Biggest game...

Tonight, we tip at 6:30, in what is probably the biggest game I've ever been a part of. Sure, I was lucky to be on the bench against KU 7 times, Big XII tournament, and so on.
This game tonight though, is like playing in the "Sweet 16" round of the NCAA tournament.

We had a good day of practice Monday, and a decent day yesterday.

A Super exciting time of the year! I'll let you know how we do tomorrow!!

March to State continues...

Holy cow what a weekend...

We beat Blue Springs South 43-40, with a 3 pointer as 2.1 seconds were left on the clock. We played one of our worst games of the year, so we are extremely fortunate to be able to advance. Now we move on to the "Sweet 16" so to speak. There are only 16 teams left, we play Wednesday night, against Winnetonka at St. Joe.

You can hear the game audio feed live on the internet, we tip at 6:30. (www.liberty.k12.mo.us)

As you could imagine, we're super anxious for Wednesday to get here, and we truly believe we have a realistic shot at winning the Championship.

Thanks for all your support. Look forward to hearing from you soon!

March to State...

We have our opening game of Distrtict play tonight, against Blue Springs @ Blue Springs South. We have to win 6 games to win a State championship, and that is our focus.

We play tonight at 6pm, you can catch it on-line at Liberty.k12.mo.us.

I'll update more later!

Another update from L-Town...

The Liberty Bluejays won conference on Friday with a victory over Conference #2 Blue Springs South. We moved to 18-4, 10-0 with that win, and secured our conference championship. Afterwards we celebrated by cutting down the nets in front of a terrific home crowd. A terrific way to end our last home game of the year!
This past Monday we went to Rival Oak Park and got a win, which moved us to 19-4, 11-0. We have one remaining game, a conference battle v William Chrisman tomorrow, Friday the 16th.
After that, we play @ Blue Springs South v. either Blue Springs or William Chrisman in the first round of our district play. We hope to be playing our best basketball starting then.

The Royals pitchers and catchers reported today, which is cause for great joy in my life. I am hopeful that they will have a decent season, and I am definitely going to be out at The "K" this summer.

We had a couple of "Weather" days this past week. Which means instead of working, I was at the house, keeping updated on everything ESPN/CNN. It was a nice break, since I was a little under the weather anyways.

Hope everything is going well, a SUPER important week upcoming for us. We have worked hard to put ourselves in good position to make a run at this Championship, hopefully we will!!

Picture...

Well, The Jay's got another win last night, improve to 17-3, 9-0. We play #2 Columbia Rockbridge tonight @ Home on Senior Night.

For those of you that dont know, the picture is of KSU Super Fan, "Weird Robert". This has to make your Tuesday much better!!!

Update...

Well, the whirlwind of a week/weekend is seemingly over and things went as well as could be expected.
They ended up doing a 6 way by-pass on Thursday. The procedure lasted from 7:30am-2:00pm. The Dr. came out and met with myself, my uncle, my brother, and my mother around 2:15 and told us that his heart was "very happy". He was very encouraged how well everything went, and said that my father will feel terrific.
Thank you all for your support through everything. I have printed off dozens of emails and taken them to him to see. He has been blown away by the support.

It was great to see Melynda obviously. She was(is) such a terrific help for my family this week. She is always a great help to me, and that was very well illustrated Thursday-Saturday. Her folks were also, as always, tremendous in helping my mom, and just being around to lend a hand when need be. They are a terrific family, and Melynda is the absolute best.

We play Monday, Tuesday, Friday of this week. Monday is a conference game, Tuesday is against the #2 team in the State, Columbia Rock Bridge, and Friday is our "Courtwarming" game v Blue Springs South, the #2 team in the conference. If we win tonight, we could clinch the Conference title with a win on Friday. Super exciting week upcoming!

Look forward to hearing from you soon!! Oh, and how bout those Wildcats!!!

Victory!

We have moved to 16-3 on the year after a win v. Park Hill by 22.

More importantly, I will be out Thursday-Sunday as I spend time with my familiy and friends as my father undergoes triple by-pass, Thursday 7:30am.

I have a wonderful family, terrific friends, and also, the best girlfriend anyone could ask for. I am extremely fortunate to be surrounded by such good people, it makes MY life easier, having these people with me.

If there is anything I have understood since my father had the heart attack on the 6th, it's that caring, compassionate, loving people can make the difference no matter the situation. Those of you fit into that category and I am extremely thankful and do not take you for granted.

Feel free to call/text/email me this weekend.

I look forward to passing along to you all the good news that is sure to follow this weekend.

Thanks again for all your support!!!

Park Hill @ Liberty

Check us out tonight, as we look to improve to 16-3 on the year. You can watch it live by clicking on this link:
http://www.liberty.k12.mo.us/athletics/2003/

Let's go Jays!

