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January 31 Orchard (IISL Tournament Championship Game)
Deaf Hoosiers finished 2nd place in IISL tournament to powerhouse Orchard 19-47. We played subpar and could not get anything going but we had a great experience playing in a title game. We have had a great run in regular season and two post season games. I wanted to say our heartfelt thanks to 6th graders (Merle Baldridge, Mason Bornes, Kenny Long, Austin Phillips, DJ Smith, and Mitchell Slagle) to say good luck for their next level next season with 7/8th team. Also our heartfelt thanks to 5th graders (Cody Crace, Colton Crace, Seth Hazelett, Preston Kelly, Anthony Laucevicius, and Giovanni Maucere) for being part on the team and wishes them well for next basketball season.
January 29 Oaks Academy (IISL Tournament)
We won thriller thriller in two overtimes over seeded #1 Oaks Academy, 64 to 59. We were seeded #4. DJ Smith made crucial free throws 5 out of 6 in closing seconds. The fans and I were already worn out from very very emotional game. Preston Kelly, Merle Baldridge and Mason Bornes all combined for 51 points. The boys really played their hearts out especially Kenny Long and Austin Phillips who played awesome defense. We will play Orchard at Park Tudor this Thursday for the championship game. It has been since over 25 years that ISD 5/6th team to advance to the finals.
January 28 Trader Point (IISL Tournament)
Won first round of IISL defeated Trader Point 52-25.
January 24: Trinity Lutheran
We had the score 16-16 at halftime but got better in second half We won 45-35 at Trinity Lutheran and completed our regular season record of 12-4 (I believe to be one of best records for 5/6th boys at ISD). Our boys will play against Trader Point for the I.I.S.L. Tournament on Monday, the 28th.
January 23: Oaks Academy
Oaks Academy played us yesterday at our home court. We lost at the buzzer to Oaks 44-46 (they are undefeated in our league). It was a see-saw game all the way. We could not stop one of their tallest player who scored 25. I saw it as a good loss before our tournament on Monday. We need to beat Trader Point Monday then we can advance on Tuesday since we are seeded #4 in IISL.
January 22: St. Richard's
January 17: Hasten Hebrew
January 15: St. Richard's
Duke (DJ) Smith scored a game high 13 points along with 4 assists and a 3- pointer. Preston Kelly added 10 and 5 assists as the host ISD (10-3) defeated St. Richard 47 to 30. Merle Baldridge had 8 points and 8 steals. Cody Crace and Mason Bornes with 6 rebounds/2 assists/3 steals added 3 points apiece. Seth Hazelett made 2 nice middle range shooting got 4 points. Kenny Long (5 rebounds), Austin Phillips, and Mitchell Slagle all got a basket.
January 10: St. John Lutheran
ISD led by as many as 30 points and Coach Smith emptied his bench during the middle of 2nd quarter. Our nine players scored in 59 to 35 victory over St. John Lutheran. Mason Bornes had 14 points and 4 steals. DJ Smith, who scored 11 points, hit two 3-pointers during the stretch, had 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. Merle Baldridge and Preston Kelly along with 3 assists had 8 points. Cody Crace got one 3 pointer to add his 7 points and 2 assists. Kenny Long played one of his best game added 5. Seth Hazelett contributed 4 points and 5 rebounds. Colton Crace and Austin Phillips each got 2. The principal at the school said that we have a nice team. We are playing St. Richard's Tuesday at ISD hoping for 10th win of the season. St. Richards knocked us out of tournament last season.
January 8: Kingsway Christian
Our boys had a nice scoring balance attack in a 43-29 victory over Kingsway led by Mason Bornes with 12 points, 6 rebounds and 6 steals. DJ Smith had 9 points all in first half and 2 assists/4 steals. Merle Baldridge made 8 points and 6 rebounds. Preston Kelly got 7 points all in second half and 3 assists and2 steals. Giovanni Maucere got a three-point play at the buzzer. Austin Phillips contributed 2 points, Cody Crace and Kenny Long each added one free throw points. We used a heavy full court pressure to help us with our 8th victory of the year along with 3 losses. We had a 50% field goal shooting. We are to play at St. John Lutheran Thursday.
