North Tartan vs. P.R.I.D.E. Youth

The Pride Youth is taking on North Tartan in the 16U age division. The Pride Youth program is coached by Rob Gooding. Rob Gooding was an assistant coach for the Minneapolis Washburn when I went to high school there a few years ago. He has started his own AAU program. As with all of the North Tartan teams North Tartan is based of the Tartan

This game is taking on a fast start. Both teams are pushing the ball up the court and they are both making there shots. The Pride Youth are in a zone defense and North Tartan is playing both man to man and zone. Mid way through the first half both teams are playing hard but North Tartan is ahead of The Pride Youth by 10 with the score of 19-9 with 7:00 left in the first half. The Pride Youth team is not going to give up. The first half has seen a mix of both zone and man to man coverage on by both teams. In the first half it seems like this North Tartan team has just been able to find there grove and they are just hitting their shots. We will have to wait and see what happens in the second half.

At half time the score is North Tartan 26 and Pride Youth 12

At the start of the second half North Tartan comes out and just attacks this Pride Youth team. They are playing half court defense but they are just trying to put the hammer down on this Pride Youth team. Even though Pride Youth is down by 20 points with 10:30 left 16-36 they are fighting and playing very well. Pride Youth Team just won’t quit. The girls from North Tartan are much bigger and quicker then the girls from Pride Youth. But you have to give the girls from Pride youth some credit because they are sticking in there and they are not quitting. In a game that had big margins North Tartan ends up beating Pride Youth by the final of 65-30.