5th Grade wins first game ever!

These are the moments that you remember for the rest of your life.

Edwena, Victoria and Fiona have played since the 3rd grade, and now they can finally say they have won a CYO game.

The trio combined to score 12 of the team's 18 points Friday night in the 5th grade's18-4 victory. The win was the team's first ever.

They did technically win earlier this year via forfeit, but this is the win they are going to remember.

Two weeks ago, they held a lead with minutes to go and let it slip away. But Friday, they built enough cushion that their lead was not going away.

Jamie scored the team's first 6 points, and then Edwena followed by scoring the next 4, as she eventually wounded up with a career high 8 points.

Fiona continued her improvement and added 2 points, and Victoria scored 2 for the first time since the 3rd grade.

This is the first year the 5th grade (2-4) has had their own team The last two years, they've had to play up a grade with the current 6th graders. Now they are forming their own identity and are hoping that Friday night's game would be the foundation of a strong team for years to come.

Newcomers Kelly and Shania have also added to the team. Kelly is a little undersized but her quickness causes a lot of trouble for other teams. Shania, cousin of Alexis, is the tallest player on the team, and has already started to get comfortable playing. She had two golden opportunities to score in the second half but her shots just missed the mark.

The 5th grade now has two games left in the season.

Easy win for 8th grade girls
In the fourth quarter, both Marissa and Serina got to sit back and relax. The 8th grade girls had already handled their business.

Six of the seven girls scored and the girls are now over .500 for the first time this season, as they won convincingly 23-15.

Don't let the final score fool you, as this game could've been really lopsided and uglier than it was. The girls were probably at the best they've been all years between quarters one and three, as they were at one point, up 22-4.

They decided to use the rest of the game to work on a few things, and that led to the margin of victory being only 8 points.

Marissa followed her 18 point performance from a week ago with an 11 point night. Precious had 4 points and Gavy had 3 points. Beverlyn and Serina both had a field goal each and Catharine hit a free throw in the fourth quarter.

It was a slow start, but the game had a feeling that it was only a matter of time before the game would tilt towards the girls' way.

With a solid press, and their best defensive showing of the season, they were able to generate fast breaks.

What helped was they took care of the ball, as they only committed 8 turnovers, a drastic change from their previous games where they would hover around the 20 mark.

The next two weeks will be crucial as the girls wrap up their regular season before spring break even begins. Whether they play beyond mid-April will depend on how they do in the next three games.

With two new girls, the girls are starting to get used to playing together, and look a lot more polished than they were even two weeks ago.

Their bad losses at the beginning of the season are behind them, as they seem to have a fresh outlook on the rest of the season.

6th/7th grade's bad first half dooms them
The 6th/7th grade dug themselves an early 12-0 hole at halftime, made a valiant comeback in the second half, but it wasn't enough as they dropped their second straight 16-11. They fall below .500 to (2-3).

Struggles continue for 4th grade

The 4th grade is in a funk and they need to dig out of it quick.

After winning the first game of the season, the 4th graders have now lost four straight games, the most recent defeat Friday night by a final score of 14-4.

Right now their offense is in a tailspin, as they do not take care of the ball and are missing a lot of make-able shots.

When they won their two games earlier in the season, the 4th grade (1-4) was clicking on all cylinders. Their defense was solid, they were getting good looks at the basket and were draining them. Now it seems that all of the above have disappeared.

Ball movement on offense is very stagnant. Nobody works to get open and usually the half court offense results in a turnover or a jump ball.

To avoid too many half court situations, they need to play better defense to get out on the fast break. They also have trouble rebounding so there isn't an outlet pass that can lead to transition points.

And when they do get the opportunities, they don't make the most of them.

Miracle and Michaela scored the two buckets.