Coach D.J. Wilson

Good luck WO-S!! I believe that they can get it done and beat Livingston

Playoff Warm-up Game
B'JNE' Arvie had another double double 21 pts 14 reb
Marlandria Hebert  13 pts 14 reb
It gets real verse Livingston Monday but it was good to get some more work in before the playoffs

Playoff Warm-up Game
B'JNE' Arvie had another double double 21 pts 14 reb
Marlandria Hebert  13 pts 14 reb
It gets real verse Livingston Monday but it was good to get some more work in before the playoffs

Jasper 65
Hudson 35
Asia Mitchell 21
JaKayla Brown 19
 
Jasper 6-2 in 20-4A  District Champions
First District Championship since 2005

Senior Night and B'JNE' Arvie records her 21 double double on the season with 24 pts and 14 rebounds.  She is like a female Charles Barkley.  
 
#greatdaytobeamustang

WEST ORANGE STARK VS LIVINGSTON @ Silsbee High School Monday Feb 17th 6 P.M.

Great TEAM win tonight on senior night!
Lady Hawks move to 26-8 on the season and 11-0 in district behind a career high 31 point game from Asia Wheeler. Delberta Guillory-Smith added 22 and Makenna Henry had 16.
The girls shared the ball really well!  Proud of our seniors, Kassi Hardy, Delberta Guillory Smith, Asia Wheeler and Imrie Collier!!!  These girls have dealt with alot over 4 years! Floods, deaths, hurricanes etc! 
The score doesnt really reflect it,  but kudos to coach DJ Wilson over at WOS.  Changing a culture is a hard thing to do.... he has it going in the right direction.

Jasper 71     Carthage 55
Leading scorers
Asia Mitchell 16
Amiah McQueen 13
Aaliyah Robinson 9
Heaven Scott 9
JaKayla Brown 9
 
 

Good win WOS, keep grinding.....

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glad they will play it out... wish the refs had done their job and given out techs and ejections and finished it right then.

Hard fought game for both teams.  Lumberton has a tough squad, we got down too much early and when we finally tied it up we made too many mistakes in the end.  Good team as we expected, we need to rebound Friday against a tough Bridge City.  Second half of this district is going to be tough for everyone, well except for maybe HJ.
Sophomore Aniah Henderson 20 points 11 rebounds
Senior Marlandria Hebert 10 points 14 rebounds.

Hard fought game for both teams.  Lumberton has a tough squad, we got down too much early and when we finally tied it up we made too many mistakes in the end.  Good team as we expected, we need to rebound Friday against a tough Bridge City.  Second half of this district is going to be tough for everyone, well except for maybe HJ.
Sophomore Aniah Henderson 20 points 11 rebounds
Senior Marlandria Hebert 10 points 14 rebounds.

Hard fought game for both teams.  Lumberton has a tough squad, we got down too much early and when we finally tied it up we made too many mistakes in the end.  Good team as we expected, we need to rebound Friday against a tough Bridge City.  Second half of this district is going to be tough for everyone, well except for maybe HJ.
Sophomore Aniah Henderson 20 points 11 rebounds
Senior Marlandria Hebert 10 points 14 rebounds.

Hard fought game for both teams.  Lumberton has a tough squad, we got down too much early and when we finally tied it up we made too many mistakes in the end.  Good team as we expected, we need to rebound Friday against a tough Bridge City.  Second half of this district is going to be tough for everyone, well except for maybe HJ.
Sophomore Aniah Henderson 20 points 11 rebounds
Senior Marlandria Hebert 10 points 14 rebounds.

Leading scorers:
Asia Mitchell 14
Heaven Scott 8
Shabralyn Watson 8

41-40 
good win for WOS.  

Jasper 42
Huntington 36
Huntington is one of the best defensive teams we have played.  This was our first win over them in 6-7 years. 
Asia Mitchell 21
shabralyn Watson 11
 

This team by far is the best team we played this year.  This program is starting to feed itself.  They have some special players but throughout the program you can see ALL the girls are understanding the system the coaches/parents have put in.  Fun to watch but not to Coach against.  It's going to take a special team to get them this year in 4A.

