TONIGHT is senior night for five of our FALCON CAGERS…..and (a big sad sigh!!!!) our last home game for the season. This will be a very special night to first of all honor the parents who have supported these boys throughout their years of participating in this wonderful program with putting up with the crazy busy schedule, all the hours of travel time and cheering with all they have for our FALCON CAGERS!!!!. Secondly, we want to honor these three boys who have put so much time and hard work into what we see on game nights.
We will be honoring:

Donald and Latisha Thompson for supporting number 5, Hunter Thompson, who started with the basketball program in September 2010. When he first started in 2010 he had NO CLUE what he was doing out there and was afraid to hurt the other players to the point where we encouraged him to get a foul. Well, let me just say, that he caught on very quickly and is pretty good at getting those pushing and jersey pulling fouls. I am absolutely sad to see this year end, as he seemed to bring so much confidence this year to the court that I think I can say we have all been surprised with how he has brought the rain from down town. I am sure what will remember the most from Hunter is his enthusiam and his loyalty for this program, his team and the game. You could see it on his face and in the way he played the game.
Then we will be honoring Craig M. Ryan and Telly Ryan for supporting number 11, William Ryan, who started participating in the Owosso Home School Sports program two years ago in 2015, has been an amazing asset to this team and to this program. His knowledge of the game and his leadership that he has shown!!! Love hearing him shouting out to the other players what needs to get done on the court. Will seems to always be cheering for his team. Will is the type of teammate that was about his teammates!!!

Then we will be honoring Tricia Fee for supporting number 21, Ben Fee. One of our big guys who God blessed this program with. Ben started with us this program just this season. We have enjoyed watching him this year as we saw him in the post demanding those defensive and offensive rebounds. Ben is the one that is known for encouraging the guys to be Christ-like. Thank you so much Ben for sharing your senior year with this program.

Next we are honoring Joe Blaylock and Leigh Blaylock for supporting number 12, Josh Blaylock, aka DaMoose, who started with our program in 2011 and has been on the varsity team for 5 years. Josh has received 1 Falcon Award and 1 MVP award from our program and 1 MVP from the Spring Vale Classic Tournaments. His highest scoring game was 32 points. Last season he scored 465 points and I am positive has scored over 1,000 points during his varsity years. Josh….was he the Power Forward or Center or maybe both….The big guy, the one with the muscles…the one that had to catch those passes and hit shots near the basket. A good, rugged re-bounder…. The guy that can’t be stopped going up to crash the glass for the offensive and defenders rebounds, he reminds me of a steam engine when he is driving the rock to the bucket. Not sure I would want to be in his way. Or how about hat aggressive elevator ride for the rebound or his incredible way to shutdown the opponent with his block party. Josh is the one who we could count on for those beautiful lay-ups that left his defenders scrambling around trying to figure out how to defend it.

Last but definitely not least we are honoring David Wilson and Carolina Wilson for supporting number 35, Avery Wilson, who started in our program in 2010. Avery’s highest scoring game was 42 points and has scored 1,149 points in 53 games over the last 3 seasons, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE TOURNAMENTS. Is that crazy or what???? He has received 4 regular season MVP’s and 3 tournament MVP’s. Avery…. the all-purpose player on offense, the one who can do it all: aggressive, quick and strong; tall enough to mix it up inside but has crazy quick handles. Avery is the one that we counted on to be able to score from the inside but what we really LOVED is his ability to make it rain. I think Avery was considered to be perhaps the most versatile of the five main basketball positions. Primarily responsible for scoring points. Avery, also, definitely had an ability to get to the charity stripe by taking the ball hard to the bucket with his post-ups and lay-ups.
You can see Avery Wilson’s 4 pointer at about 4:45.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmJrneZa11E

This will be a night you will not want to miss. We will have our FALCON Elementary Cagers on the court with tip-off at 4:30 and the our J. H. Boys take the court with their dominating defense at 5:30 and THEN…… Varsity FALCON CAGERS taking the court with tip-off at 7:00.
Come on FAITHFUL FALCON FANS….. let’s close out the season with a gym full of that FALCON FURY and show these CAGERS and their awesome coaches our support one last time at home, let’s pack our gym for tonights home game for and tonight’s last game of the season. Let’s show these seniors how much we have loved their game throughout the years.

If you have missed some of the Varsity Boys games please don’t forget to watch some of their highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/ch…/UCfJrjQAjomOF4mJvrPrMruw/videos…

Our website:
http://owossofalcons.teampages.com/

and Twitter account:
https://twitter.com/OwossoFalcons

We had some fun FALCON hoops tonight against Lapeer Lakers. The elementary boys are always a fun game to watch and they play hard til the end. Even though they were in the lead at the end of 1st quarter at 2-0 they ended up falling short by the 2nd quarter and couldn’t make a come back.
The J. H. Boys took the court next with their passion for the game but just couldn’t get a lead.
J. V. Girls went out on the court for their last time this season and gave it their best shoot.

VARSITY FALCON BOYS vs LaPEER Lakers 2-14-17

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTHk0wGQq3s

When the varsity boys took the court they fell behind at 9-14 at the end of the 1st quarter. They showed up in the 2nd quarter with a surge of smart team basketball and tremendous effort that gave them 21 points and a lead of 30-23 at intermission. By the end of 3rd quarter they sank 17 more points to take them to a lead of 47-34. Fourth quarter they put up 9 more that earned them the win over the Lapeer Lakers. Final score 56-49

Don’t forget that this weekend the J. H. Boys and the Varsity boys go to State Tournaments. We would LOVE to have any and all our FALCON Fans join us but if you can’t PLEASE pray for the refs, the coaches and the players.

