To try it out

Times Reporter  

 

Sacred Heart Academy (SHA) hosted four other Grade 6 girls basketball teams on March 19 for a divisional exhibition basketball tournament. The Grade 6 boys traveled to Holy Family Academy in Brooks to face four other teams. 

Dustin Moreau organized the once-a-year tournament and coached a few of the teams – SHA submitted two boys squads and three girls squads. He mentioned all of his teams finished “middle of the pack” in each of their standings.

“It’s to expose them to how to play,” Moreau said. “A lot of it is more for them to have fun and get experience to try it out. When they move into the junior high, they can see if they want to continue with it or not.”

The five SHA teams practiced together for roughly a month prior to the tournament, and worked on some specific fundamentals on the court.

“The biggest was probably defense, working on covering your man,” Moreau said.

In their tournament games, the regular guidelines were changed to help the players along.

“Our basketball games were quite modified. A lot of the rules are modified just so it’s more active and gives them more chances to shoot.”

This was the last basketball tournament for Sacred Heart. Their next focus will be track and field season, beginning in May.