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Dear Force Parents,

We wanted to give you an update on a few items for the week, the first item is our possible entry into the SASF Tournament in Sacramento next March 2008. We currently have seven players committed to travel but we need at least eight before we enter. We will not add any additional players to our roster so if we can't field eight we will not enter. This tournament is one of the premier tournaments in Northern California and only carries one eight team bracket that we would be interested in playing. For more information about this organization and the tournament go to http://www.sasfquest.org/bbtourney/index.html and scroll down to the bottom of the page for "how basketball touched lives" you can also go to results 2007 and look at the Boys "D" Gold division, that is the division we are targeting next year.

 We also wanted everyone to know that we are going to be playing in the 5th grade gold division in this upcoming SEYO season. We will have six teams in this division including OCO with Kendall Small, Norwalk, SOC, GEO Falcons and OCBC. We will play each team twice. We feel that this will provide our team with one year of valuable experience in the full court press and press break so that next year we can possibly skip 6th grade and go directly into 7th grade where all the main tournaments start their age brackets.

Also, just a thought. Most tournament teams usually have an annual meeting where all the parents and players get together to discuss the past season and to plan for the upcoming season. Do you think our team should get together to let all the parents, coaches and players discuss the future of the FORCE? We can have two meetings, one with the players and one without. Does anyone want to volunteer their house to talk?

Remember, Jason Clinic on Saturday 11/10 from 3:00-4:00 at Mariners (No Charge) with practice after from 4:00-5:00. Sunday practice at Mariners from 4:00-6:00. We will check to see if there is an opportunity again for a Friday night optional workout with Jason from 9:00-10:00 for $20.

Let Jon, Scotty or I know what you think.

Thanks,

Mark