The Party's Over

Following is a section copied from the home page of the website today:

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THE SEASON IS OVER ! ! The bad news is that Melilla lost in the semi-final game last evening, 5/21/2010, and the season is finished. Ford Burgos moves on to the championship series. The good news for Taylor's family, friends and fans is that Taylor is coming home to Vermont next week!

Here is a brief, roughly translated summary from a Spanish sports website, Solobasket.com:

"It is party night in Burgos. after the great success by Ford Burgos basketball team tonight. The local team managed to deliver to a home audience the third and final game of the semi-final series by beating one of the favorites, a Melilla Basketball team that 'says goodbye' to the season with their heads held high after having been proclaimed champion of the Prince Cup and dominating the league for much of the championship. But in spite of completing the best season of their history the team arrives without the final championship."

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A quick note to thank everyone who followed Taylor and his exploits with Melilla this season. These past two years in Spain have been wonderful for Taylor. He has a reputation for being a consistent, strong inside scorer, and defender, while playing against many larger players.

We are developing a new website for Taylor, www.taylorcoppenrath.com where you can follow his activities in the offseason, e.g., summer basketball camps, etc. If you know of young players who might be interested in his camps, one at Winooski HS and one at St Johnsbury School, there is more information and easily downloaded registration forms on the website (simply click on the "Summer Camps" tab.)

vs. Ford Burgos

Taylor's next game is Friday, 5/21/2010, at 3:00 pm at home.

Melilla won the first game of the semi-final series vs. Ford Burgos but lost the second game at home. On Wednesday they also lost the third game and trail Burgos 2 - 1.

The game was somewhat controversial due to several disputed calls by referees and the Club of Melilla basketball released an official condemnation of the lopsided (in their view) calls against Melilla.

This is a huge game; if Melilla loses the season is over; if Melilla wins, game 5 would be at home in Melilla on Sunday.

The schedule for the playoffs, and the results of the other games are at http://www.feb.es/index.aspx in the middle of the page; click on the tabs at the bottom of the box to see more information.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

vs. Ford Burgos

Taylor's next game is Wednesday, 5/19/2010, at 3:00 pm. Melilla won the first game of the semi-final series vs. Ford Burgos but lost the second game at home.

Taylor had a great game: high scorer and rebounder with 16 points and 11 rebounds; but the Burgos team hit a lot of 3s and pulled out the win. The team now travels to Burgos for the next two games, Wednesday and Friday and need to win at least one to bring the final game back to Melilla.

The schedule for the playoffs, and the results of the other games are at http://www.feb.es/index.aspx in the middle of the page; click on the tabs at the bottom of the box to see more information.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

Playoffs! vs. Ford Burgos

Taylor's next game is Sunday, 5/16/2010, at 1:00 pm at home. Melilla won the first game of the semi-final series vs. Ford Burgos a very strong team. Taylor had 8 points and 7 rebounds; He had 4 (questionable, we think!) fouls so he played limited minutes.

The schedule for the playoffs, and the results of the other games are at http://www.feb.es/index.aspx in the middle of the page; click on the tabs at the bottom of the box to see more information.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

Playoffs! vs. Ford Burgos

Taylor's next game is Friday, 5/14/010, at 3:00 pm at home. Melilla won the first round playoff and now begin the semi-final series. They will play Ford Burgos a very strong team, but will play at home in Melilla as they are the top seed.

The schedule for the playoffs, and the results of the other games are at http://www.feb.es/index.aspx in the middle of the page; click on the tabs at the bottom of the box to see more information.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

This link will take you to an intermediate screen where you need to click on the left icon labelled: "Liga Adecco Febtv.com"

find the game button on the right side labelled: "Club Melilla Baloncesto" and click on "Ver Partido" (which means "to view party[game]" in Spanish; (you may have to page ahead to find it)

Playoffs! @Girona

Taylor's next game is Wednesday, 5/5/2010, at 3:00 pm at Girona. Because Melilla is the top seed in the playoffs, the first two games were at home; the next two away at Girona; and, if necessary, the final game is back home. This begins the best of 5 series for advancement to the semi-final game.

Having won the first 2 games, Melilla travels to Girona where they need to win one more game to move to semi-final round.

