Shout-out!

http://regisrangers.com/sports/wbkb/2011-12/releases/20120215g140n7

Jesuits -Amen!

Home Stretch

We enter the last third of our season this week. These weeks are critical as more than half the teams in our league are tied or within 1 game of each other. There is a 5 way tie for the final 2 playoff spots.

This time of year, our season is a real physical and mental grind. The teams with toughness and leadership start to rise to the top.

We have to dig really deep to find that extra spark that can get buried by the aches and pains, long bus rides and late nights in the gym. The beauty of being on a true team is the support given by the members to each other. It's the relationships and the trust, the shoulders to lean on and the occassional kick in the pants that makes the journey the trip of a lifetime.

Literally before my eyes I've seen the players on our team become better people. Better teammates and leaders, better friends and better students. More humble and more confident and overcome unspeakable adversity.

I love the people on this team and I spend everyday doing my part to push them to become more than they dreamed possible. We will do everything we can to finish our season as strong as we can, leaving our basketball hearts and souls on the court. Walking away on the last day proud and confident that we gave our best.

Hooray!

Check out the story on our 4 smarties. Great job you guys we are super proud of you!
http://regisrangers.com/sports/wbkb/2011-12/releases/201201175purhg

Professional Season

We all enjoyed our Christmas break and are happy to be in our professional basketball season. No school, just the team. It can be a great time to relax and hang out with each other and spend extra time working on our game. Coach Raunig hosted a team dinner; thanks to Kara and Nicole for contributing appetizers and dessert.

Basketball is an extremely long season and our relationships with one another keep us steady through the inevitable highs and lows. We strive to value each moment of our unique journey, to celebrate the victories and to become stronger through our struggles. I believe our team is truly a "team". We are committing and recommitting each day to bring our best, trust and be trustworthy, and put team before self.

We are determined to focus on the process, enjoy the journey and be confident that we did our best every single day.

Off with a bang!

After being on the road for all 6 of our non-conference games, we started out the conference season with 2 home wins. Being on the road is a great opportunity to play some tough competition and really bond as a team.

However, we were all very excited to get on the home court and play for our fans. We put up two great efforts and secured the wins. Our offense finally broke out while our solid defense and rebounding held steady.

Shout out to our players who have been putting in major work in the classroom and on the court. We are off to NE this weekend and then finals week. 3 more games until Christmas!

Game On!

We had our first exhibition game of the year this week at Johnson and Wales. It was a great opportunity for all 16 of our players to get some live action. There were many bright spots as we felt our team did a great job rebounding and running the floor.

Much to work on, as always. Our exhibition contests keep moving up in competition level. We'll be at UNC on Friday night and expect a great physical and athletic match-up. Sunday we go to CU for our last "practice" game. We love these opportunities to compete and figure out what kind of team we are developing into.

Follow our results on http://www.regisrangers.com/

BTW: It was Halloween last week.

Paintball

The pics pretty much say it all.