Last Entry

This is my last entry (for sure this time) and I really liked the topic that I chose! This topic is my favorite out of any other topic out there in the world! Because, my love for basketball is actually greater than anything else (besides my family). To me basketball is not just a game, to me basketball is life. And that is also a fact....when I play basketball I get the greatest feeling in the world!

I play basketball not only because I want to or anything, but also because I love playing it. I play basketball with a passion and also play it like if it were my last. It's just like Michael Jordan said "Loving basketball is playing it as if it were your last," and that there is also a great fact!

Coach Lewis

I think Coach Lewis is one of the best coaches that I have ever seen at work. Not only does he make all his practices hard and intense but he will always stop the practice to correct you on what you did wrong! And I think that is some good coaching and that every coach needs to do that. I have all my respect towards him and everything. I also think that my class (class of 2013) will get him a state championship! And that's a fact.

Well, he can also get you thinking basketball like all the time! He also might and most likely give you a boost in your basketball IQ mentality thing. So this was my last blog entry, and IO saved the best (coach) for last. Well besides Coach Richard Langford!

Shakir Smith

So yeah, now I am going to talk about Shakir Smith! Yes I'm going to use a different font! So back to bussiness then, well Shakir is new to my basketball life as well as all the other players. This year Shakir is a Junior attending Tucson High, and he can ball! Well not only that but he can also play some serious game in football.

Everyone was surprised when I said that I didn't know who he was at first, and I just felt dumb and stupid and stuff! I like Shakir as a friend because he loves to have fun with everything he does, like in basketball and stuff. Well of course next year he's going to be a senior and he is also in student council which is cool.

Julian Munoz-Tucker

Julian would be considered to be one of my best friends in my whole friends category! He plays both basketball and swimming, but some sday that he is better at swimming than basketball. I havent seen him swim before, but I think that he is good at it! Well he might be a good swimmer but he is also a pretty good basketball player. He is good at using both hands for lay-ups and he has an alright shot.

I sometimes call him Julian Phelps, but he gets mad at me for that. Though I still think thats It's pretty darn funny at times. Julian is like a brother to me, you mess with him then you mess with me! But I dont think anyone will mess with him. I dont know what else to say so thats the end of this post! :-)

Andre Valencia

Andre Valencia is awesome! I'm saying htat because he not onlyu has a really good shot, but he can also go in and do some work in there. By that I mean that he can score pretty easily from a long range shot to an inside play. Andre is also a freshmen at Tucson High, but he didnt play this year because there was something going on in his heart. Well something along those lines, but I forgot what it was!

Well anyways he also plays for the show, which like almost everyone from Tucson High plays on rather Tucson Spartans or The Show. Well i guess thats why the school is so good! Because we are all used to playing with eachother in the same club teams and school team. So yeah Andre is pretty good.

Coach Richard Langford

Coach Richard Langfor A.K.A. Lang, is an incredible coach! Not only am I saying that because I Love him, but also because its true! He's the Tucson Highs Freshmen basketball coach, and also a great father figure! He always encourages his team to keep their head up and most importantly he interacts with us....a lot (literally)! But we all still love him so, just like he loves us!

This coach has helped me out through the ups and downs since I met him last year. Well his skills at coaching freshmen are superb, and fantastic (even though his practices were easy)! Just kidding, they were really intense and pretty fun at times. I almost forgot to mention his great partner Coach Gibbson! This coach is really fun too, but to me they are the same! Except one is shorter than the other.

Landen Lewis

Landen Lewis here is a good sport, and the Tucson Highs varsity boys basketball coach's son. This year he did a pretty good job on the team, passing, dribbling, and shooting. But most importantly he played great defence. I mean I dont know him much to say anything, but I think that he's a really good friend (even though I dont talk to him much). This year he is a senior at Tucson High, and he played his butt off for the team when he was out on the court.