The schedule for the playoffs, and the results of the other games are at http://www.feb.es/index.aspx in the middle of the page; click on the tabs at the bottom of the box to see more information.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

Playoffs!

Taylor's next game is tomorrow, Sunday, 5/2/2010, at 1:00 pm at home vs Girona.

Taylor had a great game last night with 18pts, 7 rebounds and 2 assists!

The schedule for the playoffs, and the results of the other games are at http://www.feb.es/index.aspx in the middle of the page; click on the tabs at the bottom of the box to see more information.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

Playoffs!

Taylor's next game is Friday, 04/30/2010, at 3:00 pm at home vs Girona.

Because Melilla is the top seed in the playoffs, the first two games will be at home; the next two away at Girona; and, if necessary, the final game is back home. This begins the best of 5 series for advancement to the semi-final game.

The second game will be Sunday, 5/2 at 1pm. The schedule for the playoffs, and the results of the other games are at http://www.feb.es/index.aspx in the middle of the page; click on the tabs at the bottom of the box to see more information.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

TaylorCoppenrath.com

Hi!

Are you looking for TaylorCoppenrath.com? You're not in the wrong place, we're in the process of updating and re-constructing that site.

If you are looking for Coppenrath Summer Slam information please call:

803.633.3277

or email Taylor's Dad, George at:

george.coppenrath@gmail.com

Thanks! Hope to see you on the court this summer!

Video Clip

Check out this promotional clip for the upcoming playoffs! They start Friday!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9vnC9quNIg

vs. Zaragoza

Taylor's next game is tomorrow Friday, 04/23/2010, at 3:00 pm at home vs Zaragoza, the first place team, that has, unfortunately clinched first place for the regular season and will automatically advance to the ACB (Euroleague) Division.

This game will be interesting, but somewhat of anticlimatic because win or lose Melilla will be the #1 seed in the playoffs, while Zaragoza will end its season by advancing directly to the ACB. This game is the last regular season game; immediately following are the playoffs with 8 teams playing for the right to advance to the ACB with Zaragoza. Best of five for 1/4 finals, semi-finals and championship games.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

@ Mallorca

Taylor's next game is tomorrow Friday, 04/16/2010, at 3:00 pm at Mallorca the home of pro tennis player, Rafael Nadal!

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

This link will take you to an intermediate screen where you need to click on the left icon labelled: "Liga Adecco Febtv.com"

find the game button on the right side labelled: "Club Melilla Baloncesto" and click on "Ver Partido" (which means "to view party[game]" in Spanish; (you may have to page ahead to find it)

Or you can still go to:

http://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/

They changed the link to the schedule of next week's games; boxscores for last week's games; and a list of the standings go back to the www.feb.es.com website (just scroll down) There are tabs for schedule, classifications (rankings) and scores. In addition you can see the box scores from any game by clicking on the score within the list of played games...

@ Girona

Taylor's next game is Sunday, 04/11/2010, at 12:30 pm at Girona, in Girona, Spain; just north of Barcelona and where Marc Gasol once played.

Taylor had a great game vs Leon last Saturday, 23 pts, 9 rbds and 3 assists for a "valuation" of 39... European basketball has an interesting valuation system, a formula that weights playing time, pts, rebounds, steals, blocks, assists, fouls made, fouls earned, turnovers, etc. Basically all stats are weighed in a formula and that is more accurate a reflection of the contribution of a player than points or rebounds alone.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

This link will take you to an intermediate screen where you need to click on the left icon labelled: "Liga Adecco Febtv.com"

find the game button on the right side labelled: "Club Melilla Baloncesto" and click on "Ver Partido" (which means "to view party[game]" in Spanish; (you may have to page ahead to find it)

if you click on the "Jornado Virtual" button a second window will open with little blue scoreboards; again find the Melilla scoreboard and click on the "En Vivo" button and a live box score with narrative should appear. Both can be opened at the same time, side by side on your computer screen.

Or you can still go to:

http://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/

vs. Balencesto Leon

Taylor's next game is Saturday, 04/03/2010, at 1:00 pm at home vs Balencesto Leon, "the Lion."

