Sports

Lowrey Boy’s Basketball
By Fatimah Alnasser

During the Fall of 2021, the annual tryouts for the Lowrey Boy’s Basketball Team took place. Although the season is over, it was an exciting experience for all of the team players and coaches.

Ayoub Abdulsater was one of the 6th grade basketball players that made the team. Ayoub’s position on the team is point guard. A point guard is one of the 5 positions in a basketball game. The point guard is usually one of the team’s strongest dribblers and passers. They also defend the opponent’s point guard and try to steal the ball. Ayoub’s favorite part of being on the team was having his friends on his team that supported him. His experience this season was difficult. He shared that some teams they had played were very difficult to beat-  but there were also easy games.  Ayoub felt that his coach wasn’t too tough, but they did have a good relationship with each other. When asked about his toughest competition this season, he stated, “Bryant!  But, hopefully we get them next time”.

Matthew Waddell was the coach of this year’s Lowrey boy’s basketball team. A coach is someone who works and instructs students (and sometimes adults) to prepare them for upcoming games and competitions. Mr. Waddell has been coaching the sport of  Basketball for a good 15 years. Their team roster consisted of 15 boys.  Mr. Waddell agred that the team’s toughest competition was Bryant. When asked about highlights of this season, Waddell states, “The highlights of this season were players getting better and improving on their skills”. Mr. Waddell thinks that the team needed to improve on teamwork and their overall knowledge about basketball earlier in the Fall. The team’s MVP was 7th grader Hassan Charaf.  Coach Waddell said, “ Hassan had a great season for us and was a force down low by the basket. Overall it was a pretty good season. Our regular season record was 6-4-1. The boys learned a lot, got better with their skills and had some fun”.

The last regular season basketball game was on January 11, 2022, and the team advanced to the playoffs.  The first playoff game was 1-18-22 against Woodworth.  Lowrey took the win with a score of 49-23.  The next playoff game was 1-20-22 against Salina, and the Polar Bear Boys took the win with a score of 36-30.  Obviously, the boys continued on, played as a team and made it to the Championship game!  The City Championship game took place on 1-21-22 at Smith MIddle School against Bryant.  The boys succeeded and took the Dearborn MIddle School City Championship title with a score of 65-54.  Many teachers, students, parents and Lowrey staff members attended the game to support and cheer on the team!  8th grader and team member Ahmed Albiraihy stated, “It was such a good experience.  We had a tough season.  We lost almost half our players at one point in the season because they were out sick with Covid.  That resulted in a bad record for our team.  I think we lost to Bryant the first time because we did not have a full roster.  We battled back though after our team mates were able to rejoin the team.  We beat Bryant in the final game, it was great”.  

Everyone at Lowrey School is so proud of Mr. Waddell and his hard-working team!  Congratulations to all the team members for making Lowrey District Champs!

Jamal Abdel6th
Mohamed Alsoofi7th
Mohamed Alesseng7th
Ali Bazzi7th
Saleh Madani6th
Ahmad Taha7th
Laith Aljanaby7th
Adam Bandar7th
Mohamad Aoun7th
Hassan Charaf7th
Azzam Obaid7th
Ayoub Abdulsater6th
Ashmail Muthana6th
Ali Hassouneh7th
Mossa Aldalali7th
Hussien Abdulsater8th
Ali Ashkar8th
Ahmed Nasser8th
Ahmed Albrayhe8th
Hassan Almayahi8th
Mahdi Bouzeid8th
Alhassen Ghalib8th
Kassem Aldubaishi8th
Hassan Taha8th
AliRidha Alsaidy8th
Hussein Aoun8th
Ali Hachem8th
Hamza Ahmed8th

Ali Saad – team manager 8th grade 

Abbas Bazzi – team manager 8th grade 

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