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For the second match in a row, we have leads and get to 20 points and lose our focus. We have to learn to put teams away when we're ahead.
But we did direct all of the other units that participated in the relief effort to contact their soldiers to make them aware of this so they could be on the lookout for symptoms.
We lost some focus in the second game, but overall played a pretty solid match. Our defense covered nearly everything and kept the ball in play for our hitters.
Our goal is provide a safe environment for kids to have fun and to talk to their friends -- and not to someone assuming an identity to be their friends.
It feels good to win again. Calvary Temple isn't very strong, but we did the fundamental aspects of the game on a pretty high level. We're on a playoff run and we need to continue improving to ensure a spot.
We had great energy and coverage in the second and third games, but when Amanda went down it took us out of our game and we were never able to get back in synch.
We sent six satellite phones to Louisiana with our troops, but the phones are back now, ... We also sent a unified command suite with communications equipment, and that vehicle is still there.
We were lackluster in our effort and we were outhustled. We had leads in every game, as many as eight points, and were just flat and couldn't hold on. Our hitting wasn't very strong and they returned almost everything we hit.
We gave them some points, but on a scale of one to 10 we played a nine,
We gave them too many points on service and hitting errors, but overall the girls played pretty well and I'm pretty proud of them.,
We don't often get officials up here, ... People don't show because they don't want to drive that far. Then we have to find someone who can officiate the game.
We don't often get officials up here. People don't show because they don't want to drive that far. Then we have to find someone who can officiate the game.
Whether you have to go to Groveland or Timbuktu, ... there should always be an official. It's tough to find volunteers.
We started out slow, tentative in the first game, but put it together after that. It was a big match for us to establish a top-level position in the league.
They should complete their military obligations outside of Iraq.
This is something we've been asking for for 20 years.
So everyone else has to raise their game a couple of levels.
Their training was only interrupted a couple of days, ... They were able to stay on mission.
Intuition is a completely natural mode of perception; Jung pointed that out. If you are not using your intuition, you are kind of just limping along; not functioning in your full capacity in making decisions.
Calvary is a team that's rebuilding, so we tried some different combinations in the second and third games. Our intensity dropped off as the match went on, and that's something that can't happen against the better teams.
The return of about 400 Wisconsin Army National Guard soldiers and airmen from the Hurricane Katrina relief mission in Louisiana over the weekend increases the number of Guard soldiers and airmen available in the state.
They were all eager to go. They are happy to be providing assistance that's so desperately needed.
It was one of those matches where you play better than the other team, but end up losing. We just didn't put them away when we had the chance.
It was a good start, but we need to be quicker to the ball and be more active on the court. Our passing and setting were good, but our hitters need to move their arms through the ball faster to develop a higher-velocity attack.
The number of kids we have in the program has doubled over the last five years. That's created a need for more coaches.
That's the best we've ever played against them, but they can put four girls over six feet on the court,
We got some face time, and the ball is in his court.
It was a total team effort, ... Everyone contributed with great passing and setting combined with timely hitting and defense.
They're a new program and it's a little tough for them right now.