Because of Good Friday and Easter Sunday, most of the games are being played on Saturday.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

This link will take you to an intermediate screen where you need to click on the left icon labelled: "Liga Adecco Febtv.com"

find the game button on the right side labelled: "Club Melilla Baloncesto" and click on "Ver Partido" (which means "to view party[game]" in Spanish; (you may have to page ahead to find it)

if you click on the "Jornado Virtual" button a second window will open with little blue scoreboards; again find the Melilla scoreboard and click on the "En Vivo" button and a live box score with narrative should appear. Both can be opened at the same time, side by side on your computer screen.

WEBSITE UPDATE

The www.febtv.com website has been changed:

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

Apparently the link will take you to an intermediate screen where you need to click on the left icon labelled: "Liga Adecco Febtv.com"

find the game button on the right side labelled: "Club Melilla Baloncesto" and click on "Ver Partido" (which means "to view party[game]" in Spanish; (you may have to page ahead to find it)

if you click on the "Jornado Virtual" button a second window will open with little blue scoreboards; again find the Melilla scoreboard and click on the "En Vivo" button and a live box score with narrative should appear. Both can be opened at the same time, side by side on your computer screen.

Or you can still go to:

http://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/

@ Tenerife

Taylor's next game is tomorrow, Friday, 03/26/2010, at 5:00 pm at Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Because the Canary Islands are one hour closer to the US (off the west coast of Africa) and Spain's Daylight Savings Time does not start until next week, there is only a 4 hour time difference to EDT.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "C Melilla B"
game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen.
Taylor is now #11, usually wears high white socks with black ankle
braces...

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

A Proud Moment

Taylor writes, "Congratulations to the Men's and Women's Basketball teams at UVM for making the NCAA tournament. An extra congratulations for the women winning the first round game. I watched all of the games and was glad to have played at UVM. It was also an exciting year for the Men's Hockey team!

GO CATS!"

-Taylor

vs. La Laguna

Taylor's next game is today, Friday, 03/19/2010, at 4:00 pm at home vs La Laguna, the third place team. Spain's Daylight Savings Time does not start for two weeks, so there is a 5 hour time difference until then.

Due to weather problems and delayed and cancelled flights the team was on planes or in airports for over 14 hours and at game time had no uniforms because the team equipment was lost. So Melilla wore La Palma uniforms; One team wore red La Palma uniforms and the other wore light blue La Palma uniforms.

With the loss at La Palma last week Melilla has dropped to second place, which means they have win every remaining game to have a chance at ending the season on April 23 in first place.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "C Melilla B"
game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen.
Taylor is now #11, usually wears high white socks with black ankle
braces.

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

GAME UPDATE!

From Taylor's father, George:

For those of you who had planned to watch the game today, please note that the video steam has not been put up on the list as of the time of this email; and the game may not be available for viewing.

There is the live box score with play by play narrative at the same website; simply click on the large middle button on the top right part of the screen entitled, "balencesto en vivo." Then page through the screens (arrow at bottom right) until you find the scoreboard for the "UV La Palma vs CB Melilla" game and click on the En Vivo button.

www.febtv.com

UPDATE:

The Melilla team left melilla yesterday morning around 9:30; and got stuck in madrid due to flight problems to tenerife; where they have to go; then take a shuttle flight to la palma; so they eventually fly to tenerife; but could not land; tried twice at the larger northern airport; and then went to the southern airport; from where the team had to take a bus back up to the northern airport for a flight to la palma; they didnt get to la palma until 11pm or so last night; missed that evening's scheduled shoot around practice... until later this morning... also their equipment is lost; so they will be playing today wearing la palma's red uniforms ... although no one will know because the game is not on the video stream list !! ;-)

Good luck Taylor !!

@ La Palma

Taylor's next game is tomorrow, Friday, 03/12/2010, at 4:00 pm at La Palma in the Canary Islands. Note change in time. Game time is still 9pm in the Canary Islands but the islands are in a time zone closer to the U.S., therefore a 5 hour differential to EST.

The game was not listed on the video stream schedule as of the time of this email; hopefully it will be posted as a link by tomorrow afternoon!

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "C Melilla B"
game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen.
Taylor is now #11, usually wears high white socks with black ankle
braces!

