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Continued from Page B-1 outside. All of the changes and players moving into unfamiliar positions have proven a successful endeavor for Kramek now, but in the heat of summer league gyms, there was a bit of a learning curve. There was losing, and the Falcons are better for it. “The adjustment that I was harping on was that we were getting better and better every game [over summer],” Kramek said. “We were better in June than we were in May, better in July than we were in June. The kids were getting frustrated because we’re used to winning, we’re not used to getting beat up but we were getting better and that’s what I told them because wins and losses don’t matter that much in summer, it’s when we get into the
DAMASCUS
Continued from Page B-1 A decade later, that’s paying off. Green makes left-handed shots — ranging up to 10-feet — with regularity, Pisarski said.
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season that it matters.” The Falcons took their lumps throughout the various summer leagues. Baker’s turnovers steadily reduced, Stottlemyer grew more comfortable with the uptick in shots and attacking from the outside, and soon enough, Poolesville was regaining its form; not that it didn’t come without a good deal of frustration. Losing, no matter how inconsequential a summer league game may be, didn’t sit all that well for the Falcons, who were coming off one of the better seasons in recent school memory. “The first half of summer was definitely pretty rough,” Baker said. “Not everybody was on the same page but by the second half we were gelling. That’s the main point of summer and nobody wants to lose but we knew it was going to get us ready.” “Definitely,” agreed Stottle-
myer, who is averaging a teambest 16.7 points per game and is yet to be held to single digits. “We had a little bit of a learning curve with Andy taking over the point. Once we got into a nice rhythm, we’ve been good. We’ve all been playing together so long so we knew it was only a matter of time before we started clicking.” There are some instances where the “gelling” and the “clicking” is still not quite right. For example, a 69-65 loss to a previously winless Walter Johnson team that saw the Falcons jump out to a 15-2 lead, according to Baker, and lose the rest of the game 63-54. Aside from an 85-67 out-of-division loss to Gaithersburg that’s the lone blemish on Poolesville’s season. “We weren’t making shots and they were making everything,” Stottlemyer said. “It was just one of those nights.” Perhaps those nights are
in the past for the Falcons, left mostly in the summer league gyms. The changes are taking root, stemming into success similar to 2012-2013. Baker is more of a scorer than Carmack, the quintessential point guard. Stottlemyer gets his points at the rim whereas Turner’s were a blend of 3-pointers, slippery drives and pull-ups. Jon Bateky is a new presence inside. Morton and Papagjika have embraced their defensive specialist roles. It’s working — just differently than last year. To hear the players tell it, the best days are only ahead. “I still think that Trevor is the only one playing at the level he should be every game,” Baker said. “Me, Anthony and Craig all have our nights but it’s not as consistent as it should be. We’re only going to get better as the season progresses.”
Green, 5-foot-8, is scoring from all over the court, Pisarski said. “She’s got a great basketball mind, she’s got that basketball mentality,” Pisarski said. “She thinks the game very well.” Green’s right-handed shot
is pretty good, too. She leads the Swarmin’ Hornets in 3-pointers (20) and is nearly perfect at the free-throw line (52-61). “Overall, it’s my best year so far,” Green said. The sharp shooting isn’t just improving Green’s statistics; it’s
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Continued from Page B-1 tially life-threatening condition occurring when excessive pressure builds up in an enclosed body space. The condition can sometimes result in paralysis. Reyes said he had “a huge blood clot” in his calf and his swollen leg was “about as big as a basketball and as hard as a rock.” On Christmas, the kicker underwent surgery at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He remained there for more than two weeks, undergoing several procedures on his leg. Reyes said he was transferred to Georgetown Hospital on Monday. “It was really tough for me,” Reyes said. “And it’s still tough for me right now to accept the fact that I’m really hurt and I can’t do anything about it.” The timing could not have been worse for Reyes, who is trying to earn a football scholarship. “I just don’t want my parents to pay a dime for college,” he said. But he remains optimistic that he can return and said he feels fortunate that the symptoms weren’t worse. He estimated that he would be 70 percent healthy next season, adding that it could take two years to fully recover. There are risks; Reyes said that playing football could increase the chance of symptoms returning in the future. “That’s definitely a tough situation and like I told him, it’s about him being healthy,” Harris said. “Don’t worry about trying to rush back and play football. You have your entire life to live and you don’t want do something to jeopardize that.” Reyes said he was unsure when he would be released from the hospital and would return to school in a wheelchair on Jan. 27 at the earliest. “I still believe that after every surgery, I’m going to come back stronger. I know that for sure,” Reyes said. egoldwein@gazette.net