Landen Lewis, a great frinend and athlete! :-)

Bryson Moyle

Both Bradley and Bryson Moyle are brothers, and what makes it even better is that they're twins! They are both good basketball players and awesome friends to hang out with too. Bryson also attends Tucson High School and before they both came here they attended Mansfeld Middle School. Bryson is a good shooter, when you need a little 3-pointer he's the one you want to shoot the ball. I ain't just saying that because I'm his friend and teammate and all, but I'm saying that because It's true!

Well, he also plays for "The Show," a really good team! I say it just got better with me in it...... nah just kidding! So yeah he's a pretty good player and all, even though he didn't play with us during the season in the school because of his grades. But I say It's all good though.

Bradley Moyle

Bradley Moyle also attends Tucson High as a freshmen, and he's really cool. I first saw him play last year during our 8th grade year and we both were beasting it up! But ofcourse he's a whole lot better than I am! But anyhow we both now play for the same school and the same club team The Show. And so do other players from the school. Me and him got a nice connection between eachother now, him being a forward and me a center. Yup good times always stroll on in life!

And thats why i love life! Well, not really but you know what i mean! Anyways Bradley Moyle is a beast in basketball but not as beastly as me (no ones as beastly as i am).

Max Eichenhower

Max Eichenhower is a freshmen at Tucson high school just like me and others. He is an alright basketball player. But one bad thing about him is that once you get into his head then its game over for him! I aint saying that he's not a good player or anything but on the contrary he's a good player. Even though he's got height he doesnt have no body size at all. Also, he has to work out that anger management thing hes got, because if he doesnt then he wont get anywhere in life with basketball.

Well Max is still a good kid and all, so all i gotta say about him is too keep up his good work and fix his anger management problem. Also to stop talking back to the coaches when they telling him to do somethin! :-)

Gilbert Gomez

I've known Gilber Gomez for a year now, and he's a pretty cool guy! Some might call him a ladies man, a basketball phenom or as I call him plain old Gilbert. Gilbert has become one of my top friends to play basketball with, we just like to tease eachother and try to get in echothers mind. He's just a really fun guy to play basketball with!

Both of us are really competetive, we both love the game as do other basketball players! Some do it for fun and others just because it might be a fun sport to play; But we do it for the love of the game.

Cameron Volk

Cameron Volk is also a friend of mine. We might not be real close friends but we sort of hang in there. Well Cameron and I met during the Tucson High summer basketball team try-outs (ofcourse we both made it along with other comrades)! But before that we sort of met in this one 3 on 3 basketball tournament, him and his team beat us for the championship. Then, who knew that we'd be playing together in the same team? Well as destiny had it there we were (in the same team).

But, theres more to him just being a basketball star, but he is also a football star. For football he plays the QB (Quarter Back) position, and for basketball he plays the PG (Point Guard) position. His dad is not only a dad but he sort of reminds me of like Camerons personnal coach! Anyways he's cool, but me and Cameron have gotten along pretty well over this past year (thank god for that)! To wrap it all up I'm just going to say that he is an awesome basketball player.

James Molina

James Molina was one of my besdt friends last year at Roskruge Midlle School. This year since he's still attending Roskruge and I'm attending Tucson High, I dont really have too much time to talk to him or play ball with him anymore. Last year and this year he got the MVP trophy for the basketball team. I really don't know what the team would've done without him!

He plays for the club team Tucson Titans and played for Desert Storm in the past. He quit Desert Storm because the coach yelled alot and made everyone run the plas in practice like robots. His dad was a former basketball star in his early years just like both his sons James Molina and his Brother "juju". Juju is attending Davis elementary for now, but when he goes to Middle School he'll be attending Roskruge.

Mitchell Mendivil

This here is my brother, hes got talent but doesn't like to use it. He could easily play basketball but he says that he doesnt like playing it, and only likes watching it. But here and there he goes with me to the park and practice on his handles here and there. Him being a 6th grader is pretty good, he can shoot, he stands at 5 feet 6 inches, and hes pretty strong at the post.

