Author: D. Sader

  • 2-3 Zone Offense “Chicago”

    Here is another play attacking the 2-3 zone defense. Having an athletic O3 who can jump and finish inside is key. See the diagrams below. O2 sets up on the left wing, v-cuts and gets the pass from O1. O5 and O4 set up below the defense. O5 back-screens the middle defender (X5), while O4…

  • 2-3 Zone Offense “Vermont”

    Use this simple play vs the 2-3 zone defense for an easy inside jump-shot. Diagram A below shows us starting with a low double stack set, with guards O2 and O3 on the left lane line, and post players O4 and O5 on the right lane line. Put your intended shooter (here O5) as the…

  • 2-3 Zone Defense

    Read the following post on playing the 2-3 zone defense. http://www.basketballforcoaches.com/2-3-zone-defense/ Notice how this author sees little value in trapping the wings while playing an occasional “trap the middle.” Also notice some irony, the author is explaining how to play zone well, but still maintains the importance of playing man-to-man defense. The 4 Most Important…

  • December 11/12 St. Paul Draw

  • December 2015 STJ Home Torunament

  • 2015 NEASAA 1A Boys Basketball Championship

    STJ Spartans are the #1 seed in the NEASAA 2015 NEASAA 1A Boys Basketball Championship Semi Final @ 1045 Saturday March 14 @ Vilna Draw REVISED!  

  • 2015 Kitscoty Champions

    February 20/21, 2015 The Spartans defeated Kitscoty Cavaliers in the opening game Friday, 69-41. Saturday they played Lloyd Comp JV Barons in the semi final and beat them 65-43. Saturday night they won the final 81-56 over the Holy Rosary JV Raiders.

  • 2015 JRR Draw

  • 2015 Quad School Draw

  • 2015 Cold Lake Draw

    Spartans finished 4th in Cold Lake. They played a stout Assumption team in the opening game on Friday losing 78-37. The boys rallied with courage and skill by playing their best game of the season on Saturday. The boys beat Johnson School from Regina Saskatchewan 88-83 in overtime. They advanced to the bronze medal game…