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/