2012 AAU State Tournament Participants

Grade	Div.	Team Name	Coach Name
3	1	Dayton Lady Hoopstars 3rd Black	Beth Witker
3	1	Finest	Gray
3	1	Firebirds	Debbie Dudukovich
3	1	Phenomenal Youth	Sean Darks
3	2	Cincinnati Heat Premier	Terry Fazenbaker
4	1	Cincinnati Heat Premier	Susan Despot
4	1	DLH-Black	Ron Rittinger
4	1	Finest	Gray
4	1	Phenomenal Youth	Sean Darks
4	1	Wolves	Julie Joseforsky
4	2	DLH _White	Troy Stoller
5	1	Bridgett WIlliams All-Stars	Kevin Williams
5	1	Cincinnati Heat Premier	Matt Lykins
5	1	College Bound	David Lukacsko
5	1	DLH-Black	Dale Brunner
5	1	Midwest Takeover	Charles Williams
5	1	Ohio Lady Hoopsters	Horston
5	2	Cincinnati Heat Premier - Black	Doug Edwards
5	2	CINCY LEGEND	JEFF CLICK
5	2	Cincy Swish	Alyson Miskimens
5	2	Ohio Express	Mark Lane
5	2	Phenomenal Youth	Sean Darks
6	1	Cincinnati Heat Premier	Scott Cannatelli
6	1	Cincinnati's Finest	Keith Starks
6	1	Cincy Hammers	Doug Potmann
6	1	Cincy Saints	Mike Grote
6	1	DLH - Black	Kent Depoorter
6	1	DLH-White	Lynzee Johnson
6	1	Lady Tigers	Ingram
6	1	Team Ohio	Rod Bentley
6	2	Ohio Surge	Tracy Fliehman
7	1	Cincinati's Finest	kim Jerger
7	1	Cincinnati Heat Premier	Carlberg
7	1	Cincy Swish	carmen firth
7	1	College Bound Elite	Mindy Eisnaugle
7	1	Dayton Lady Hoopstars 7th Black	Matthew Madges
7	1	Ohio Express	Brent Glass
7	1	Ohio Stars	Tim Minnich
7	1	WV Thunder	Carl Blanton
7	2	Cincinnati Lady Shock	Larry Sykes
7	2	DLH-Red	Mallory Depoorter
7	2	Team Ohio	Rod Bentley
7	2	Team Ohio Burris	Molly Burris
7	1	Lady Tigers	Johnson
8	1	Capital City Comets	Sams
8	1	Cincinnati Angels	Arrington
8	1	Cincy Swish - Daggett	John Daggett
8	1	Cincy Swish - Leon
8	1	Dayton Lady Hoopstars 8th Black	Brian McGloin
8	1	Wolves	Jay Etter
8	2	Cincinnati Heat Premier	Schwartz
8	2	DLH-White	Duff
8	2	Team Ohio	Gabby Guynan
8	1	Cincinnati Attack	Ed Carlin
8	1	Lady Tigers	Tommie McBride
8	1	WV Thunder	Scott Johnson
9	1	Capital City Comets
9	1	Cincy Swish	Davis
9	1	Dayton Metro	Hutchinson
10	1	Capital City Comets	Brock
10	1	Cincinnati Heat Premier Gold	Zieverink
10	1	Cincy Legend	Al Kirk
10	1	Cincy Swish	Nick Baltimore
10	1	Dayton Lady HoopStars - Schuster	Barry Schuster
10	1	Dayton Lady Hoopstars 10th Black	Brian Smith
10	1	Dayton Metro	Zimmerman
10	1	Lady Tigers	Tommie McBride
10	1	Ohio Lady Attack Blue	Brockrath
10	1	Team Ohio	Ron Conner
10	2	Cincinnati Firestorm	Steve Danker
10	2	Cincinnati Heat Premier Black	Ford
11	1	Capital City Comets	Joseph
11	1	Capital City Comets	Fowler
11	1	Dayton Lady Hoopstars (Elite)	Jerry Rex
11	1	Dayton Metro	Welch
11	1	Ohio Express	Chad Little
11	1	Ohio Lady Attack Black	Williams
11	2	Ohio Lady Force	Paris Settles
11	1	Dayton Lady Hoopstars Black	Brian Rex
11	1	Southern Ohio Crush	Erin Day

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OGBR Top 64 Participants.

