2010 AAU Tournament Schedule

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Super League Registration

Hey, hey, hey!

It's already that time again?!

Yup, time to register for Super League at Island Garden. If you plan on participating get in touch with Coach Hudson ASAP. Looking forward to another successful season!


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Monday, June 14, 2010

Winners!

We already know these girls are winners in every sense of the word but this past weekend in NJ certainly confirmed it.

A clean sweep of the Princeton Shootout for the second year in a row!





On Saturday the Lightning beat the Upper Makefield Heat in their first game of the day. The gym was hidden and, once we found it hot, but it seems like the girls have become accustomed to that. Once again the ball movement was tremendous this time combined with stifling man to man defense and the bigs sliding to help and block shots underneath, unselfish play all the way around. Makefield put forth good effort on defense themselves but the offensive firepower of the lightning was too much and the game was out of reach before the second half began.

The second game was 15 minutes away, the gym was not hidden this time but in clear view and.... AIR CONDITIONED! Not something we are used to but the team seemed to adapt readily and crushed the Central Jersey Rebels before they even knew what hit 'em. Poor things.

Everyone pitched in on the rebounding all weekend long and this game was no exception. The entire team made spectacular passes with all five on the floor getting touches on most possessions and numerous assists. After the game's conclusion most of the team schlepped the six hours and forty minutes to the luxurious Taj Mahal of Days Inn's in Hillsborough where only the heaviest of sleepers enjoyed a restful slumber.

Sunday started poolside in the parking lo... I mean "courtyard" of the hotel with fun being had by teammates, family and friends (some of whom got a bit too much sun). A quick trip to Princeton was rewarded with frozen yogurt at The Twist then, on to the games.

First victim, Team Freckles! Go ahead and laugh if you want but these girls were tough. They had a big that could run the floor, a tall skilled guard, a nice trapping press and until she tired herself out chasing the ball number 15 was a one girl full court press. They also had good coaching and showed the best quality of all throughout a tough and often physical game, good sportsmanship... they helped our girls up after crashing them to the floor.... we returned the favor.

As for the Lightning... they got every loose ball, played great defense forcing turnovers by doubling the ball and jumping into the passing lane, blocked more shots than I've ever seen and forced jump balls on what seemed like every Freckles possession. Again, every player on the floor was thinking pass first and looking for their open teammates.

Then it got weird. While the Brady crew took a casual tour of the entire state of New Jersey we sat in a hot gym and waited, and waited, and waited. Not for Brady, she had already missed the first game but until the Kyniska coach decided his principles had not been compromised and that we could begin a six o'clock version of what should have been a 5:20 game (just in case anyone was thinking of beating the Sunday night traffic back to Long Island). It was good Brady materialized before the opposing coach's intact principles allowed the game to go on. She was fun to watch and I ended up running out of room in the book for her stat line. Not just rebounds and blocks but assists, steals you name it. I also learned something on Sunday, don't make the Lightning mad if you can possibly avoid it, especially Ashleigh. I think Woody threw someone on the floor who had been annoying Brady towards the end as well, as a matter of principle. As for Kyniska, when speaking of 10 year old girls it would be cruel to say that they were beaten to within an inch of their lives, so I won't say that.




In spite of some logistical adversity, a truly great weekend! Winning has a way of soothing whatever ails ya'!


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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Princeton Schedule and Directions

Princeton Shootout 10u AAU Girls Basketball

Hotel Days Inn 118 U.S. 206, Hillsborough, Somerset, New Jersey 08844

Check-in 2:00pm Sat - Check-out 11:00am Sun

Hotel is around 45 minutes from ICS Spottswood, 30 minutes from MSC Monmouth, 20 minutes from Princeton, Duke Gardens Environmental Center is right across the street.


Sat 4:10 v Uppermakerieti Heat - ICS Spottswood, 23 Manalapan Road, Spottswood NJ 08884

Sat 7:40 v CJ Rebels - MSC 4 Farrington Road, Monmouth NJ 08831

Sun 4:10 v Team Freckles - ICS Spottswood, 23 Manalapan Road, Spottswood NJ 08884

Sun 5:20 v Kyniska Hoops - ICS Spottswood, 23 Manalapan Road, Spottswood NJ 08884

This map has all the addresses/destinations and you can reorder them in any way you wish.


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Monday, June 7, 2010

Great Weekend!

All the girls have a lot to be proud of after this weekend's tournament.

Ball movement, ball movement, ball movement! If all the lightning teammates get a chance to watch some of the game footage, pay attention to the incredible passing! The girls were looking to dish on practically every play. Lots of assists, quick crisp passes and two, three touches leading to easy baskets on many occasions. Very impressive.

Four games in a crazy dark, hot and sweaty gym. Coming away with three big blowouts and a battle in the fourth and final game is a really nice result. Not easy to play against a higher level of competition after three blowouts. Not easy to have your toughest game be the last one on a hot weekend. Great job! Hope everyone had fun!