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

Taylor's next game is tomorrow, Sunday, 03/07/2010, at 1:00 pm at home vs Vive Menorca a very strong team that played in the Prince Cup.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "C Melilla B"
game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen.
Taylor is now #11, usually wears high white socks with black ankle
braces.

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

@ Cornella

Taylor's next game is tomorrow, Wednesday, 03/03/2010, at 2:30 pm at Cornella. Note the change in time!

Melilla is away and will play again on next Sunday.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "C Melilla B"
game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen.
Taylor is now #11, usually wears high white socks with black ankle
braces...

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

Taylor's next game is Friday, 02/26/10, at 3 pm at home vs Clinicas Rincon.

Melilla lost at Palencia last week. Taylor was called for two quick fouls and sat most of the first half; and two more fouls in the second; his time on the court was limited to around 10 minutes and although he had only 2 pts, he had 5 rebounds.

That puts Melilla in second place behind Zaragoza. Both teams have the same record, but Zaragoza beat Melilla in the beginning of the season at Zaragoza which sets up a very important game at the end of the season. The last regularly scheduled game for Melilla is vs Zaragoza at home and may be the deciding game for 1st place in the league.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "C Melilla B"
game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen.
Taylor is now #11, usually wears high white socks with black ankle
braces.

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

Fun NOTE: Taylor's mother and friend are visiting in Spain and will be attending this game!

Taylor's next game is Friday, 02/19/10, at 3 pm at Palencia. Note change in time back to 3 pm!

Melilla won at home vs. Caceres on Valentine's Day and remains in first place by one game. They need to keep winning to stay ahead of a very strong team from Zaragoza.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "C Melilla B"
game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen.
Taylor is now #11, usually wears high white socks with black ankle
braces.

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

And finally, the best link to the schedule of next week's games; box
scores for last week's games; and a list of the standings go back to the www.febtv.com website (just scroll down) In addition you can see the box scores from any game by clicking on the score within the list of played games...

Taylor's next game is Sunday, 02/14/10, at 1 pm at home vs Caceres 2016. "Valentines Day!" Note the change in time.

Melilla won away on Wednesday and remains in first place by one game. They need to keep winning to stay ahead of a very strong team from Zaragoza that defeated Vive Menorca earlier this week at Menorca. Vive Menorca was in second place and was defeated by Melilla in the Prince Cup.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

@ Aqua de Sousa Ourense

Taylor's next game is Wednesday, 02/10/10, at 3 pm at Aqua De Sousa Ourense. After winning the Prince Cup at home and the next game, also at home, Melilla is on the road again.

Hopefully they can win on the road as well!

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

vs. Breogen

Taylor's next game is Friday, 02/05/10, at 3 pm at home vs. Breogan.

NOTE: Breogan is always one of the top teams (currently in 5th place they won the Prince Cup two years ago.)

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "C Melilla B"
game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen.
Taylor is now #11, usually wears high white socks with black ankle
braces!

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

http://baloncestoenvivo.feb.es/

click on the En Vivo button in the middle of the scoreboard and it
will open up the live play by play, etc. for that game. You can pick
the screen that gives you the best analysis; I like the live box score
with running narrative under it; you can scroll back in the narrative
if you miss something.

And finally, the best link to the schedule of next week's games; box
scores for last week's games; and a list of the standings go back to the
www.febtv.com website (just scroll down) In addition you can see the box scores from any game by clicking on the score within the list of played games.

Video

Here is a quick YouTube clip after the Prince Cup!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDndPfuNe-o

Prince Cup Champions and MVP!

All the fans that watched the game this morning saw a great game with back and forth scoring the entire time! In the end Melilla won, and Taylor was MVP!

WAY TO GO!

see article and photo of Taylor here:

http://www.feb.es/NoticiaDesarrollo.aspx?idNoticia=31207

Roughly Translated:
• Melilla conquest its third Copa Príncipe (79-72)

Coppenrath, the best player in the final

31/01/2010 American Taylor Coppenrath was joined to the title of Prince Cup
champion Adecco Oro 2009/10 MVP of the competition, he wanted to dedicate it to
his fellow Melilla Baloncesto.

