Firebirds Changing Home Venue For Rest of Season

Happy Monday! We have a lot to cover in this newsletter after taking a week off, including a venue change, coaching award…and our first loss. Yes, it pains me to write it, but it did happen. 😭😭😭

Table of Contents

1. Weekend Recap

2. Coach Mitch is TBL co-Coach of the Month!

3. Home Venue Changing for Rest of Season

Weekend Recap

As your guide through the Firebirds’ season, I have to report on this loss, as much as it pains me. In Alabama, the Firebirds had a double-header against the Rocket City Flight, playing them both on Saturday and Sunday. While the Firebirds came away victorious on Saturday, the team lost by four points on Sunday, 103-107. Back-to-back games against the same team are notoriously difficult to win, especially when both are road games. Still, while the loss unfortunately puts the first blemish on the Firebirds record, there’s still good that can come.

“If we’re going to have a loss, we prefer to have it now where we can make it adjustments and continue the run that we’re on,” said team market owner Wade Harris after the game. “We just have a few kinks we need to work through.”

Coach Mitch is TBL co-Coach of the Month!

The Potawatomi Fire are now the only undefeated team left in The Basketball League (they currently sit at 8-0). It’s why both the Fire’s head coach and the Firebirds’ own Mitch Jeffries were named TBL co-coaches of the month.

Even with the single loss, the Firebirds remain one of the best teams in the TBL, and are undefeated at home! Speaking of home…

Home Venue Changing for Rest of Season

Starting with our next home game on Saturday, April 13th, the Firebirds will be playing all their home games at St. Augustine University’s gym, Emergy Gymnasium. This is an exciting change for the team, as we partner with St. Augustine’s for the rest of the season. Being a university and not a high school, St. Augustine’s gym seats far more people than Word of God does. With all the Firebird fans that have been attending games this year, it’s time to fill up more seats!

A fun fact you may know if you’ve been following the team for long enough: former Firebird Kenny Collins played collegiate basketball at St. Augustine’s University.

On Wednesday, make sure to check your inboxes for a recap of the Firebirds at All-Star weekend!

Until then,

-Tex