10UO

(10U) Orange Team 5th Grade

Head Coach: Andrey Kuhn
Assistant Coach: Sarah Hinman

No.

Player

Sarah Ricci

Emily Helinski

Bethany Pochobradski

Caitlin Estes

Mikayla Splak

Sydney Drown

Caitlin Hilder

Kelsey Cirincione

Emma VanDeCar

Saeeda Abdul-Aziz

Julia Zachgo

Alexandra Tudor

Tournament Schedule and Results

The Future Stars Invitational, New Rochelle New York
March 27th & 28th, 2010

Westchester Fusion 49 Sparks 42
Sparks 39 Westchester Future Stars 18
Sparks 44 New York Storm 14
Sparks 26 Long Island Storm 20

The Arlington Mack Attack, Manchester Vermont
April 17th & 18th, 2010

Sparks 26 Lady Celtics 25
Sparks 44 Mach Attack 23
Sparks 38 Rail City Blazers 18
Sparks 66 Southern Vermont Stars 18

Queen of the Mountain, Albany New York
April 24th & 25th, 2010

Sparks 51 Eastside Hoopsters 2
Sparks 46 Southern Vermont Stars 9
Sparks 38 Southern Glens Falls Fury (11U) 18
Sparks 54 Vermont Hot Shots (11U) 18 (Championship Game)

Revolution, Albany New York
May 1st & 2nd, 2010

Sparks 46 Brunswick (11U) 28
Sparks 51 Hudson River Titans (11U) 35
Sparks 51 East Side Hoopsters 9
Sparks 20 Berkshire Greylock (11U) 17

Team Connecticut, Elm City Classic, East Haven Connecticut
May 15th & 16th, 2010

Connecticut Premier (White) 33 Sparks 16
Sparks 50 Team Connecticut 6
Sparks 46 Connecticut Premier (Blue) 22
Westchester Titans (11U) 42 Sparks 37 (OT)

Saratoga Sparks Thoroughbred Classic, Saratoga Springs
June 5th & 6th, 2010

Northern Lights (11U) 26 Sparks 19
Kingston Comets (11U) 55 Sparks 22
Lake Champlain Lady Lakers (11U) 33 Sparks 22
Sparks 38 Hudson River Lady Titans 25

Seasons Final Test Schenectady New York
June 19th & 20th, 2010

Sparks 38 Albany Capitals (11U) 29
Lady Knights (12U) 41 Sparks 16
Catskill Mountain (12U) 44 Sparks 34

Outstanding Tradition

The Sparks have enjoyed a rich tradition of providing our players with quality coaching. Our staff has experience at various coaching levels, coaching at the college, high school, AAU, and youth programs in and around the Capital District. However, what we are most proud of their dedication to kids and the game of basketball. All of the coaches are avid fans of the game and work hard together at improving their coaching skills as well as improving the resume of the organization.

Our coaches adhere to this philosophy, "Players should strive to be sound fundamental players and to always remember that if you play hard, play smart, and have fun, you will always be on top of your game no matter the outcome!" The coaches primarily want each girl to improve and have fun doing it. A mark of their success is that over 90% of our players return to play for the Sparks each year. We believe a large part of that is due to our committed and knowledgeable coaching staff.

"I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em."

Jim Valvano, "Jimmy V"