Great observations on here with Coach Shu and many more.  Here as the WOS girls coach here is what I have observed.  Repetitions are key to any success in sports.  Since being assigned as the head coach here I make sure my gym stays open for my girls.  Unlike other programs we don't have a little dribblers program here yet and a lot of my girls can't afford AAU.  However, we utilized the UIL's new rule for skills training this past summer focusing on fundamentals and I have seen it pay off.  
We're still behind on skill set but we make up some of this with our athleticism.  Girls are not like boys and besides the obvious here is what I mean.  A boy will watch basketball on tv or play the video game of 2K and then head outside trying the moves he just saw.  Girls rarely will even watch basketball on tv and if they do they rarely go outside to practice what they saw.  Now I know they're anomalies to this and few girls will do it. 
The key to growing basketball in our small areas is through little dribblers but we have to still think outside the box.  It does us no good to run a little dribblers program where we have 2 teams that play each other every week or mix teams with boys/girls.  What we need to do is run little dribblers like we do pee-wee football.  For example West Orange Stark Little Dribblers plays Bridge City this week at all ages and one of the programs host the event.  Next week WOS may travel to LCM area and play their Little Dribblers program at LCM.  What this will do is a few things.  Number 1 make it where you build competition and make the community start paying attention on Saturday.  A lot of people would pay to go see these type of games on Saturdays which will fund the program.  
It will also make parents aware of the competition that is out there and the work that needs to be done.  If this is done properly then a pipeline will be heading to the junior high.  My girls played Little Dribblers for years either on mixed teams (boys and girls) or playing against one all girls team where a parent stacked one team against the other team.  The mixed teams saw the girls getting  pushed to the side not  getting the development they need and the stacked team stroked a parents ego that really couldn't coach but because they had the stacked team looked like coach of the year.  In the end my girls left the sport for softball or volleyball which broke my heart being a basketball guy.  They saw it was a waste of time and enjoyed the organization of softball/volleyball more because it was more competitive.    
In order for us to grow girls basketball for the whole area we have to change the process at the grass roots level.  If this is done then we will see more girls going off to play college ball from all the schools and not just a few handful.  We will also see shooting, ball handling and other skills grow.  Last statement, Martins Mills has basketball figured out.  I went there this past summer visiting a buddy who's daughter is a stud on the high school team and saw their process.  The Little Dribblers is ran like I mentioned above and ever kid has a pass-code to the gym and can go shoot anytime of day.  Kids put their code in flip on the lights and get to work.  Now I know we don't all live in a town like Martins Mill but my point is their facilities are accessible for kids to get shots up.    
My two cents.

here is another thought to get some discussion on the original topic.  Shooters vs scorers.  
Depends a little on the system they are in.   We are a pressure defense and dribble drive offensive team.  (if you can't dribble drive then your minutes are limited a little) We are trying to develop players that can drive, score, and shoot.     We have two players shooting about 30-35% from behind the line.  One has made 47 3's and the other has made 38 - (29 games) not sure how those numbers compare to the other "shooters" in the area but I know the opposing coach's yell "SHOOTER SHOOTER" every time one of them catches the ball... Lol 
 
Our gym is available a lot during the off season for our girls and the past 3 years we have had great turnout in numbers of girls that access it.   There has been a direct correlation between this group putting in work in the off-season and having team success in the season.

Great observations on here with Coach Shu and many more.  Here as the WOS girls coach here is what I have observed.  Repetitions are key to any success in sports.  Since being assigned as the head coach here I make sure my gym stays open for my girls.  Unlike other programs we don't have a little dribblers program here yet and a lot of my girls can't afford AAU.  However, we utilized the UIL's new rule for skills training this past summer focusing on fundamentals and I have seen it pay off.  
We're still behind on skill set but we make up some of this with our athleticism.  Girls are not like boys and besides the obvious here is what I mean.  A boy will watch basketball on tv or play the video game of 2K and then head outside trying the moves he just saw.  Girls rarely will even watch basketball on tv and if they do they rarely go outside to practice what they saw.  Now I know they're anomalies to this and few girls will do it. 
The key to growing basketball in our small areas is through little dribblers but we have to still think outside the box.  It does us no good to run a little dribblers program where we have 2 teams that play each other every week or mix teams with boys/girls.  What we need to do is run little dribblers like we do pee-wee football.  For example West Orange Stark Little Dribblers plays Bridge City this week at all ages and one of the programs host the event.  Next week WOS may travel to LCM area and play their Little Dribblers program at LCM.  What this will do is a few things.  Number 1 make it where you build competition and make the community start paying attention on Saturday.  A lot of people would pay to go see these type of games on Saturdays which will fund the program.  
It will also make parents aware of the competition that is out there and the work that needs to be done.  If this is done properly then a pipeline will be heading to the junior high.  My girls played Little Dribblers for years either on mixed teams (boys and girls) or playing against one all girls team where a parent stacked one team against the other team.  The mixed teams saw the girls getting  pushed to the side not  getting the development they need and the stacked team stroked a parents ego that really couldn't coach but because they had the stacked team looked like coach of the year.  In the end my girls left the sport for softball or volleyball which broke my heart being a basketball guy.  They saw it was a waste of time and enjoyed the organization of softball/volleyball more because it was more competitive.    
In order for us to grow girls basketball for the whole area we have to change the process at the grass roots level.  If this is done then we will see more girls going off to play college ball from all the schools and not just a few handful.  We will also see shooting, ball handling and other skills grow.  Last statement, Martins Mills has basketball figured out.  I went there this past summer visiting a buddy who's daughter is a stud on the high school team and saw their process.  The Little Dribblers is ran like I mentioned above and ever kid has a pass-code to the gym and can go shoot anytime of day.  Kids put their code in flip on the lights and get to work.  Now I know we don't all live in a town like Martins Mill but my point is their facilities are accessible for kids to get shots up.    
My two cents.

