"A Look in My Eyes" - Journey Of 5'4" Guard Michael Kane

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November 16th, 2013
Team Practice

Coach Arambul Practice Introduction

Welcome back to practice... Today is gonna be a simple film session day. We need to go back and realize our mistakes so we don't make them against Mystic Falls.
So uhm we're gonna go through this film and I want you to review what you were not doing correctly. Keep it in your head and we're going to discuss it after it's over.
-Injects Tape-

My Thoughts
As I'm looking at this film I honestly don't see much bad running in our offense. I actually think my game was flawless. Everything except my jumpshot was running. I took risks with my passes and often got rewarded from them and I think I played with confidence.
Ohhh, I'm seeing I didn't take a few open lanes... Guess that's my topic to share.
Rob is terrible on defense by the way. I already know Elton would play his man better than him on offense and defense.

Coach Arambul: Ok now that that's over with I'd like to hear what you're all thinking. We'll start with you Sung.
Sung: I noticed I wasn't taking my opportunities when I had them. I was playing too cautious.
Coach Arambul: Mhm, I saw a lot of that and you definitely need to keep your head up because you were missing a lot of open teammates.
Ok then how about you Michael.
Me: Uhhh, I'm seeing that I was settling for jumpers when I had a possible open lane to take advantage of.
Coach Arambul: You've gotta take more leadership in controlling your unit's spacing as well. I addressed it in the game but you guys went right back to the normal. I know we don't have many forwards and centers but we're just going to have to make it work.

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Coach Arambul: And we can't let the other team drive past us that much anymore and if they do I need our guys down low to be more smart about contesting those shots. The amount of free throws we gave Hickory we're critical but we lucked out. That's however not gonna happen every game. Our wing defenders MUST get better and until we do we're going to have to depend on zone defense.

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My thoughts
I think everything she said was agreeable. Our zone definitely payed off against the Titans because we forced them to launch up many three's and they're really terrible shooters. Only issue is what coach stated about our big men basically not being smart on defense. I think that's where Elton could really pitch in if he gets on our team. Guess I can go ask coach after practice about it.
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Coach Arambul: Alright that's it for todays practice. We've got Mystic Falls up next on the schedule and they're a new basketball program so I don't really know much about them. I'll look into it and hopefully get some information about their play style and we'll be discussing it on Monday's practice.
Have a good evening, see ya.

Elton's Situation

Me: Hey coach, one of my teammates from my middle school basketball team might need to transfer to this school and he's wondering if he would be able to play on our team.
Coach: Yes he has until the 21st for registration. But what position is he?
Me: He's a 6'1" center with really good post moves.
Coach: Mhm, sounds pretty beneficial to the team.
Me: Yep I'll let him know. Thanks

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Central High School vs Mystic Falls High School
November 19th, 2013
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Our Eagles played their first home game yesterday but took the L from Mystic Falls High School 75-60 in this tough high scoring game. The Vikings showcased their great shooting on our Eagles and while we played good defense, it wasn't enough to stop the hot Vikings.
Michael Kane appeared in his first starting appearance and scored 14 points at a high rate of 6-9. Sung Winfred also posted up 14 points and also had 3 assists and got to the line quite a bit to finish with 9-9 free throws.
The Eagles also introduced new student-athlete Elton Rodolfo to the roster. Elton lead both teams in minutes with 27 and finished with 8 points, 10 rebounds, and 1 block. Backup guard Eddie Gregory got in the game and had another productive performance with 8 points in 9 minutes with no field goal misses which includes 2 three pointers.

The Eagles will play another home game against Shermer High School Aztecs on New Years Eve.

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Central High School vs Mystic Falls High School
November 19th, 2013

Mystic Falls Vikings (2-0) at Central High School Eagles (1-1)
Nov 19, 2013 1 2 3 4 Final Mystic Falls 19 17 21 18 75 Central High School 12 12 19 17 60 Top Performers Mystic Falls Vikings Sammie Sid - 19 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 3 TO Travis Hector - 13 PTS, 7 AST, 2 STLS Central High School Eagles Sung Winfred - 14 PTS, 1 REB, 3 AST, 9-9 FT Michael Kane - 14 PTS, 2 REB, 3 TO, 6-9 FG	Team Stats Comparison MFHS CHS FG Made-Att 30-52 20-53 3PT Made-Att 7-15 3-12 FT Made-Att 8-14 17-24 Rebounds 32 30 Assists 23 15 Turnovers 13 11 Steals 6 7 Blocks 2 1

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probably gonna stop putting up so many practices and put more games.

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Central High School vs Shermer High School
December 31th, 2013
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Central High School lost their second game of the season against Shermer High School. The Eagles starting 5 accounted for 40 points in this game. Key performances for us where Rob Oren who had 13 points and 8 rebounds and Michael Kane with 10 points and 2 assists.

The freshmen Eagles play an away game against Salem Falls High on January 14th.

