Thursday, January 31, 2008

Girls Revolution Playoff Game Set

Stop the presses and change you plans: The VCS Revolution Girl's basketball team is in the playoffs.

The girls will face off in the quaterfinal round of the MCSSL tourney agaisnt Windham Christian Academy Monday, Feb 5th at 5:30 p.m. at the Farwell School.

Please arrange your schedule to root the girls on to what they hope results in their first ever playoff win!

Farwell school is located at 84 Farwell St # 110 Lewiston, ME 04240

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Revolution Girls Win Big!!!

The VCS girls team posted a commanding win last night vs Windham, taking an early lead and never looking back en route to a 44-27 victory. Congratulations Revolution Girls!!! The following were the stats for the game:
Holly Davidson 2 pts., Jenna Rouillard 4 pts., Jenna Austin 2 pts., Kayla Ross 9 pts., Hannah Sterling 27 pts. Holly and Hannah each had 10 rebounds.

The boys team lost a thrilling back and forth game in the first game of the night. Windham put the game away with 2 free throws in the final 4 seconds to seal the 3 point 51-48 victory .

The boys play their final regular season game in New Gloucester vs CMCA on Friday evening scheduled at approximately 5:15 (after the girl's scrimmage which begins at 4:00).

Monday, January 28, 2008

Basketball League Playoffs

Although final seedings cannot be determined until Friday night, the following is the playoff format which begins Monday, Feb. 4th.

Girls:
Teams 1,2 and 3 will have a bye for the quarterfinals.
Teams 4 and 5 will play at the higher seeded team's location Monday, Feb. 4th.

Semis will be Wed, Feb. 6th with Team 1 playing the winner of the quarterfinals, and Teams 2 and 3 playing each other.

Finals will be Saturday, Feb 9th at 2:00 at Chop Point.

Boys:
Quarterfinals will be Tuesday, Feb 5th with Teams 1 and 2 having a bye.

Semis will be Thursday, Feb 7th with Team 1 playing winner of Team 4 vs Team 5 and Team 2 playing winner of Team 3 vs Team 6.

Finals will be Saturday Feb. 9th at 4:00 at Chop Point.

Friday, Feb. 8th is reserved for makeups.

Please check the blog Sunday for VCS Girls schedule with boys schedule coming out later.

Last week of Regular Season Schedule

The basketball regular season wraps up this week with the following schedule:
Monday 1/28/08 home game vs OVCS at Farwell.
Girls at 5:15 and boys to follow approximately 6:30.

Wednesday 1/30/08 home game vs Windham at MONTELLO.
This is a make up game that was snowed out.
NOTE the location.
Boys at 4:30 with girls to follow at approximately 6:00.
This is the last home game of the season, so bring your friends.


Friday 2/1/08 away game vs CMCA at the New Gloucester Baptist Church 210 Lewiston Rd.,New Gloucester.
Girls at 4:00 will scrimmage a squad from CMCA as preparation for the tournament.
Boys will follow with their final regular season game at 5:15.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Driections for Temple Academy Game 1/16/08

Girls Game begins at 4:00

Start 9 Foss RdLewiston, ME 04240
End 60 W River RdWaterville, ME 04901
Travel 49.2 mi – about 56 mins

1. Head southwest on Foss Rd toward Jordan Rd 322 ft
2. Turn left at Lisbon Rd/Lisbon St/ME-196 1.4 mi
3. Turn left at Littlefield Rd 0.5 mi
4. Turn right at King Rd 1.6 mi
5. Turn left at ME-9/Middle Rd 2.9 mi
6. Turn right onto the Maine Turnpike N/I-95 N
ramp to Augusta/Gardiner 0.4 mi
7. Merge onto I-95 N/Maine Turnpike
Continue to follow I-95 N Partial toll road 40.2 mi
8. Take exit 127 for ME-11/ME-137 toward
Oakland/Waterville 0.2 mi
9. Turn right at Kennedy Mem Dr/ME-11/ME-137 1.5 mi
10. After Collette St Turn right at ME-104 0.5 mi
To:
60 W River RdWaterville, ME 04901

Monday, January 14, 2008

Monday's Game Postponed

Tonight's game versus Windham has been postponed due to the storm.

