2008 Team News

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Week Ending June 29, 2008

Coach Tyson's (16's) took their first trip to St. Louis to represent us in the Saint Louis Elite Summer Classic. The 16's division was packed with St. Louis teams with our squad being the only out-of-town team.

The guys represented us well by entering the championship game ranked #1 with a 4-0 record in the pool of 5 teams. We fell short though in the championship game losing a very close and hotly contested game to the RamseyBasketball squad we had beat in our earlier meeting by 15.

We really beat ourselves in this one, up by five (5) points with 1:37 left in the game. We had a few brain freezes that cost us the lead with only seconds left. We still had a chance to win when a shot by JT from the right hash mark beating the buzzer was waved off because we had too many players on the floor.

We can't win em all, but, one things is for certain, St. Louis know the X Factor NOW!!!! Great outing guys, now it's on to MAYB National's.

To check out some photo's from our weekend in St. Louis click here.

 
Week Ending June 22, 2008

Coach Davide Bennett's (17's Elite) defend their Championship Crown in the 2008 MAYB Branson I Tournament with an impressive showing. Coach Betty Bennett's Lady X Factor 6th Grade Girls stepped up and win their Division with some outstanding basketball avenging their 2nd place finish last year. Lady X Factor 9th Grade placed 4th in their division which was quite an accomplishment for being their first out of town tournament. Awesome weekend, Team Legacy.

Week Ending June 15, 2008

Coach Tyson (16's) Win the Red Robin Classic Varsity Division with a 4-1 record and Lady X Factor 9th Grade Girls finish 3rd.

Week Ending May 18, 2008

Coach Tyson (16's) end the KC Premiere League with an undefeated record and win the Junior Varsity Division. Coach Herron (15's) also bring home the Championship in the 9th Grade Division.

Week Ending May 11, 2008

Coach Tyson (16's) end the TGM Sports League with an undefeated record and win the Junior Varsity Division. Coach Grayson (17's) win take 3rd place in the Varsity Division.

Week Ending April 27, 2008

Coach Herron's (15's) and Coach Tyson's (16's) won their first KC Premiere League Playoff games this weekend to remain undefeated in league play. Coach Bennett's (17's) also won their initial playoff game as well. Coach Grayson (17's) fell short in their playoff game and suffered only their second loss in league play.

Lady X Factor and Coach Grayson's (17's) both placed 3rd in the Metro Sports Johnson County Community College Tournament this weekend. Coach Tyson's (16's) were unable to defend their Metro Sports JCCC Title against a Columbia Rizers squad losing the championship game to bring home second place. Coach Bennett's (17's) lost a heartbreaking 2 point game to the Dream Team in the championship game of the Varsity Division. This game will be televised on Metro Sports first airing on May 1, 2008 @ 1:00 PM. The Championship game will also be shown several time during the next week so set your VCR's and DVD's to record.

Week Ending April 20, 2008

Friday April 18, 2008 the Sophomore Squad played and won a hard fought game against the Troopers keeping us undefeated (4-0) in the TGM League.

James White, Jr. Grandview Sophomore and member of the X Factor Sophomore Squad High Jumped an incredible 7 Feet in the Kansas Relays on Friday April 18, 2008. 7 foot is a personal best for JT and only 1.5" shy of the KU Relay record. The most amazing thing about this accomplishment for JT is that he is only a sophomore. Click here for article taken from the Kansas City Star. 

The Freshmen and Sophomore Squad shared 1st and 2nd Place Honors in the MAYB Springfield III Tournament over the weekend. Both squads went undefeated in the 9/10th Grade Division and were schedule to play one another for the Championship. We declined and instead packed up and came home with two beautiful trophy's.

The JV squad brought home 2nd place in the Springfield III Tournament Varsity Division while Lady X Factor took 3rd place in their division.

Week Ending April 13, 2008

Up next in the 2nd Missionary League is the Spartans II team. Game time is 3:30 PM on Saturday.

Up next in the KC Premiere League will be the Vikings 1 team and Coach Smith at Shawnee Mission West (Court 2) on Sunday April 13th at 4:00 PM.

Shawnee Mission West is located at: 8800 West 85th Street • Overland Park, KS 66212 

Week Ending April 6, 2008

The Sophomore Squad shared 1st and 2nd Place Honors with our Varsity Squad in the Metro Game Time Tournament at Center High School. Both squads were entered in the Varsity Division and won their 2 games against other opponents while playing to a 16-16 tie in a single half game against each other. For a 2-0-1 record to share the tournament championship.

The Sophomores also won both of their 2nd Missionary League game and KC Premiere League Game (69-34)and are undefeated in both. 

Week Ending March 30, 2008

Our 2008 season started out with a bang. We began league play at TGM Sports (Second Missionary) and KC Premiere and of the 3 games played we won by an average margin of 30 points.

Sunday 4:30 PM vs KC Premiere White (73-29); Sunday 6:30 PM vs KC Premiere Black (51-29) 

Although these games may have been relatively easy, the competition will get better. Great job guys, keep up the good work.

Brian Whitaker, Jr., Sophomore at Hickman Mills High School was recognized in the Kansas City Star for his abilities off the court. Click here to see the article on Brian in the Star. We are so very proud of you Brian, Jr.

James White, Jr., Sophomore at Grandview, High won in the High-Jump in Friday's Track Meet with a jump of 6' 10". He also jump 6'10" to win the High-Jump at the Grandview Open Tuesday, April 1 and set a new school record. JT missed on his 7' attempt by oh so little letting those in attendance know that that 7' mark is going down this season. Awesome Job JT.