The Hawks opened the season with a three team scrimmage which included our heros, the host Gibsonburg Bears and the New London Wildcats from the Firelands Conference. The format was 10 minute running clock quarters, single quarter round robin.
MV belongs to the Toledo Area Athletic Conference (TAAC). The TAAC will welcome Gibsonburg as a new member starting in 2011-12 and today was a welcome gauge of a future league opponent plus another D-IV opponant.
I came late and left early, so I'll just share what I saw.
First Q: New London 11 - MV 7
Only saw the last 2:00 and watched the Hawks smother New London defensively on their inbounds play - two five second calls got the Hawks the back ball twice, but they got behind early and couldn't recover.
Better things were to follow.
Second Q: MV 6 - G'burg 2
You think we're young? The Bears are so young they could change their name to the Cubs this year. They feature several good athletes who will grow to become a tough team as the season progresses. MV won it on a pair of three-balls from Dave Brown and Julius Turner. Great man-to-man defense by the visitors.
Third Q: MV 11 - New London 2
This segment was higlighted by a rainbow 2 pointer by Jared Sturt to open things up with contributions from Dave B, and Julius.
Julius enrolled at MV this year as a junior and thus is just starting to learn Coach Jim Robinson's offensive scheme. This process is approximately equal to enrollment in MV's Honors Precalculus course. Julius is already a strong addition to the front line; when he's up to speed on the offense, watch out.
Fourth Q - MV 10 - G'burg 5
Man-to-man defense all the way. Freshman Thad Woodard made a splash with a great cross court pass to Julius for an easy 2. Senior Daniel Brandon (the hardest workin' man in basketball!) also scored two for the Hawks.
Fifth (and for me the final) Q - MV 23 - New London 2
Now hitting their stride, the Blue and White put on a run and gun display. Rick Deichert sparked the offense with two early fastbreak layups off steals and the team never looked back. The other juniors (Dixon, Jonathan, Parker, Jared, Julius and Nick) all get a share of the action.
New London struggled as a team to work their offence due to aggressive defense across the board from MV. Good conditioning by the Hawks began to show through during this quarter.
Overall a great start for the boys.
Next up - Bowsher HS Saturday 11.13.10
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