Yesterday's Game

This is an excerpt from a Spanish article about last night's game:

"Coppenrath in the paint once again proved he is one of the best Americans in the competition, 25 points left of center U.S. patents the local superiority in the domestic game. Amid screams and applause from the public and some 'oles' men of Gonzalo Garcia passed like a roller over the island's squad (Mallorca), which was left only the option of looking at the good play of the home team".

WAY TO GO TAYLOR!!!!!


Happy Holidays all!

Taylor on Youtube!

We realize that many of you are not able to watch some of Taylor's games because of the time of day or technical difficulties. The screen size is small and the quality via the Internet feed is not always clear.

Occasionally games are posted on Youtube in their entirety!

We have a link below to one of those games. Be patient and watch the complete game if you can because Taylor has one of his better games. It is real time so even half time is running but you do not see much of anything, but you can hear the audio and fans with their horns.

Here is a link to Taylor's game that was posted on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_xGAvhq89Y&feature=youtube_gdata

Note: Taylor does not usually start because the coach wants to end the half and end the game with Taylor as he plays excellent defense all over the court and takes care of the ball. This particular game one of the coaches made an error on the official roster so Starosta (the 7'1" center from the Czech Republic) did not start and Taylor did (so when you see Taylor start and then leave in 2 minutes that is the reason...)

Happy Holidays!

vs. Sant Josep Girona

Taylor's next game is tomorrow, Tuesday, 12/22/09, at 3:00 pm, at home vs. Sant Josep Girona. His father, George, will be attending this game in person!!

Girona is a good team and is currently in 4th 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/

New Article about Taylor

A new article about Taylor was written. Check it out!

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/node/626

@ Leon

Taylor's next game is this Friday, 12/18/09, at 3:00 pm, at Leon. They're a tough team, especially on the road!

Taylor had a great game last Friday! He had 24 pts, was nominated the MVP of game, and capped off the game with two dunks for the home fans!

Melilla is 11 - 2 and is in first place in the standings.

Way to GO!

Taylor's dad, George, will be watching the game from Spain (but on the Internet as Taylor is away) but the next two games are home games and he will be there!!

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 roster is available at:

http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=Spain&Team=1354&Page=1

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

vs. Tenerife Rural

Taylor's next game is this Friday, 12/11/09, at 3:00 pm, at home vs. Tenerife Rural- - another team from the Canary Islands.

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 roster is available at:

http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=Spain&Team=1354&Page=1

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

@ La Laguna

EDITED TO ADD:

TAYLORS GAME IS AT 9 PM IN THE CANARY ISLANDS, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A TIME ZONE CLOSER TO THE US, (only 5 hour difference) THE GAME WILL BE VIDEO STREAMED LIVE STARTING AT 4 PM eastern time, NOT 3 PM!

Taylors next game is this Friday, 12/04/09, at 4:00 pm, at La Laguna in the Canary Islands.

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 #11, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces!

the roster is available at:

http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=Spain&Team=1354&Page=1

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

Good luck!

Here's a Link to the Article

ALREADY TRANSLATED! :)

http://translate.google.es/translate?u=http://www.feb.es/NoticiaDesarrollo.aspx?idNoticia=30233&hl=es&ie=UTF-8&sl=es&tl=en

Photo and Interview

There is a great photo of and interview with Taylor at the Federacion Espanola website:

http://www.feb.es/NoticiaDesarrollo.aspx?idNoticia=30233

a rough translation can be obtained by going t0: http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_txt

entering the website by cutting and pasting into the "translate a web page" section (make sure you do not have two http//s.

Find the "spanish to english" translation.

vs. La Palma

Taylor's next game is this Friday, 11/27/09, at 3:00 pm, at home vs La Palma.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

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 roster is available at:

http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=Spain&Team=1354&Page=1

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

@ Vive Menorca

Taylor's next game is this Sunday, 11/22/09, at 6:15 pm, at Vive Menorca.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

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 #11, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces.

the roster is available at:

http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=Spain&Team=1354&Page=1

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

vs. Cornella

Taylor's next game is this Wednesday, 11/18/09, at 3:00 pm, at home vs Cornella!

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 roster is available at:

http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=Spain&Team=1354&Page=1

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

Fun Surprise

We had a fun surprise in our inbox the other day. Taylor had sent us over 30 pictures of him on the court! I'm not sure who took these, but they're AWESOME and we wanted to be sure that we shared them there!

