Monday Morning Quarterback - HUGE NIGHT OF WRESTLING

The Rock, John Cena and The Miz will all be in the ring at the same time tonight on WWE Raw.

 

 

Monday Morning Quarterback

One who criticizes or passes judgment from a position of hindsight
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I can hardly contain myself as tonight is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated nights of wrestling in the last few years. The Rock, John Cena and The Miz will all be in the ring at the same tonight six days before the biggest night of the year, Wrestlemania.

Be sure to tune in if you are by a TV at 9 p.m. tonight on the USA Network.

Ok - now onto our own school.

What a crazy weekend it was on the basketball court and yesterday on the baseball diamond. So many things to talk about and so little time so let's get to it.

We'll start with the 8th grade baseball team, who almost pulled off a victory yesterday afternoon.

Of course the buzz is surrounding Jeremy and his leadoff home run, which overshadowed David's masterful pitching performance. In our short history of baseball, we haven't had one pitcher who was as dominant as David was in his five innings of work.

He had good control, nice velocity, and most importantly gave the team a chance to win by throwing strikes. He wasn't walking many batters, and kept the game going. The game had a nice pace to it, so it kept the fielders in tune with what was going on in the field.

You've seen or been part of games where the pitcher can't throw a strike to save his or her life. And when that happens, the defense gets restless and it's a lot easier to lose focus.

How did they lose this game? It all came down to errors. They had 3 crucial errors. One which led to a 2-1 deficit. It was a simple grounder that would've ended the inning.

In the disastrous 6th inning, a booted grounder to second prolonged the inning and led to an insurance run, the 5th run.

That 5th run looms huge, especially when David's double cut the lead to 5-4.

At the plate, it's not easy to hit a baseball, as proven. But in order to even try to hit one, some of the players need to swing the bat. In the second inning, all three batters struck out looking at the third pitch - not good.

To win games, there can't  be any dead spots in the lineup and there were a few yesterday. Hopefully it was a lesson learned by everyone. Nevertheless, it was a game that the team can use to take a step forward.

Onto girls basketball, where the 4th grade can't win the close ones. It's been three straight weeks they have lost by two points. The difference between winning and losing in this case was 11 missed lay-ups. Imagine if one or two of those would've went in the basket.

The girls need to make their lay-ups, plain and simple. And when they miss them, they don't win games.

The 5th grade is starting to come together, as Fiona has taken charge of the team offensively. She handles the ball and shoots the ball with confidence now, as opposed to her hesitation in the past. This is the first year these girls have played, and halfway through the season, they are already making some strides.

The 8th grade had a much needed win, and a big part of that was the four 3 pointers Marissa hit. It was pretty much game over after her final three of the game extended the girls' lead to 24-10. Sadly, the girls played like the game was over and scored only 2 points the rest of the way.

Precious has been a nice lift to the offense, and her hustle and aggressiveness adds a lot to this team.

However, their post players really need to get it going. They combined for only one point Saturday and they will need more production from that area if they want to be successful this season.

The girls down low are having trouble rebounding, and when they get their looks, they can't convert around the basket.

Serina, despite not making a field goal, took care of the ball a lot better this past game and had a lot of good looks at the basket. She played a very similar game as Fiona - both of them had some nice drives and looks, but neither were able to finish consistently.

The 6th/7th grade suffered a letdown after winning two straight games. They didn't score until the 4th quarter Saturday, not a good sign.

It's also their first year, so we'll see how they deal with their first tough loss of the season.