GUESS WHAT TOMORROW IS?
IT’S GAME DAY!!!
OWOSSO FALCON Basketball Fans
Tuesday, January 31st
Our OWOSSO FALCONS will be en route to the Midland Flames Courts
First tip-off at
5:00 Elementary Boys
https://www.teampages.com/events/4385742
6:00 Boys J. H. OWOSSO FALCONS step out on the court
https://www.teampages.com/events/4385743
6:00 Lady J. V. FALCONS
https://www.teampages.com/events/4385744
7:00 Boys Varsity OWOSSO FURIOUS FALCONS will take the court.
https://www.teampages.com/events/4385745

Let’s pack that gym with our AWESOME FALCON FANS and GIVE IT UP like only the OWOSSO FALCON FANS!!
Keep posted for details on our next game which is an away game.
BRING ON THE FALCON BASKETBALL!!!!!
ADDRESS:
Midland Evangelical Free Church
7221 N Jefferson Rd, Midland, Michigan
https://www.teampages.com/teams/770881-Owosso-Falcons-basketball-team-website
https://twitter.com/OwossoFalcons

Tonight all five of our Owosso FALCON Basketball teams are back in action at the FALCON NEST, First Church of God, 2100 N. M-52, Owosso, MI, against F.A.I.T.H. Lapeer and CHASE.

3:00 Elementary Ladies vs. F.A.I.T.H. Lapeer Falcons
Head Coach Amand Amanda Cushman
Assistant Coach Katie Wheeler

1. Katherine Bushon
2. Reagan Cushman
3. Hailey Keener
4. Kezzie Dietz
5. Grace Mier Williams
6. Opal Cushman

4:00 Elementary Boys vs. F.A.I.T.H. Lapeer Falcons
Head Coach Mario Escamilla

1. Jessee O’Neal
2. Christopher O’Neal
3. Sam Colon-Inman
4. Gunnar Thompson
5. Justice Moore
6. Matthew Irwin
7. Sam Rice
8. Bradley Gilkerson

5:00 J.V. Ladies vs. F.A.I.T.H. Lapeer Falcons
Head Coach Linda Rice
Assistant Coach Charlie Rice
Assistant Coach Ben Rice

1. Lilli Rice
2. Kessie Dietz
3. Zoe’ Thompson
4. Abby Sparr
5. Davan Cerda
6. Maddy Oneal
7. Heidi Rice
8. Hannah Hein

6:00 J. H. Boys vs. CHASE Conquerors
Head Coach Kenn Cushman
Assistant Coach Josh Blaylock

1. Hunter Wardwell
2. Christopher Steinhorst
3. Nik Blaylock
4. Michael Wardwell
5. Ethan Morse
6. Aiden Cushman
7. CJ Rau
8. Camren Slama
9. Tim Eastwood
10. Bailey Spaleny

7:00 Varsity Boys vs. CHASE Conquerors
Head Coach Phil Hadley
Assistant Coach Craig M. Ryan

1. Jonathan Banura
2. Hunter Thompson
3. William Ryan
4. Josh Blaylock
5. Nathanael Rambo
6. Benjamin Fee
7. Christian Fee
8. Emmitt Spaleny
9. Avery Wilson
   Are these times during your dinner time? No worries, come good and hungry, because we’re having our famous FALCON Meal Deal of pizza, chips and water for ONLY…..$3.00.
   Let’s pack that gym with our AWESOME FAITHFUL FALCON FANS and GIVE IT UP like only the OWOSSO FALCON FANS can. OWOSSO FALCON hoops and FALCON Meal deal….could it get any better!!!
   Keep posted for details on our next game which is a home game this Friday.
   BRING ON THE FALCON BASKETBALL!!!!!
   Just a friendly reminder that the church has asked that we only park in the parking lot or the gravel parking area both on either side of the church, but not on any grass area.
   Admission is:
   $1 per student
   $2 per person
   $5 per family (immediate members only)
   One Coach, one assistant and all players are free.

Then keep posted for the next game this Friday, January 27th in St. Johns.
http://owossofalcons.teampages.com/
https://twitter.com/OwossoFalcons

OK…so who else is GEEKED about tomorrow’s Owosso FALCON Basketball HOME game!!!!!
Come on out to cheer each team on.
Why??? Why get loud for these athletes…because they have worked hard and they LOVE to hear their FAITHFUL FALCON FANS in the stands.
Ask those elementary boys…..they will tell you that our cheering motivates them. So let’s motivate/cheer our players onto a victory!!
Come ON….let’s raise the roof!! Get LOUD when the whistle drops.
4:30 Our Elementary FALCON boys take the court for the first tip-off.
https://www.teampages.com/events/4385731
5:30 the DETERMINED J. H. FALCON CAGERS take the court
https://www.teampages.com/events/4385732
6:30 Our J. V. LADY FALCON CAGERS will step out on the floor
https://www.teampages.com/events/4385733
8:00 FURIOUS FALCON CAGERS WILL DOMINATE THE FLOOR
https://www.teampages.com/events/4385734
Hoops…..and pizza meal deals at $3.00 for a slice of pizza, chips and water.