@ Clinicas Rincon

Taylor's next game is Friday, 11/13/09, at 3:00 pm, at Clinicas Rincon.

But, before we get to all of THOSE details... last weekend, Taylor had another 18 pt game! Way to go Taylor! It was also his birthday on Sunday so it was quite a celebratory weekend for Taylor and the team! Happy birthday Taylor!

The team they play this Friday has two players over 7'; one is 7'3" and the other is 7'5".

http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=Spain&Team=7432&Page=1

Which will create some interesting match ups.

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 roster is available at:

http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=Spain&Team=1354&Page=1

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

Taylor Received the Sports Writer Award!

Taylor received the sportswriter award from his awesome game over the weekend. This is a rough translation, but? We think you'll get the idea! Way to go Taylor! Congratulations!

Monday November 9, 2009

Taylor Coppenrath APDM LEADS THE TROPHY FOR I Melilla Baloncesto

The pivot of Melilla Baloncesto U.S., Taylor Coppenrath leads the Trophy I APDM to rewarding the outstanding player of the club meetings dean of the dispute in the pavilion LEB Imbroda Javier Ortiz.

Coppenrath was the most valued by sports journalists who covered the clash against Palencia Friday by the following numbers:

28 minutes in play, in which 18 points with 6 of 7 shots and 1 two-three shots from three for a total of 7 of ten shooting from the field. He scored three free throws with four launches, won 3 rebounds, retrieved the ball and lost two, put a cap, made a personal foul and was five for a total of 21 rating points.

vs. Palencia

Taylors next game is TODAY! Friday, 11/06/09, at 3:00 pm, at home vs Palencia.

Taylor had a great game on Sunday and was the high scorer with 18 pts!

Melilla is now 5 - 1 and now that the U.S. is back on standard time the time difference between Spain and the Eastern U.S. is back to 6 hours.

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 roster is available at:

http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=Spain&Team=1354&Page=1

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

THIS! Just In!

We just received an email from Taylor! He writes:

Hey everyone, I will be on this tv show broadcast on the internet at www.melillamedia.net at 10:30pm Spanish or 4:30pm Eastern time! The show will start with soccer so I will probably be on around 11pm Spain time or 5pm eastern time. The show is tonight so if you can watch that's great!

Try www.melillamedia.es if the first one doesn't work!

Pictures!

Taylor's mother, Sue, just returned from a stay in Melilla! She took some amazing pictures that we thought you'd love to see!


Taylor from the foul line!

The port of Melilla
Taylor during a game
The outside of the gym


The beach near Taylor's house!A view from the castle in Melilla!

@ Caceres

Melilla's next game is Sunday, 11/01/09, at 1:00 pm, at Caceres.

Melilla is now 4 - 1 and now that the U.S. is back on standard time the time difference between Spain and the Eastern U.S. is 6 hours.

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 roster is available at:

http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=Spain&Team=1354&Page=1

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

Next Game on Wednesday!

Taylor's next game is Wednesday, 10/28/09, at 4:00 pm, at home.

He had an awesome game last Friday with 19 pts, 9 rebounds, and was selected as the MVP of the game! However, it was Melilla's the first loss of the season. They are now 3 - 1 and have two games this week: a home game on Wed at 4 pm Eastern time (the game in Spain is still at 9pm, but Spain has adopted daylight savings time and the time difference (until the US switches) is only 5 hours... and the second game is on Sunday at 2pm Eastern time!

Good luck!

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 roster is available at:

http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=Spain&Team=1354&Page=1

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

vs. Breogen

Taylor's next game is today, 10/23/09, at 2:45 pm. Melilla is playing at Breogen. There was another technical problem last week (ugh!) but hopefully today's game will be streamed!

Remember, Spain is six hours ahead of US Eastern time so his 9pm game in Spain is at 3pm Eastern time.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

The list of games will be 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 roster is available at:

http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=Spain&Team=1354&Page=1

Good luck!

vs. Ciudad de Vigo Basquet

Taylor had a FANTASTIC game tonight! Melilla won 78-71 and Taylor had 18 points and 6 rebounds!