The Ohio Express will have the following players participating at the OGBR Top 64 this fall.

Booth, Heather 2011 2/3/4 5'9 Frontier High School
Brown, Emily 2012 2/3/4 5'10 Waterford High School
Gill, Kaelani 2012 3/4 5'9 Philo High School
Moran, Leigha 2012 3/4 5'10 Licking Valley High School
Reeves, Liz 2012 5 6'2 Walsh Jesuit High School
Sidwell, Karen 2012 1/2 5'9 Maysville Local High School
Drayer, Brooke 2013 1/2/3 5'6 Waterford High School
Rauch, Jordanna 2013 2 5'5 Warren High School
Derwacter, Jaden 2014 2 5'5 Crooksville High School
Gittings, Taylor 2014 4/5 6'1 Sheridan High School
Kamarec, Kiarra 2014 4/5 6'1 Indian Creek High School
Lynch, Kendra 2014 5'0 Warren High School
Masloski, Emily 2014 2 5'2 Steubenville High School
Mitchell, Maggie 2014 1/2 5'4 Newark HS
Stein, Cassi 2014 1 5'9 Licking Valley High School
Toohey, Jordan 2014 3/4 5'10 Pickerington North High School
VanMeter, Shelbi 2014 3/4 5'7 Crooksville High School

The complete list can be found here.
http://yappi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=210097

Thanks to our friend Jim Dabbelt for the early scoop!

Some sound advice.

The below is from OGBR director Tom Jenkins. Some very good advice.

College Coach Survey:


Several years ago, I was asked to speak at a conference on “Parenting the Successful Student Athlete”. Prior to my presentation, I surveyed the college subscribers to my scouting service, Ohio Girls Basketball Report. I ask each of them to provide me with a list of “red flags” having a negative impact on them deciding not to recruit a particular player. The common denominators and recurring themes from this survey are as follows:

1 Overzealous parents who do not let college coaches communicate directly with their daughter;

2 Parents blowing off colleges early in the recruiting process because their daughter is going “big-time”;

3 Parents bad mouthing their daughter’s high school and/or AAU coach;

4 Daughter’s poor performance is always someone else’s fault…the coach’s fault, her teammates’ fault and/or the officials’ fault;

5 Parents attending high school or AAU practices;

6 Parents coaching their daughter from the stands;

7 Parents gossiping about other players and other parents;

8 Parents with no perspective of team concepts;

9 Players and parents with a feeling of entitlement instead of privilege;

10 Parents who constantly transfer their daughter from one team to another.

NOTE: Every one of the negative impact considerations listed above by college coaches is controlled by you the parents. Whether it is right or wrong, it is what it is. Your conduct and actions will have an impact on the opportunities presented to or not presented to your daughter. You can not control whether a particular college offers a scholarship to your daughter, but, you can control not having a negative impact on a college’s decision. College Coaches will be watching conduct in the stands as well as observing your daughter’s skills.

Looking for ways to improve during the off season?

If basketball is your sport and you want to play it at the highest level you are capable of then you will need to find ways to make yourself better and grow your game. There are many ways to do this, the first and best way is for you to get a basketball every day and practice on your own or with a friend. Many kids choose to also attend camps during the off season, there are many great camps and organizations out there for players looking to improve and get better.

One such camp is Point Guard College and two Ohio Express players are attending a session of Point Guard College this week at Bowling Green State University, Heather Booth and Ashley Glass are attending the PGC and are learning new ways to improve their games both with on court sessions and class room sessions. They will be at PGC for four days with sessions starting at 8:30 in the morning and running through 10:15 at night with breaks for lunch and dinner.

We are hoping to have a report from PGC once the girls return.