Great observations on here with Coach Shu and many more.  Here as the WOS girls coach here is what I have observed.  Repetitions are key to any success in sports.  Since being assigned as the head coach here I make sure my gym stays open for my girls.  Unlike other programs we don't have a little dribblers program here yet and a lot of my girls can't afford AAU.  However, we utilized the UIL's new rule for skills training this past summer focusing on fundamentals and I have seen it pay off.  
We're still behind on skill set but we make up some of this with our athleticism.  Girls are not like boys and besides the obvious here is what I mean.  A boy will watch basketball on tv or play the video game of 2K and then head outside trying the moves he just saw.  Girls rarely will even watch basketball on tv and if they do they rarely go outside to practice what they saw.  Now I know they're anomalies to this and few girls will do it. 
The key to growing basketball in our small areas is through little dribblers but we have to still think outside the box.  It does us no good to run a little dribblers program where we have 2 teams that play each other every week or mix teams with boys/girls.  What we need to do is run little dribblers like we do pee-wee football.  For example West Orange Stark Little Dribblers plays Bridge City this week at all ages and one of the programs host the event.  Next week WOS may travel to LCM area and play their Little Dribblers program at LCM.  What this will do is a few things.  Number 1 make it where you build competition and make the community start paying attention on Saturday.  A lot of people would pay to go see these type of games on Saturdays which will fund the program.  
It will also make parents aware of the competition that is out there and the work that needs to be done.  If this is done properly then a pipeline will be heading to the junior high.  My girls played Little Dribblers for years either on mixed teams (boys and girls) or playing against one all girls team where a parent stacked one team against the other team.  The mixed teams saw the girls getting  pushed to the side not  getting the development they need and the stacked team stroked a parents ego that really couldn't coach but because they had the stacked team looked like coach of the year.  In the end my girls left the sport for softball or volleyball which broke my heart being a basketball guy.  They saw it was a waste of time and enjoyed the organization of softball/volleyball more because it was more competitive.    
In order for us to grow girls basketball for the whole area we have to change the process at the grass roots level.  If this is done then we will see more girls going off to play college ball from all the schools and not just a few handful.  We will also see shooting, ball handling and other skills grow.  Last statement, Martins Mills has basketball figured out.  I went there this past summer visiting a buddy who's daughter is a stud on the high school team and saw their process.  The Little Dribblers is ran like I mentioned above and ever kid has a pass-code to the gym and can go shoot anytime of day.  Kids put their code in flip on the lights and get to work.  Now I know we don't all live in a town like Martins Mill but my point is their facilities are accessible for kids to get shots up.    
My two cents.

As the first half of district wraps up, there are some big games that could shake things up this week.  I have told anyone that asks all year, that our district will do well come playoff time.  The #2 seed matchup with Yates will be a tough one, but it would not surprise me if we had #2vs #3. and #1 vs #4 all playing each other in the 3rd round.
 
HJ.  4-0. @ WOS, vs SILS)
LUMBERTON. 4-1. (BYE, @ BC)
WOS.  3-1. (@HJ, LCM)
SISLBEE  2-2. (HF, @HJ)
LCM.  1-3. (@BC, WOS)
BC.  1-3. (LCM, @LUM)
HF. 0-5 (@ SILS, BYE)
 

Not being taught by who?  If a high school basketball player is counting on learning how to shoot during the months of Oct-Feb from their school coach.. then they might as well not even worry about it.  Junior high coaches can teach form shooting, ball handling, court awareness, pivoting (IMPORTANT), and other things.. but it can't stop when season is over and honestly it should've began long before junior high sports.  I hate youth sports but camps are great.  Either way, it is impossible to become a good shooter at basketball practice alone.