What a great game for his Mom's birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to Taylor's Mom, Sue, who is spending her birthday in Spain with Taylor!

vs. Vigo

Taylor's next game is tomorrow, 10/16/09 at 3pm, at home vs. Vigo! It seems that last week, although the game was listed on febtv.com as being video streamed, it was pulled for some reason on Thursday evening. Hopefully tomorrow's game will be shown!

Fun Fact: Taylor's mom, Sue, and his friend, Anna, will both be at the game tomorrow! Look in the seats behind the team for a couple of Vermonters cheering for Melilla!!!!

Most of the games will be video streamed onto the Internet and are available on-line. Spain is six hours ahead of US Eastern time so his 9pm game in Spain is at 3pm Eastern time.

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 roster is available at:

http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=Spain&Team=1354&Page=1

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

Good LUCK!

Taylor's next game is away at Tarragona on Friday!

Most of the games will be video streamed onto the Internet and are available on-line. Spain is six hours ahead of US Eastern time so his 9pm game in Spain is at 3pm Eastern time.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

You will 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!

Good Luck!

Taylor Made the Paper!

"Jason Blair tries to stop the advance of Taylor Coppenrath in Melilla."

For the full article, visit: HERE!





or, copy and paste:
http://www.diariodeburgos.es/noticia.cfm/Deportes/20091003/estreno/derrota/174F778A-1A64-968D-59B6A7E94C9A684A

First Game vs. Ford Burgos

AT HOME IN MELILLA!

Taylor's first game this season is vs. Ford Burgos at home in Meililla.

Most of the games will be video streamed onto the Internet and are available on-line. Spain is six hours ahead of US Eastern time so his 9pm game in Spain is at 3pm Eastern time.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

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 roster is available at:

http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=Spain&Team=1354&Page=1

the team website is:

http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/

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) !

vs.Palencia

Melilla won a tight game vs. Palencia tonight 59-57! Best part of the game? Taylor had 22 points! Go Taylor!

Pre-Season games

Taylor and the team have headed across the Sea for some pre-season scrimmages. In the second game, played against Alcazar today, Melilla won 78-70 and Taylor had 20 points! The first two games were against LEB Silver Teams, one league below the LEB Gold. They'll play some LEB Gold teams this week which should be tougher competition.

Fun Fact: Alcazar is where former UVM teammate Martin Klimes played the past two years!

The New Team/Roster

Here's a link to Taylor's new team and the roster!

Click HERE

or visit: http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=ESP&Team=1354

Taylor signs with Melilla

Taylor has signed with Melilla! After a fun-filled summer in VT, Taylor is heading back to Spain to play for Melilla, a spanish city on the Mediterranean on the north coast of Africa! The team's website is: http://www.clubmelillabaloncesto.es/. Taylor is very excited to begin this new season with a new team!

Alicante's Playoff Cover

That's Taylor on the cover!

Spain Year Two- Complete!

Taylor Coppenrath, former standout basketball player at St Johnsbury Academy and UVM finished a very successful year in Alicante, Spain. On Sunday, 5/31/09, the Lucentum Alicante professional basketball team won the championship of the LEB Gold Division in Spain with a win over Melilla 72 - 66. The win moves the team into the ACB Division from where the Euroleague teams play. Taylor played 27 ½ minutes, scoring 10 points and shutting down the paint on defense to the Melilla low post players. Over the season Taylor averaged about 10.6 pts and 4.5 rebounds per game playing about 20 minutes per game.
After graduating from UVM in 2005 Taylor played on the NBA summer league teams for the Boston Celtics, AEK in Athens, Greece 2005 -06; NBA Indiana Pacers summer league 2006; Angelico Biella in Biella, Italy 2006 – 07, and Lucentum Alicante for the past two seasons. Alicante had specifically wanted Taylor to help them ascend to the ACB based on his past European experience. It turned out to be a good decision as Alicante is now in the ACB!

Taylor returns to Vermont on Wednesday and will be hosting basketball camps in Winooski and St Johnsbury this summer.

NEK Sports

check out the great article about Taylor and his season in Spain!

HERE

CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES

COME ON!

Alicante won the LEB Gold Championship today which moves them into the top division, the ACB, in Spain where the top four teams play in the Euroleague. Reaching the ACB was a goal for the team for the past two years and one of the reasons they wanted Taylor to play for them.

They did it~

It was *such* an exciting game! Congratulations to Taylor and the team!