Central High School vs Shermer High School
December 31th, 2013
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Shermer High School Aztecs (3-1) at Central High School Eagles (1-2)
Dec 31, 2013 1 2 3 4 Final Shermer High School 17 3 13 26 59 Central High School 13 7 13 19 52 Top Performers Shermer High School Aztecs Rocky Fredrick - 19 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 7-12 FG Kip Oren - 19 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 TO, 8-19 FG Central High School Eagles Rob Oren - 13 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK, 1 TO, 6-7 FG Jospeh Donnell - 13 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 5-12 FG, 3-7 3PT	Team Stats Comparison SHS CHS FG Made-Att 20-52 23-58 3PT Made-Att 8-16 5-13 FT Made-Att 8-16 1-2 Rebounds 32 30 Assists 16 15 Turnovers 8 8 Steals 4 4 Blocks 2 2

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My thoughts on last game...
Well I started this game but still Sung ended up playing longer than me.. In fact every other starter played longer than me even Jospeh who played terrible. These refs sucked and didn't call anything on our sides but were having a ball calling everything for Shermer, Elton and Felix did nothing all game, and our bench sucked. Only reason we came close in this game is because Rob kept us alive throughout the game and I hit two straight three pointers in the closing minutes of the game.
OHHHH and when we were down by two with around 20 seconds Felix thought it was smart to foul Shermer when we could've put the foul on hold and played good defense and tried to come up with a steal. I mean that's smarter than giving them two free points.
Only thing I can say that was bad about my game is my turnovers I committed (4) which were only committed because Shermer's lengthy defense and Elton would not stay still when I would try to pass him the ball.

Anyways, we don't have any practices this week (Jan 1st-Jan 4th)!

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Team Statistics
Through Salem Falls.

Central High School Eagles Stats - 13-14
Player	GP	MIN	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FPG
Michael Kane	4	17.0	12.0	2.5	3.0	0.3	0.0	2.8	0.7
Jospeh Donnell	4	26.5	9.3	5.5	1.5	0.7	0.0	1.3	1.3
Rob Oren	4	20.8	8.0	5.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3
Sung Winfred	4	15.7	7.0	1.3	2.5	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.5
Ellis Bernardo	4	12.3	6.0	2.8	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.7
Eddie Gregory	4	7.8	5.5	0.5	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
Jeremy Rich	4	10.0	4.7	2.3	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5
Felix Jerrold	4	21.3	4.5	3.0	2.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.3
Elton Rodolfo	5	13.8	3.2	4.2	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.6
Maria Cristobal	1	6.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Donn Monty	4	8.8	1.5	2.8	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.5
Manual Jay	1	4.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0

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Central High School @ Salem Falls High
January 14th, 2014
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The freshman Eagles basketball team traveled to Salem Falls High School yesterday and returned with a win in a 74-63 blowout win. The Eagles had three double digit scorers in this game which included: Michael Kane, Jospeh Donnell, and Ellis Bernardo. Michael Kane had a huge contribution in the win as he scored 18 points and had 4 assists. Jospeh Donnell played well with 14 points and 8 rebounds and Ellis Bernardo made his return to the starting lineup and scored 12 points while also grabbing 6 rebounds and a blocked shot.
The Eagle's defense played smart man to man defense throughout this game which coasted Salem Falls many turnovers. Felix Jerrold held his own on on defense and he was rewarded with two steals.

Central High School freshman team has Twin Peaks High School on the schedule on January 20th so come and support your Eagles!
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Central High School @ Salem Falls High
January 14th, 2014

Central High School Eagles (2-2) at Salem Falls High Rattlers (3-3)
Jan 14, 2014 1 2 3 4 Final Central High School 19 22 11 22 74 Salem Falls High 18 20 13 12 63 Top Performers Central High School Eagles Michael Kane - 18 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 7-9 FG, 2-3 3PT Jospeh Donnell - 14 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL, 3-5 3PT Salem Falls High Rattlers Earlie Rosendo - 14 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 3 STLS, 2 TO Denis Alfred - 11 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST	Team Stats Comparison CHS SFH FG Made-Att 29-60 26-59 3PT Made-Att 7-14 4-13 FT Made-Att 9-14 7-11 Rebounds 33 33 Assists 15 17 Turnovers 6 10 Steals 4 4 Blocks 1 1

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My after game thoughts against Salem Falls

Really easy win for us in this game... Salem Falls is not our official rival but considering their relation to our actual rival Salem High School, we wanted to show them who's boss.
I'm not trying to brag or anything but I played great and was the reason we won. I was trying to find the open man whenever it was possible but I mainly stuck to trying to get points on the board however way was possible. I felt like my defender couldn't guard me because I was able to do everything in my mind with ease.
Jospeh played good finally to. He shot like 5-12 but he was more effective that he was in previous games. I'm hoping our team can continue this play all season so we can finish with a good record.

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Damn Kane you was on fire against Salem. You need to play like that more often.