Next stop PRINCETON!









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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

CT Premier Schedule and directions

Saturday
Game 1 vs. RI Breakers 12:20pm
Game 2 vs. Silver Bullets 2:30pm

Sunday
Game 3 vs. CT Premier Blue 10:10am
Game 4 vs. Future Stars 1:25pm

*All games will be played at Staples High School
Please arrive by 11:45 on Saturday and 9:30 on Sunday.

See everyone on Friday- Practice 5:30 - 7pm at GCHS.



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Monday, May 10, 2010

Extra Credit

Evangelia, Amara and Woody attended Marc Von Essen's Game7 Boot Camp on Sunday May 9th. They all worked extremely hard and had a good time together too. Marc and George gave them a lot to think about and a bunch of drills with a chart to keep track of what they do during the week for homework. Stone will be joining them this Sunday as well. It shows a lot of dedication to go out to Rockville Centre on a Sunday afternoon and work your butt off the way they did. The three of them should be extremely proud of themselves. If they continue to work as hard as they did this past Sunday it will certainly show in their game.

Marc is giving our girls a lot of individual attention, he mentioned someone in Queens might just be working harder than they are and that the effort they put in might make the difference.



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Monday, May 3, 2010

Metro Championship Weekend

Where the heck were we? Was it Ramapo? Sloatsberg? Suffern? Hillburn? Mahwah?!

Beautiful weekend, very nice facility and the girls played very hard. The effort and determination were certainly there. Lightning never got in a rhythm after willing three victories and the shots just didn't fall in the Championship game.



Hopefully we'll see this team again and have the opportunity to unleash the "A" game on them!

GO LIGHTNING!

Hard fought win v the Rockland Rockets in the semis though.



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Sunday, May 2, 2010

Fun at the regionals

It's not all serious at the regionals. The girls are just as goofy as they usually are.





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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Regionals

Two great wins! These teams were not pushovers by any means. Lots of hard work, great execution of the plays on the offensive end and stifling defense kept the girls in both games.



The morning game against the Staten Island Diamonds was a thriller with the Lightning turning it on in the second half for a 14 point win.

The second game was probably a little closer than it should have been. The girls came out a little flat in the first half and the officiating left a little something to be desired... the refs were consistent in that regard if not in any other. The Lightning struggled through it and solid defense and a very physical tone was set by the gritty determination of the bench players. FANTASTIC job by the entire bench in this one, would have been a different story completely without their effort. Lightning was never really able to put the Falcons away and ended up winning a 40-34 nailbiter... much closer than the score even indicates with Stone hitting an and1 in the closing minute and Ashleigh putting in an incredible buzzer beater to finish it.



GREAT JOB!

Lightning plays the pool 2 second place team tomorrow morning and should they win that they move on to the Championship later that afternoon.

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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

District Championship Schedule

SCHEDULE.

Metro NY AAU 10U Regionals POOL KEY

10U Pool 1
NY Falcons BB1
Staten Island Diamonds BB2
Long Island Ligtning - Hudson BB3

10U Pool 2
Queens Express BB4
Rockland Rockets - Jazz BB5
Westchester Lady Stars BB6

Saturday Schedule - Pool Play

COURT 1
09:00 am BB6 vs BB5
11:30 am BB6 vs BB4
02:00 pm BB4 vs BB5

COURT 2
09:00 am BB1 vs BB2
11:30 am BB1 vs BB3
02:00 pm BB2 vs BB3

Sunday Schedule - Playoffs and Championship Games

****Our games on Sunday are based on how we do on Saturday!

10:15 am
3rd place pool 1 vs 3rd place pool 2
1st place pool 2 vs 2nd place pool 1

11:30 am
1st place pool 1 vs 2nd place Pool 2

12:45 pm 5th place game
02:00 pm 3rd place game

03:15 pm 10U CHAMPIONSHIP

Holiday Inn in Ramsey, 15 minutes from the gym, has 77 dollar rooms for those too lazy to commute.


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Monday, April 26, 2010

DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS

2010 NY METROPOLITAN
AAU
DI, DII & DIII
DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS

Divison I - 9u and 10u
Joseph T. Lawrence Center
Rockland County
May 1 & 2

115 Torne Valley Road, Suffern, NY 10901 (Town of Ramapo)


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Sunday, April 25, 2010

Swe-eep!

Great weekend!

The girls seemed to like scoring in the mid thirties this weekend and managed to beat four teams handily by doing so. The final team was made up of the CYO Good Shepherd team as well as the St Pat's team that beat the St Hyacinth Storm in the CYO Long Island Championship.

Great ball movement and sharing the ball is a sign of trust between teammates.... all the girls showed one another a whole lotta love this weekend!