PLAYOFF WEBSITE

THERE IS A NEW WEBSITE IN SPAIN THAT WILL BE TELEVISING THE SEMI FINAL GAME ON SATURDAY AT 12:30 PM THAT HAS A LARGER SCREEN AND BETTER QUALITY...

at 12:30 go to: www.populartv.net

and click on the "Emision en Directo" tab button; it is yellow

If Lucentum Alicante win on Saturday; they will play the next day, on Sunday, at the same time, 12:30pm and it will be televised on the same website.

Good luck Taylor and Alicante!

Semi-Finals

Taylor's next game is vs. Los Barrios at a neutral court in Madrid for the semi-final game of the final four on Saturday, 5/30/09, at 12:30 pm Eastern time.

From Taylor's Dad:

Alicante won their 1/4 final playoffs by beating Ford Burgos in the third game, 84 - 57, and will play in the first semi-final game this Saturday to see which team advances to the championship game on Sunday, 5/31/09..

The playoff schedule is now on www.febtv.com (the same site where the games are viewed; simply scroll down...

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "Lucentum Alicante" game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen. Taylor is #15, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces.

Alicante is Back at Home!

Taylor's next game is back at home (the third and last 1/4 final game!) on Sunday, 5/24/09, at 1:30 pm Eastern time.

Alicante won the first game on Tuesday, lost last evening at Burgos by four points, and will play Sunday to see which team advances to the final four next weekend.

The playoff schedule is now on www.febtv.com (the same site where the games are viewed; simply scroll down...

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "Lucentum Alicante" game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen. Taylor is #15, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces.

Second Playoff Game!

Taylor's next game is at Ford Burgos (the second playoff game!) on

Friday, 5/22/09, at 3 pm Eastern time.

Alicante won the first game on Tuesday, and George, Taylor's Dad, was able to watch in person. Taylor had a great game - see below from Eurobasket website:

"LEB Gold Round: 1 (Quarter-Finals) - May 20, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)

Alicante - Burgos 89-69
Nice 20-point win by Alicante for 1-0 lead in the quarterfinals. Taylor Coppenrath (205-F-81, college: Vermont) this time stepped up for the hosts collecting 16 points and 5 rebounds. Diego Garcia was on fire in Burgos with 23 points"

The playoff schedule is now on www.febtv.com (the same site where the games are viewed; simply scroll down...

GOOOOOOOO TAYLOR!

Its Playoff Time!

Taylors next game is at home (the first playoff game!)

on Tuesday, 5/19/09, at 3 pm Eastern time.

From Taylor's Dad:

The regular season ended Friday with a win for Alicante (was in second place) and a loss by Valladolid (was in first place.) Therefore both teams have identical records, 25 - 9, but because Valladolid beat Alicante home and away, they are ranked ahead of Alicante, and advance automatically to the Euroleague division (ACB) having secured the #1 position in the regular season.

NOTE: In Spain there are four major divisions of professional basketball: ACB (where the Euroleague teams play from); LEB Gold (where Alicante is currently); LEB Silver, and LEB Bronze. At the end of every season the top two teams from each division move up a division, and the bottom two teams move down a division. Martin Klimes (who played at UVM with Taylor) plays on a professional team in the LEB Bronze division:

http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=ESP&Team=3202

The remaining top teams, #2 through #9 enter the playoffs with Alicante having the top seed. The winner of the playoff series also advances to the Euroleague division (ACB) and that is the goal for Alicante.

The playoff schedule is now on www.febtv.com (the same site where the games are viewed; simply scroll down...

Good Luck Taylor! We'll be watching and routing for you guys!

Heading to Mallorca

Taylor and the team are heading to the beautiful island of Mallorca for this Friday's game! The game will be on Friday, 5/15/09, at 3 pm Eastern time.

This is the last regularly scheduled game before playoffs! Taylor's Dad, George, will be flying over for some of the playoffs which start on Tuesday, May 19.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "Lucentum Alicante" game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen. Taylor is #15, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces.

Friday 3pm Eastern Time

Taylors next game is at home on Friday, 5/8/09, at 3 pm Eastern time.

This is the next to last regularly scheduled game before playoffs!

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "Lucentum Alicante" game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen. Taylor is #15, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces...

the roster is available at: http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=ESP&Team=2004

the team website is: http://www.cblucentum.com/indice.htm

Good luck Taylor!

