Photo story of Talen Kiekhoefer and his basketball team Triple Threat

  

About 30 minutes before their second basketball game today on May 25th, 2019 at Ridgefeild high school in Ridgefeild Washington.  Talen Kiekhoefer, and his 5th grade basketball team Triple Threat, are seeking to come up victorious for their next game. They won their first game earlier today, but the next game will test their skills. Kiekhoefer is about to go through is normal stretching routine to loose before the game starts.

 

Triple Threat's game is about to start in less then10 minuets. Triple Threat's coach David Flemmin is giving a motivation pregame speech to all the players on the team. He says that they had a great first game in the morning, and they should strive to come out of the game and play like they did last game. He also says that, If they play like how they did last game, they can compete with any 5th grade team. 

Both teams just finished doing layup lines, shooting, and getting warm for the game.  Coach Flemmin tells the his team that they know what to do, go out there and play like how you guys did last games, as a team. He also said, that they need to remember to have fun. 

It was a tuff start for Kiehoefer, and his team. Nobody could buy a bucket for the majority of the first half for Triple Threat. On the other hand, their opponents were having a heyday. They couldn’t miss a shot. Triple threat was really struggling to keep them from getting layups. 

Miss, after miss for Triple Threat. It's really not looking good for them while the first half is about to end. The score at the end of the half was 26 to 7, Triple Threat was down. Kiekhoefer normally one of the key players on the team didn't score in the first half. Triple Threat At halftime, the players and the coach rebuttal, and talk about adjustments they need to make for the second half. Coach Fleemin was not happy about the way they started the game. He says "You guys are not playing team ball, that's how we won the first game.Y 'all got to be leaders out there, and play with some heart. Lets go out there, and try toto cut down on their lead."

Triple Threat at the start of the second half got a nice easy layup. Then Kiekohoefer scored his first points of the game to get them in double digit points. Their opponents still haven't scored for the first 6 minutes of the game. Triple Threat calls a timeout after Kiekohefer  scores. When they are out of the timeout, they go into a full court man to man. It was working for the most part. They got a few steels , and layups in it. However When their opponents figured out their press, the game was over. 

The end of the game score was 54 to 22, Triple Threat savored the defeat. In the handshake line you can see on the players faces of Triple Threat that they were very disappointed in themselves. Both teams played hard today, but Triple Threat was just off that last game as a team. 

After the game coach Flemmin said to the boys, "Look you guys we need to come out of the game ready to play, and that last game you guys were not ready. Y 'all looked scared, nerves, and looked like you didn't want to play. If you are missing easy shots, and you're mad at yourself for miss them, work on your game. Work on it so you can get better, and make those shots that you're missing. We didn't do what we planned, and it showed it out there tonight. It's not the end of the world, we still got next game, next week. Go back home and think about the things you can change for next game."  

Kiekhoefer was veryy disappointed in himself after the game, he fault that he didn't preform well because he only had 4 points, and he feels he let the team down. Coach Flemmin, put his hands around his back and said that, "There is next game Talen, go out next game and do what you do. Don't let this game discourage you." After that Kiehoferer nodded his head nd said "Got it."