The make up date, time and location will be posted by Friday 1/17/08.

REMINDER:

The caravan will leave VCS at 2:30 on Wed. and return at 9:00 p.m. for the away game at Temple IF WE CAN GET ENOUGH TRANSPORTATION! If we do not have enough volunteers to provide transportation we will have to forfeit one or both games.

Please call me (807-5524) or email me jlevesque@vineyardschool.net by 10:00 p.m. Tuesday if you can help. Leave a message with how many passengers you can take. I will be making calls to help arrange this.

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Windham vs VCS Revolution Results

Both the girl's and boys teams played exciting games against Windham Christian Academy Friday evening.

In the first game, the VCS girl's team scored a season high 28 points in a closely fought loss. The Revolution trailed 13-1 near the end of the first quarter, battling against the much taller WCA girls and outscored them in every successive quarter to close the gap to 4 points late in the fourth quarter en route to the 35-28 loss.

The Revolution boys team recorded its second win 56-44 (also a season high) with strong rebounding and solid defensive pressure.

The WCA teams come to play VCS at home (Farwell) on Monday 1/14. Girls at 5:15 and boys to follow around 6:30.

Come and cheer them on!

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Friday Game Details

We will be leaving VCS at 4:00 for the away game at Windham Christian Academy Friday the 11th.

We should return between 8:00-8:30.

Friday, January 4, 2008

Schedule Change and UPDATE

Our make up game with Windham has been rescheduled.

We will play the away game vs Windham originally schedule with for Monday the 14th on Friday the 11th at Windham. Same game times (girls 5:15 and boys 6:30).

We are switching the game on the 14th to a HOME game against Windham. The Home game times will not change (girls 5:15 and boys 6:30).

PLEASE ADJUST YOUR CALENDAR!!!

Directions to WCA are available at the following link:
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wl
Windham Christian Academy, 1051 Roosevelt Trail, Windham, ME

Directions to OVCS

Follow the link or look below:
http://http//maps.google.com/
OSSIPEE VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

1890 NORTH ROAD CORNISH, MAINE 04020

Drive:
54.5 mi – about 1 hour 30 mins
54.5 mi – about 1 hour 30 mins
1.
Head southwest on Foss Rd toward Jordan Rd
322 ft
2.
Turn right at Lisbon Rd/Lisbon St/ME-196
2.4 mi
4 mins
3.
Slight right at Pleasant St
0.2 mi
4.
Turn left at Alfred a Plourde Pkwy
0.3 mi
1 min
5.
Take the Maine Turnpike/I-495 S ramp
0.4 mi
6.
Merge onto I-95 S/Maine Turnpike
Toll road
16.5 mi
16 mins
7.
Take exit 63 for ME-115/US-202/ME-4 toward ME-26/New Gloucester/Gray
0.5 mi
1 min
8.
Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Sebago/Windham
115 ft
9.
Turn left at W Gray Rd/ME-115/ME-26A/ME-4/US-202
Continue to follow W Gray Rd/ME-115/ME-4/US-202
3.6 mi
6 mins
10.
Slight right at ME-115 S/Tandberg Trail
Continue to follow Tandberg Trail
3.7 mi
7 mins
11.
Continue on Chadborne Rd/ME-35
Continue to follow ME-35
8.4 mi
16 mins
12.
Turn right at ME-25/Ossipee Trail W
7.0 mi
14 mins
13.
Turn left at ME-11/Sokokis Ave at Jungerdan's Store
Continue to follow ME-11
7.8 mi
15 mins
14.
Turn right at Main St/ME-5
354 ft
1 min
15.
Continue on ME-160/Parsonsfield Rd
Continue to follow ME-160

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Practices Cancelled due to Storm

Because of the storm Lewiston has closed school preventing our practices tonight.
Game on Friday is still on.
Reminder: If you need transportation for your child you MUST let me know in advance so I can get it taken care of.
Also, we are in need of drivers for the game Friday.
We'll leave the school at 3 and return around 9.