Alicante vs. C.B. Illescas

Taylors next game is at C.B. Illescas on Saturday, 5/2/09, at 12 NOON Eastern time.

The game schedule shows 1800 hours in Spain which is 6pm there and 12 noon here. However the TV schedule has it at 1:30 our time; Taylor called and said the game is definitely at 12 noon our time; so we'll go with that....

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "Lucentum Alicante" game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen. Taylor is #15, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces...

the roster is available at: http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=ESP&Team=2004

the team website is: http://www.cblucentum.com/indice.htm

click on "El Equipo" ("the team" in Spanish) on the left to see the roster there!

Good luck Taylor!

vs. Gandia Basquet

Taylors next game is at home vs Gandia Basquet on Saturday, 4/25/09, at 10:30 am Eastern time.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "Lucentum Alicante" game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen. Taylor is #15, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces...

the roster is available at: http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=ESP&Team=2004

the team website is: http://www.cblucentum.com/indice.htm

click on "El Equipo" ("the team" in Spanish) on the left to see the roster there!~

Good LUCK!

Game Tomorrow!

Taylors next game is at home on Wednesday, 4/15/09, at 3:00 pm Eastern time.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "Lucentum Alicante" game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen. Taylor is #15, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces...

the roster is available at: http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=ESP&Team=2004

the team website is: http://www.cblucentum.com/indice.htm

click on "El Equipo" ("the team" in Spanish) on the left to see the roster there...

A Note from Taylor

Last week we won our game against Tenerife which is the team that Pat Carroll plays for now. We beat them, and now this week we play against another former teammate of mine from last year's team, Stephane Dumas. He plays for Valladolid and right now we are tied with them although they are technically in first place. Our game is in Valladolid and is on Wed at 9 pm in Spain or 3 pm Eastern Standard Time.

On another note my Mother and younger brother Drew are here visiting and are trying to go to the game. Hopefully they can provide some pictures for you to see!

Game this Friday!!!

We had the opportunity to watch Taylor's last two games and, while they're not quite as much fun as seeing them in PERSON, they are still really exciting! If you get a chance to log on the web this Friday, definitely check it out! It's well worth it!

Taylors next game is vs Tenerife on Friday, 4/03/09, at 3:00 pm Eastern time.

Spain is now on Daylight Savings Time so they are once again 6 hours ahead of Eastern time and the game is 9pm in Alicante.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "Lucentum Alicante" game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen. Taylor is #15, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces...

the roster is available at: http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=ESP&Team=2004

the team website is: http://www.cblucentum.com/indice.htm

click on "El Equipo" ("the team" in Spanish) on the left to see the roster there...

Another Coppenrath

Taylor forwarded me a link to this article today. Check it OUT!

Next Game

Taylors next game is away on Friday, 3/20/09, at 4:00 pm Eastern time.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "Lucentum Alicante" game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen. Taylor is #15, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces...

the roster is available at: http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=ESP&Team=2004

the team website is: http://www.cblucentum.com/indice.htm

click on "El Equipo" ("the team" in Spanish) on the left to see the roster there...

Next Up?

Taylors next game is away at UNION BALONCESTO LA PALMA on Friday, 3/06/09, at 4:00 pm Eastern time. Because La Palma is in the Canary Islands the time difference is only 5 hours, so even though the game is still at 9pm on the schedule, the Eastern time will be 4 pm.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "Lucentum Alicante" game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen. Taylor is #15, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces...

the roster is available at: http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=ESP&Team=2004

the team website is: http://www.cblucentum.com/indice.htm

Go Taylor!

The Photo

We got it!

Caption from Today's Paper

In Spain of course. :) Couldn't upload the picture that went with it, you'll have to take our word that it was awesome.

"Martynas Andriuskevicius, without jumping, and Taylor Coppenrath, with determination, combine efforts to prevent the basket of Matt Kiefer. /RAFA OIL MILL"

and a rough translation from an article in the newspaper:

'The Lucentum Alicante won by far (97-77) with forcefulness over the Club Basquet Vic in the game that closed the 22nd game of Liga LEB Gold and it consolidates the leadership by three victories, persued by Valladolid and Tenerife.

There was no surprise in the morning of Sunday and the Lucentum showed from the first quarter a consistency that left without answer from the visitors, Vic, who played always behind in the game.