Jays improve to 15-3

We got two good wins this past week, both by 20+ point margins. We had our shooting guard set a school record for # of three point makes, 8, in our friday night game.
We play Park Hill on Tuesday, then are off for a week, until we play #2 in the State, Columbia Rock-Bridge.

The good part of not having a game this Friday is that I can now be with my family and Melynda. My fathers surgery is scheduled for 7:30 am on Thursday, the 1st.

Things work out well, and this is just another case of it falling into place, and I am extremely thankful for that.

Hope things are going well!!

Tournament...

The Jays moved to 12-2 with a win Tuesday night in the opening round of their own Liberty Tournament.
We play tonight at 8:30, you can check it out live on our website...www.liberty.k12.mo.us. Look for the streaming option.

My father is feeling much better. He is resting at home, and meets with the surgeon on Monday to decide the next best course of action.

Hope things are going well. Talk soon!

Thank you...

Thanks to all of you who showed concern about my father. He is doing much better and at home. He will wait to meet with the surgeon in a couple of weeks, and then be able to proceed from there.

The Jays are 11-2, 6-0 in Conference, and ranked 6th in the latest State rankings. A good honor for our guys, but lots of games to be played.

Talk to you all soon!

Weekend...

Had a wild and crazy weekend for sure...

Our BlueJay's got a 39-34 Conference road win to improve to 5-0 in Conference and 10-2 overall.

Afterward, I was told my Aunt, has lapsed into a Coma and is in an Indianapolis hospital. She is doing slightly better today, Monday afternoon, but she still needs all our thoughts and prayers!

Then, Saturday afternoon I received a phone call from my mother saying that my father had a heart attack. As I arrived at the hospital they were taking him back to perform an operation. He has since returned to his hospital room where he is resting. He will be moved out of ICU to a normal room this afternoon, then he will be sent home Wednesday is our hope.

He has a lot of ppl thinking and praying about him, and all of that is greatly appreciated. I will update you as I know something, and feel free to call or email.
CoachMcCabe@gmail.com.

I check my email hourly, so I will get it.

Thanks to those of you who already have sent your prayers. Continue to send them, and know how much my family and I appreciate them.

New cell phone #...

I hope that you all had a very Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year!!

I changed cell #'s, and emailed it out. If for some reason I didnt include you on the email, send me one @ CoachMcCabe@gmail.com, and I'll give you my new #.

I will post about all that happened over winter break when I am free.

Take care, and all the best!!

I couldnt make this stuff up...

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=2705087

Oh boy...

Is it bad that in a personal, serious email trying to help a friend with a situation he was in (with a girl), I compared it to a basketball player...

Jays move to 4-0 in Conference, and 6-2 Overall after a terrific road win @ Blue Springs South last night.

Now a week off before we play again in the William Jewell tournament!!

Have a restful, and enjoyable Christmas!!!

Interesting...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/more/12/18/failed.gender.test.ap/index.html

Feel free to comment as you need...

KC Star article...

Here is the article I spoke about...

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/16243501.htm

Dropped one last night, 71-70 in OT.

Article is Friday...

The article in the KC Star I mentioned the other day is going to be put out tomorrow, Friday December 15th, instead of today.

We won 53-51 on a last second shot Tuesday night. Improved our Conference record to 3-0 and moved to 4-1 overall.

Big test for us tonight against a good BVNW team. I had/have the scout for it and think we match up pretty well, and we certainly know EVERYTHING that they're going to try to do. Should be a good game, come on out!!

Hy-Vee Shootout @ Avila University; 6:00pm Tip
Television: Metro Sports

Blue Springs Tonight...

Tonight, we play Blue Springs, in our 3rd Conference game of the season. Our record stands at 3-1, after we won @ #1 Ozark, and lost @ #3 Springfield Kickapoo. Saturday was frustrating for us, b/c we're a much better team and had a chance to end a 24 home winning streak and really have people take noticeof our club.

It is important for us to defend our home court tonight, we like our chance and feel good about the game plan that is in.

For those of you that have Metro Sports in the KC Area, or would like to listen to our game on the internet, go to Liberty.k12.mo.us, and on School information scroll down to athletics to catch the Blue Jays in action against Blue Valley Northwest on Thursday at the KC Hy-Vee shoot out!

Go Jays!

(There will be an article in the KC Star tomorrow (kansascity.com) about our bball program. We have had a reporter in the past couple of days. Candace Buckner will be the one writing, so check our your sports page tomorrow!)

Weekend...

I trust that everyone had an enjoyable weekend, and us in the midwest, enjoyed all the Snow fall. We had 2 days of school cancelled because of the weather, which was a nice break, at an appropriate time.

I wanted to thank all of you that have sent an email/text or made a phone call offering your support. Trust to know how much I appreciate it and know that I am truly thankful for all of the wonderful friends that I have.

I hope that you all have an enjoyable week, and stay warm!!!

Talk soon!!!!