2009 AAU Girls' Basketball Super Showcase

Notes from the Locker Room

Having been an athletic director and head coach, I've done a lot of parent meetings over the years and I do my best to be honest with them, get through the information I need to cover, and get them out of there as fast as possible. Let's be honest, you like going to meetings about as much as I like hosting them, but sometimes they're a necessary evil. So, here's a few things I'll cover early for you before this coming winter's season gets underway. Hopefully you'll find them helpful....or at least humorous.

First and foremost, there is no foul in the game of basketball called "over the back". Seriously, I'm not making that up. There's pushing. Block. Charge. But no "over the back". Come on, you've seen it, or even participated in it. Or worse yet seen a coach yell for it. Heated game, big crowd, tight game situation. The rebound comes off, and the big girl from your rival reaches over top of your defender who has inside position, snatches the rebound, and puts it back in, with the foul. As the official comes to the table to signal the hack on your player, your whole crowd looks as if they're imitating a scene from Night of the Living Dead, hands extended over their heads as they berate the official for not calling the obvious "over the back" call. All the while the official has to remain professional and bite his tongue, fully knowing that his "blown call" isn't even a call at all. So please, tell a friend, spread the word. "Over the back" doesn't exist.

I've also seen some really good officials, and some really bad ones. But I can honestly say we've never, ever lost a game because of the officials. Were there calls in tough situations that I disagreed with? Absolutely. But were there also countless turnovers and missed opportunities that would've given us the win? You bet. I just read a book a few weeks ago from a guy who no longer coaches but used to, tracing his steps through a season with a team he coaches. One story he told was about a game where they lost, and he entered the officials dressing room, berated the officials, and claims to this day that they "cheated" his team that night. Gimme a break. And trust me, I mention this concept of officiating at every parent meeting I ever have, but I can't remember too many games that afterwards at least one fan hasn't looked me up, win or lose, to tell me how horrible the officials were and how we were getting the short end of the stick. I assure you, those officials who barely make enough money sometimes to pay for their gas to and from your school, are there for the same reason you are....the kids.

Here's another one, and it's sometimes a sensitive subject, so I'll shy away from saying 100% of the time and go with 99% to allow for a margin of error. And I'm speaking about the varsity level, or at least the way I see it or expect it to be. Varsity coaches, boys or girls, on any given night, are going to put the best players on the floor the majority of the time that give them the best chance to win. Regardless of last name, parents take home income, etc etc etc, they're playing to win. Now you certainly have the right to disagree with the coach's evaluation of who the best players are, but at least understand that he/she is playing who they think are the best players and they are the ones who see the players in practice night in, night out.

And here's the last one. In most cases (there I go again eliminating 100%) there's a rhyme and reason for why coaches do what they do when it comes to strategy. And there's different kinds of players...some are shooters, some are ballhandlers, some are defenders, some have all around games. You get the picture. Usually kids are either plainly told what their roles are on the team or they figure it out. So here's what I'm getting to. You're watching a game and your team is on offense. A player, whether it be your daughter or someone else's, is relatively unguarded, but they don't shoot the basketball. You let it slide, until a few possessions later, again this player seems wide open, but still no shot. So your reaction, naturally, is to yell "Shoot the ball!", along with a handful of other fans who are as outraged by this as you are. Here's the thing. If this player is seemingly passing up open shots, but the coach isn't reacting like you are, there's a reason why they're passing up those shots. And understand, if you're playing against any kind of decent opponent, a good shooter won't be finding herself unguarded very often. Long story short, if a player is finding herself WIDE open on the perimeter, there's a reason she's that open. And if she's not shooting it, chances are she knows why she's that open too.

So have a great season, albeit it's a few months away. And have a laugh when you see these things at your games, because you know you will. But it won't be you, because you would never say those things, right? But you'll remember I told you this when you're at the game and the home stands do their zombie impersonations asking for the over the back call. You just wait. And, if you ever see one of my games, feel free to remind me too when I'm being not so nice to the official.

Chad Little is the varsity girls head coach and athletic director at Bloom Carrol High School. Chad also coaches the Ohio Express 14U team.