He surtainly has talent, but he says that he would play if a coach asks him to play for them. The only team he would like to play for is Tucson Spartans because he says everyone is awesome there. Well It's pretty much true and well I called the soach for them and still no answer from them. I'ts all good though, he still practices sometimes but he is way too cocky for his own good. I say he's going to get beat up for talking so much smack to everyone!

Tucson Oro

Well this surtain team is a pretty young one but dont count them out when playing them! This particular team only has an 8th and 9th grade team, and some of the 8th graders sometimes play with us freshmen during tournaments. Practices for some are easy or for others they're real intense (I think they aren't intense at all). Gilbert R. Luna Jr. is the main coach for the team.

Well he might not be the greatest coach of all but he hangs there and tries to balance things out with all the players relationships. He has helped me out a lot by paying for my tournaments and all becasue he knows that I can't afford to pay for every tournament we go to. So all I have to say to him is keep up the good work, make the practices more intense and thank you for helping not only me and other teammates out.

Sama Taku

Sama Taku is a real G at basketball! I mean I see him play and that just pumps me up like crazy! I mean his clean shot and dunks, man those are awesome! Well he is now a senior at Tucson High and plays for some teams named Tucson Pump N' Run,Tucson Spartans, and ofcourse Tucson High. Not only is he my friend but he's also like my brother from another mother, he makes me want to keep on going in basketball and practice til' I can be as good or even better.

Well he also went to Roskruge for middle school and played for the team there and the coach Dale Lopez. When he was in middle school in Roskruge I was just a little kid in elementary attending the same school (Roskruge is a k-8 school). I remember those good old days when I thought he looked like a beast compared to me! But now I'm almost as tall as him which is good for me. Don't get me wrong or anything, I still think he's a beast compared to me.

Sama Taku not only a great baller so to say but also a great student with a 3.8 GPA. Yes I know, it sounds really high but he has accomplished that. Here is a video of one of his games and highlights of that game. So watch and enjoy :-) He is Number 11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqDV8w34HMs

Miguel Mendivil

Yes, first I am going to write about myself! Since It's me of course I am going to say that I'm a good basketball player, but in the real world I actually am a good baller. Years of experience in basketball would be 2 years going to 3 in my sophomore year. When I first got interested in basketball was when i saw people playing on the school courts. So then I joined in and played on the Roskruge Middle School basketball team.

We were pretty descent we won the pre-season tournament and got first in our region, 3rd in the TUSD city basketball tournament, made it to state and got a nice and solid 3rd place (in state). 8th grade was the first time I ever played basketball in a team. That same season I averaged 8.7 PPG (point per game) and 9 RPG (Rebounds Per Game). Which was pretty darn amazing for my first year and being a rookie and all!

During my freshmen year I was a starter for the Tucson High Badgers freshmen basketball team. I averaged 10.2 PPG and 11 RPG. At the end of the season I was very proud of myself for getting so much better and for working hard. Next year during my sophomore year I will tryout for varsity and will try my hardest and will do whatever I can in my ability to make it!

Getting Started

Well hello everyone! My name is Miguel Mendivil and I am a freshmen at Tucson High Magnet School. I don't know if I should even do this but I am finally 15; I'm pretty darn proud of myself! Sometimes my friends say that I make no sense at all; it may be true but im still pretty smart and articulate. I'm quiet, tall, awesome and look like a stoner (that's what i've been told before, and even by some cop dudes who thought I was on drugs or something)!

Then, they told me that if I watched "Dude Where's My Car?" more than 3 times, then I'm an official stoner (I've watched that movie more than 5 times and it gets funnier everytime I watch it) well i guess that im an official stoner! Those were good times though. But now let's talk more seriously! This blogg that I'm making will be about basket-ball players and teams all around the sweet city of Tucson - including me. (and I've never gotten hi or anything)!