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Dear Force Parents, As we have always said this is work in progress, each step of the way there needs to be life lessons that we want the boys to learn to make them better not only on the court but also off the court. We explained to all the boys that there is no team that goes undefeated forever. Every team loses a game but it's what they learn from it that makes them better as individuals the next time they step on the court. The boys played a great weekend tournament as they had great wins against the Saber Bulldogs and also the FOR Vipers on Saturday. In the Championship Game against the San Fernando Dragons we were flat and seemed out of our element. As we were behind the boys seemed to stress and they started to make mistakes that they normally do not make, we will look at this game and build on trying to prevent it from happening in the FOR Tournament. We will have practice on Friday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Mariners and on Sunday from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Please be sure that the boys get plenty of rest before each practice as they will be playing plenty of defense, boxing out and running our offense, etc. We want to thank Ty and the Tanioka family for playing in the WLA Tournament we hope you had fun with us and sorry we didn't give you a Championship trophy. Let me know if you are not going to be at practice this week. Have a great week, Mark

Dear Force Parents, Remember that our first game is at 11:00 a.m. and we would like the boys at the gym by 10:15 a.m., please take into consideration the possible traffic and distance to Paul Revere Middle School. We will also be eating a light snack between games as the time between our two games will be about an hour. Our first game should end around 12:00 p.m. after a quick discussion they should be eating around 12:15 p.m., we will start stretching them out at 1:30 p.m. for their second game starting at 2:00 p.m. Also, the forecast has rain on Friday but clearing on Saturday and Sunday so please be sure to bring an umbrella just in case we can't find any shelter at the school. Be sure the boys get plenty of rest on Friday night, they should all be in bed no later than 9:00 p.m. Remember sweatshirts and extra t-shirt, extra socks and water only. Let me know if you have any questions, see you on Saturday Mark

Dear Force Parents, We are moving back practice for Sunday from 5:00-7:00 to 6:00-8:00 p.m. We are also planning on having Unilete who manufacturers uniforms, etc. come to our practice on Friday to fit all our players. Please let us know if you cannot make either practice. Thanks, Mark

Dear Force Parents, We have just received information on the WLA Tournament tonight. We will be playing in a four team Gold Division with Sabers, San Fernando Dragons and FOR Vipers. Our schedule has us playing two games on Saturday at 11:00 and 2:00 p.m. Location: (Sunset and 405 freeway) Paul Revere Middle School 1450 Allenford Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90049 Our Sunday schedule has us with one game at: Marina Del Rey Middle School We will give you more information as the week goes on. Our practice schedule this week will be Friday 4/13 at Mariners from 7:00-9:00 p.m. and Sunday 4/15 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. There will also be the same shoot around at Lexington Middle School on Sunday from 10:00-11:30 a.m. with Coach Jon. This is an informal practice and is not mandatory. Let us know if you cannot make either practice. Thanks again, Mark

We tried to find something that didn't interfere with the Easter weekend but were unsuccessful, we are going to practice this Saturday April 7 at Mariners from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Please let Jon or I know if you cannot make it. Thanks again, Mark