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Central High School vs Twin Peaks High School
January 20th, 2014
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Our freshman Eagles have marked a two game winnings streak in the win against Twin Peak High School. The game consisted on tough man to man defense production coming from our Eagles resulting in under 40% shooting from the Tigers. The game was another one where everyone contributed and we finished with a great team effort. Elton Rodolfo once again was added to the starting lineup and gave great production which included 10 points and 12 rebounds. Eddie Gregory appeared in his first start and put up 8 points and had 6 assists.

Don't miss out on the Freshmen Eagles next game against our rival Salem High School! The game will be played on January 31st to wrap up the month of January. Come support your Eagles!
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Central High School vs Twin Peaks High School
January 20th, 2014

Twin Peaks High School Tigers (2-4) at Central High School Eagles (3-2)
Jan 20, 2014 1 2 3 4 Final Twin Peaks High School 10 13 8 17 48 Central High School 16 10 12 18 56 Top Performers Twin Peaks High School Tigers Jay Royce - 11 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST Lucien Nicky - 10 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL Central High School Eagles Elton Rodolfo - 10 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST Eddie Gregory - 8 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB	Team Stats Comparison TPHS CHS FG Made-Att 20-62 23-50 3PT Made-Att 1-10 4-11 FT Made-Att 7-11 6-9 Rebounds 38 32 Assists 11 17 Turnovers 8 10 Steals 6 5 Blocks 3 2

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My after game thoughts against Twin Peak High School...

The refs were pure garbage... I got hacked by this same guy about 3 times going to the basketball and guess what? NO CALL!!! Then they want to call a foul every time we try to get an offensive rebound.
The Tigers had this guy, I think his name was Jay or something and he's one of the most dirtiest players I've played against in terms of fouling. He's about 6'4" and he rarely gets called for the fouls he commits.
I was victim of his acts and in result, I missed 4 out of 5 of my shots because no calls but it's all good because we got the win.
Ohhh yeah, I'm back on the bench -_-. Just scored 18 now I'm back on that seat on tip off. I'm a little confused. At least Eddie played good.

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January 21st, 2014
Team Practice

Coach Arambul Practice Introduction

Ok welcome back to practice Eagles. We played great against Twin Peak yesterday and we could've done better if the refs actually gave us our calls. And yes, I changed up the line ups because we're in our early stages of the year and I want to see our stronger side. I doubt I'll be switching our rotations up as much as I have been doing these past games.
We've just gotta have more communication on the floor so we don't throw away the ball 10 times anymore... So today I want to go over our plays again for a chunk of time and I definitely want to get some rebounding drills in because we didn't have a SINGLE offensive rebound yesterday and I find it unacceptable for us.

My thoughts
The lineup change was still BS and the logic is as well. She's basically using our actual games as a practice to see how we compete. Haha, not the best logic...

Coach Arambul Practice Wrapup

Okay so we have Salem High School on our schedule up next... You may already know this but they're our rival. Each game is pretty intense but we've got some time to prepare ourselves.
Good job today, have a good evening.

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Central High School vs Salem High School
January 31st, 2014
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Central High School hosted our league rival Salem High School yesterday in a win that came down to the final seconds. With this being such a tough rivalry game we are proud that our students showed support to our freshman athletes! This game featured a tremendous high scoring fourth quarter game from each sides and our Eagles walked out with the win. Key performances included Jospeh Donnell's clutch steal on defense which prevented a basket that could've tied the game in the closing seconds. Other performances included Eddie Gregory's elite scoring with 13 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assist while Jeremy Rich added 9 points.
The Eagles will play Horrace Mantis High School on February the 10th.
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Central High School vs Salem High School
January 31st, 2014

Central High School Eagles (4-2) at Salem High School Legends (2-6)
Jan 31, 2014 1 2 3 4 Final Central High School 15 12 13 20 60 Salem High School 16 7 9 25 57 Top Performers Central High School Eagles Eddie Gregory - 13 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST Jeremy Rich - 12 PTS, 5-8 FG Salem High School Legends Waylon Fletcher - 13 PTS, 2 REB Kenton Angelo - 11 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB	Team Stats Comparison CHS SHS FG Made-Att 23-50 23-58 3PT Made-Att 4-9 6-19 FT Made-Att 10-15 5-6 Rebounds 30 26 Assists 16 18 Turnovers 11 9 Steals 4 8 Blocks 3 4

***: Just wanna let you guys know the recaps and box scores will become more detailed as I progress in my career. I'm trying to stay realistic by not giving the Freshmen roster a ton of attention in the school media/athletics.

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My after game thoughts against Salem High School...

I loved this rivalry game. I never really played in such a big atmosphere, this was only a freshman game but the stands were on FIRE. I guess it's because Varsity played after us so it's basically 2 games in 1 but still. This was such a great feeling and I really felt like I was representing the Eagles by wearing that Jersey. But anyways, if you're not a starter on Salem High School, you're not playing haha. And I'm dead serious, the sixth man of their team might have played about half a quarter while the starters pretty much played the entire game.
I didn't play so great in this game... I got my assists but I really struggled scoring the ball. I think I shot 1-8, , I'm hoping coach doesn't punish me for that. I also got 3 turnovers in my 16 minutes of play but hey I got my first block!