys lost to Hawley by 10 points.
“We beat Eula 20-10 in our second game of the day,” said coach Morgan Smith.
Albany’s fifth graders will start their tournament play in Clyde’s auxiliary gym on the court with Eula White at 8:30 a.m. this Saturday.
Fifth Grade Girls
Loree Lee’s fifth grade girls did not play last Saturday due to scheduling conflicts.
This Saturday they will take on Eula at 10:10 a.m. in the Eula Middle School gym for their first tournament match up.