December 12: Trader Point
Mason Bornes led the Deaf Hoosiers with 13 points and 14 rebounds followed by DJ Smith with 12 points and 3 assists. We led 18-17 at halftime. It was so close all the way. Austin Phillips added 7 points and 2 blocks. Seth Hazelett and Cody Crace both contributed 3 points each. We won 38-33 over Trader Point. We are now sporting a 7-2 record.
December 11: Orchard
We lost to a very powerhouse Orchard. We could not stop their three talented big sized players. We were down 12-21 during halftime. We struggled in second half. Mason Bornes had 6 points and 10 rebounds. Austin Phillips and Cody Crace got 5 apiece. They each had a 3-pointer. Seth Hazelett and DJ Smith along with 3 assists each contributed two points. Anthony (TJ) Laucevicius made the last basket of the game. The boys just learned something that we need to play the next skill level.
December 4: Sycamore
November 27: Bethesda Christian
The 5th/6th boys won the game, defeating Bethesda Christian by the score of 44 to 37.
Mason Bornes – 12 points, 4 rebounds and 4 steals
Merle Baldridge – 10 points and 4 rebounds
DJ Smith – 8 points, 3 assists and 3 steals
Preston Kelly – 6 points, 3 steals and 2 assists
Colton Crace – 2 points
Kenny Long – 2 points
Austin Phillips – 2 points
November 20: Park Tudor
The game was absolutely very thrilled to watch from the starting tip off until end of the overtime. Park Tudor won in a 42-38 thriller over ISD in overtime. Our record now is 3-2. Mason Bornes scored a game high with 20 points with plenty of drives to the basket. Preston Kelly added 8 points and made 5 steals all in the second half. DJ Smith scored 5 points. Merle Baldridge who fouled out early in 4th quarter added 4 points. Austin Phillips got a free throw. Cody Crace had a team - leading 5 rebounds. The boys really played hard nosed defense. We shot 15 out of 33 field goals but 8 out of 22 free throws.
November 15: Kingsway
We were up 24-0 in the first quarter full court press led by DJ Smith's 12 points.. We led 42-0 by halftime. Substitute players played a lot and did well. Colton Crace (11 points), Kenny Long (8 points), Cody Crace (6 points), and Mason Bornes only played in the first quarter. Seth Hazelett, and TJ Laucevicius each got 4 points. Merle Baldridge and Preston Kelly both only played one quarter, adding 2 points each. Giovanni Maucere also added 2 points. We had 27 steals as a team.
November 13: Trader Point
We won the second game of the year by defeating Traders Point by the score of 44-26. DJ Smith led all the scorers with 15 points and he had 4 rebounds/4 steals. Kenny Long got 8 points/3 rebounds. Mason Bornes had 6 points/ 11 rebounds/3 assists. Cody Crace also had 6 points/4 rebounds. Austin Phillips added 3 points. Colton Crace and Seth Hazelett both got 2 points. Preston Kelly made 2 assists and Giovanni Maucere with 3 steals; both of them chipped in a point. Merle Baldridge had 9 rebounds/3 steals. We opened with a half court press and never looked back. We had foul trouble early in the game but hung in there to win.
November 8: Oaks Academy
We traveled to Oaks (only 3.5 miles away). It was an old small gym to play in. We started off with cold shooting (five in first quarter) and were trailed during the whole game. We got better in the fourth quarter scoring 18. The Oaks Academy had one tall boy who led all scorers with 21 points. He was so difficult for us to stop him. Mason Bornes led the Deaf Hoosiers with 20 points with one 3 pointer and 7 rebounds/4 steals. Merle Baldridge had 12 points and 4 rebounds/3 steals. DJ Smith added 8 points. Austin Phillips had 4. Cody Crace and Preston Kelly each chipped in 2 points. Kenny Long added a point.
November 6: International
We opened our very exciting season with a big Win. The boys played very well as a team that pleased coaches and the fans at ISD. Seven players scored, led by Mason Bornes with 11 points, Cody Crace with 10 points (he had two 3 pointers), and Preston Kelly with 7. Merle Baldridge and Giovanni Maucere (he also scored a 3 pointer) both had 5 points. Kenny Long and DJ Smith each chipped in 2 points. The score was 42 to 20. Colton Crace, Austin Phillips and Seth Hazelett played their important roles well. The boys got balanced attack with rebounds, assists, and steals.
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