Next stop... regionals next weekend.

GO LIGHTNING!







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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Silver Bullet Tournament

Silver Bullet Tournament schedule;

Fri 6:30 Island Garden 5 - Silver Bullet Martin 10

Sat 4:10 St Dom 6 - Shooting Stars Cuminsky

Sun 8:00 Island Garden 4 - LI Lightning Lepore

Sun 10:20 Island Garden 4 - LI Storm 10

Here we GO!




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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

#1 Ranking

The Goldstar Elite Long Island Girl's Basketball web-site has Lightning Hudson ranked as #1 in the 10u category.

Check it out HERE. Pressure is on now, guess we gotta keep winning. Remember, rankings are all just for fun. Congrats to all the girls!




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Monday, April 12, 2010

3-1 start! Great way to begin the 2010 season!

Great weekend for LIL Hudson basketball! Beating LIL Prisco on Saturday afternoon was a great accomplishment. We all know how tough they are and it wasn't that long ago that they beat the LIL Hudson superleague team by 2 in overtime. Going on to beat the CTK team that gave the Hudson Storm so much trouble in an overtime win in the second round of the CYO playoffs was a great way to end the day!

Sunday morning started off with a 9:00 am win over a tough NY Elite team. Great contributions from all of the subs with tough defense and rebounding. The day, the tournament, and the wins came to an end against a bigger, stronger, faster LI Wizards 11u team, but the team hung tough and showed great character by playing hard and sticking together until the final whistle.

Great job!


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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

LIL Spring Invitational

Schedule for this weekend's Spring Invitational tournament is now up on the Island Garden website.

Click Here for schedule

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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Great Game!

Great game on Tuesday night! The team battled and never gave up even playing with just six girls and against an older and bigger team with fresh legs constantly coming off the bench. Lots of battling and bruising in the paint.

Defense, rebounding, shot blocking kept the first half extremely close. All the girls should be very proud of their effort! You all showed tremendous heart!

First round of the playoffs will be at Island Garden against a Manhassett team we haven't seen yet. Saturday morning 3/13 at 9:00am.

Get yer sleep on after practice Friday nite!

GO LIGHTNING!


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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Revised AAU Schedule

The updated 2010 tournament schedule can be found at the following url http://tinyurl.com/ykd5xmx.


AAU Schedule 2010

April 9-11
LI Lightning Spring Invitational
West Hempstead @ Island Gardens


April 24, 25
Aim High Silver Bullet Shootout
Old Westbury College


May 1,2
NY Metro Regionals on LI
Long Island


May 22,23
LI Lightning Summer Invitational
West Hempstead @ Island Gardens


June 5,6
Connecticut Premier Shootout
Fairfield, Conn
1 hour away


June 12,13
Princeton Shootout
Princeton, NJ
1 night sleep over




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Monday, March 1, 2010

First Practice for 2010 AAU Season

This Fri. March 5th at 7:00.

Our practice slot will generally be on Friday nights 7- 8:30 at the Glen Cove High School.



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Friday, February 19, 2010

Here we go!

Hi All-

I hope all is well. We will be begin Lightning practice in March (As in the past all practices will be held in GC) This year we will be playing in 6 tournaments.

April 10-11 LI Lightning Invitational Tournament
April 24-25 Coaches choice (Bronx) or Aim High Silver Bullet Tournament (Old Westbury College)
May 8,9 Future Stars Breast Cancer or NY Metro Regionals on Long Island
May 22-23 LI Lightning Invitational or Queens Express Tournament
June 5,6 Connecticut Shootout ................. ( 1 hour away )
June 12,13 Princeton Shootout...Princeton, NJ.............................1 day sleepover

Please start sending in your deposits $300. IYou can also pay by check or credit card at Island Garden. Make checks out to Long Island Lightning in the memo part put- 10U Hudson Lightning. You can also mail them to me @
3 Donahue Street Glen Cove, NY 11542.

I am extremely excited to begin our 2nd season of AAU ball. The girls should have a GREAT time!!!!!

Tentative roster 2010- We may pick up 1 more girl but no more than 10 on the team.
Tristyn
Jenna
Woods
Brady
Stone
Evangelia
Amara
Kamia
McKenzie
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If anyone is interested in fundraising please let me know.

Allen

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Sunday, January 31, 2010

LIL Hudson v LIL Prisco 1/30/10


Wonderfully played game! Double overtime!
Exciting to watch all the girls work so hard.
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Saturday, January 16, 2010

Island Garden President's Week Camp

A great camp run by Tim Cluess, men's coach for DII powerhouse CW Post. Woody, Stone and Caroline did this camp last year and had a lot of fun. Good opportunity to get ready for the AAU season and work on your game. $40.00 discount for Lightning players.

Click here to check out the particulars and to register. Or, check out the Island Garden website.


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