The power forward from Melilla Baloncesto got a rating of
20 points, 16 points (3 / 7 shooting, 2 and 10/11 from the
free throw), 6 rebounds (4 offensive) and received 7 fouls
in 23 minutes and 23 seconds it was on track.

Taylor Coppenrath joined Melilla discipline at the start of
this season, having spent two previous in Alicante. In the
regular season, Coppenrath is averaging 14 points and
5.6 rebounds.

At the conclusion of the match Taylor Coppenrath said:
"We are proud of what we did, the mental strength we have had to face the decisive
moments."

The American player said the great atmosphere that was experienced in the flag Javier Imbroda:
"The city of Melilla deserved to win this Cup, so my first autograph after achieving victory
is for them". About the title of MVP of the finals, Coppenrath was proud and distributed among
its merits "teammates and coaches.

Next Game @ HOME!

Taylor's next game is this, Sunday, 01/31/10, at 7 am at home. It is the two week mid-season break for the league so there are no regularly scheduled games. However, the top two teams play an exhibition game called the "de la Copa Príncipe" (the Prince Cup). It is a very big game and most basketball fans in Spain will be watching.

Taylor is one of only a few players who have played in the past three Prince Cups as he has been on either the first or second place team each year he has been in Spain!

Although Taylor is the top scorer for Melilla he does so coming off the bench.

The game is also interesting becuase the visiting coach used to be the coach at Melilla and 4 of the Menorca players were at Melilla last season. The current coach of Melilla was the assistant coach to the visiting Menorcan coach last year when he was at Melilla.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

GOOD LUCK!

@ Kics Cuidad de Vigo

Taylor's next game is this Friday, 01/22/10, at 3 pm at Kics Cuidad de Vigo. The City of Vigo is on the Atlantic coast in Spain, just north of Portugal. Mellila, because of their win last week, is again back in first place!!!!

After this game the regular season will pause for a two week break, during which time the Prince Cup game will be played between Melilla and Vive Menorca on Sunday, Jan 31.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

Find the list of games on the right side; click on the "C Melilla B"
game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen.
Taylor is now #11, usually wears high white socks with black ankle
braces!

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

vs. Tarragona

Taylor's next game is tomorrow, Friday, 01/15/10, at 3 pm at home vs. Tarragona. Because Melilla lost the last two games on the road against two teams that shot high percentage 3's, they are now tied for first place. Hopefully, with home court advantage tomorrow, they will get back on a winning track!

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

The list of games is on the right side; click on the "C Melilla B"
game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen.
Taylor is now #11, usually wears high white socks with black ankle
braces.

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

Video

Check out this awesome video of Melilla!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaK2tveip1w

@ Burgos

Taylor's next game is tomorrow, Friday, 01/08/10, at 3 pm at Burgos. Although they lost to Zaragoza, Melilla is still in first place!

If you watched the game you saw that Zaragoza hit an incredibly high percentage of deep 3s (they were 11/18 from 3 pt for a 61% avg ! )

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "C Melilla B"
game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen.
Taylor is now #11, usually wears high white socks with black ankle
braces...

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

Finally, the best link to the schedule of next week's games; box
scores for last week's games; and a list of the standings is on the
www.febtv.com website (just scroll down)

@ Zaragoza

Taylor's next game is tomorrow, Sunday, 01/03/10, at 12:00 noon, at Zaragoza. This is the biggest game of the season so far! Melilla is in first place and Zaragoza is tied for second. Zaragoza has the home court advantage.

The press in Spain has been promoting this game and a match up between the post players.

The Prince Phillip cup referred to is a mid-season championship game played in a couple of weeks (mid-season) between the top two teams; adding more importance to this game as the #1 team retains home court advantage for the "Prince Cup."

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "C Melilla B"
game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen.
Taylor is now #11, usually wears high white socks with black ankle
braces...

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

Video of Taylor

Here is a Youtube link that is a short clip highlighting various members of Taylor's team:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaK2tveip1w

Melilla is in blue; Taylor is 11 with high socks; has several dunks and is in the middle of some good plays!

Happy New Year!

Taylor made it on the front page of our local paper here on New Year's Day!

Check it out!

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20091231/YEARINREVIEW02/91230026/Decade-Vermont-newsmakers

He's certainly a NEWSMAKER! :)