Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Our New Crush Player

We have a new addition to the CRUSH family.

My wife gave birth to our new baby girl: Emmaline Ruth Stough (aka. Emma Roo)

She was born on April 15, 2009 at 10:02 AM

Weight: 9lbs 2.5 oz
Height: 20 inches

Both Tona and Emma are doing fine!

She is a total blessing!!!

Here are some pictures...











Game # 4 Highlights

Well after an exciting Game #3, we were not scheduled to play that team again. Well for game # 4, due to a schedule error we did!

This time we dominated the 1st period.... We only allowed 10 points compared to the 40 points we allowed last time.

Our team really rallied together for this game and the final score was Crush: 8 / Visitors: 30

Now that sounds like a blow out - but understand that the other team has been together for several seasons and they TOWER over our team in age, height, and number of players.

You compare this score to last week and we did much better. Also, if our shots would have fallen there would have been less of a spread in score - maybe only about 10 points.

We excuted better offense and defense. It was clear by the period 3 and 4 our team of 7 was getting tired - but they didn't give up. The CRUSH fought hard.

We we play with the same amount of focus and determination with all 10 players back - we will be much stronger.

See you this coming Saturday...

- Coach Stough

Monday, April 13, 2009

Game # 3 Highlights

Well this day started with quite an adventure. It started with rain and went on from there.

We had one player that was going to be out of town and 2 possibly 3 players that were ill.

We arrived for our game feeling a little apprehensive in that after a GREAT practice we were walking into this game with at least a third of our team inoperable.

Well our heart fell even more when we saw the SIZE of the players of the opposing team. It was truly going to be a David vs. Goliath situation, except we were not able to use rocks!

Well I must say that even though we had to improvise for each period with only 6 players to rotate, I saw our team SHINE!!!

Even though we were truly out played, due to our size and years of experience - WE PLAYED WITH HEART!!!

It was a rush from beginning to end and the players and fans didn't give up.

Needless, to say we didn't win according to the scoreboard, but in our hearts we did. We even had the coach from the other team congradulate us on our determination to keep trying.

The team truly played with heart and as a team....I was truly proud of their effort.

Both our point guards: Brooke and Jenna showed incredible courage as they would often face opposing players much larger than them. They were often doubled teamed - but that didn't stop them.

Bravo!!!!! to team Crush.

- Coach Stough

Game # 2 Highlights

Game # 2 was our first real challenge in that the game started at 8am sharp.

We struggled early on in the first period and allowed the opposing team to score the majority of their points during this time. We didn't really gel until the second period and looked as if we would begin to turn on the heat, but we could never really recover.

It was apparent that we were struggling in all areas of defense and offense.

After the game and for our next team practice we realized it was not our best performance, and that we looked forward to Game # 3.

- Coach Stough

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Team Crush - Game 1 Hightlights

Well first I can't express my excitement over the first game we played.


Even though we lost 10-24 it was a BIG WIN in my book. You could tell everyone was nerivous and the team we faced scored mostly in the 1st period.
The rest of the game was dominated by our defense and the team getting more comfortable.

A BIG THANK YOU goes to the assistant coaches for Eivind and Ashi for their great help. Another BIG THANK YOU goes to all the parents and friends that were there to help cheer the team on.

Here are some pictures and video highlights of the game - enjoy!

- Coach Stough