Andriskevicius in the paint, Jorge Garci'a and Urtasun from the perimeter, Coppenrath in all the lands, set out conclusive arguments in the game in favor of front leader who travels at full speed towards the first place ascent to ACB. Albert Sabat was the high scorer for the visitors."

Camp Coppenrath 2009

The details for Taylor's Summer Camp 2009 have been finalized and sign-ups are happening NOW! Register early to secure your spot at Coppenrath Summer Slam 2009. We can't wait to see you!

Questions? Contact Kevin Hatin at 862-8993 x 151.
To register, contact the YMCA business office at 862-YMCA (9622)

Next up?

Game on Sunday!

Taylors next game is home on Sunday, 3/01/09, at 6:30 am Eastern time.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "Lucentum Alicante" game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen. Taylor is #15, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces...

the roster is available at: http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=ESP&Team=2004

the team website is: http://www.cblucentum.com/indice.htm

click on "El Equipo" ("the team" in Spanish) on the left to see the roster there!

Next up? Breogan

Taylors next game away at Breogan on Saturday, 2/21/09, at 1:15 pm Eastern time.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "Lucentum Alicante" game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen. Taylor is #15, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces...

the roster is available at: http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=ESP&Team=2004

the team website is: http://www.cblucentum.com/indice.htm

click on "El Equipo" ("the team" in Spanish) on the left to see the roster there...

Good luck Taylor!

Game 20

Translated from the Lucentum website:

"The Lucentum forget the ghosts the Lagoon (Canary Islands.) The defeat in the Canary Islands of the past week passed in the minds of the players of the Lucentum Alicante during first half of the game who fought Sunday against the Extra Pujol Lleida. The men of Oscar Quintana were behind in the game during both first quarters because the Catalans entered the event seeming to fear the defeat of the importance of winning in a day in which all the other top teams lost.

Faithful to his policy of rotations, the Alicante Lucentum coach gave minutes to his ten players, with Taylor Coppenrath the man who had more minutes played because this was one of his better games of the season. He captured seven rebounds, scored 13 points and gave a best performance in the end, being the player best evaluated at the end of the game.

But there was an essential player in the overcome one and victory local was, once again, Txemi Urtasun. When the situation could not be worse, after three consecutive triples of the pívot of the other team, Hettsheimeir (30-40), the Alicante Lucentum team took the responsibility on its back and scored ten consecutive points that recoverd the breath to the fans of Alicante. Once they overcame the scare, the home team knew how to maintain and to increase the advantage with a great defense on the low posts that no longer returned to see the hoop with as much comfort, reason by which the Alicante Lucentum team ended up raising itself with a triumph that allows them to breathe one more a day in highest of the classification."

vs. Lleida

Taylor played great in his last game against Lleida and made two 3 point shots at a critical point in the game to put the team ahead by 8 pts in the fourth quarter! He finished the game with 13 pts; 3 for 4 from 2 pt range, and 2 for 2 from the 3 pt range; and 1 for 2 from the foul line. Along with 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 blocks and 3 steals, he ended with a valuation of 20!

Way to go Taylor!

Next Game

Taylors next game is at HOME on Sunday, 2/15/09, at 6:30 am Eastern time.

Last week's game broadcast from the Canary Islands had severe technical difficulties if you tried to watch. This Sunday's game is at home and should be fine!

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "Lucentum Alicante" game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen. Taylor is #15, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces...

the roster is available at: http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=ESP&Team=2004

the team website is: http://www.cblucentum.com/indice.htm

click on "El Equipo" ("the team" in Spanish) on the left to see the roster there.

Next Stop? Canary Islands!

Taylor's next game is in the Canary Islands on Friday, 2/6/09, at 4:00 pm Eastern time.

Game time is 9 pm Canary Island time, but because the Islands are west of Spain (off the coast of Africa) the time change is only 5 hours instead of 6.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "Lucentum Alicante" game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen. Taylor is #15, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces...

the roster is available at: http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=ESP&Team=2004

the team website is: http://www.cblucentum.com/indice.htm

click on "El Equipo" ("the team" in Spanish) on the left to see the roster there...

An Interview with Taylor

Another Interview with Taylor from Lucentum Blogging! Check it out HERE. There are some awesome pictures of Taylor along with the interview, so click on over!

From a Spanish Newspaper

Here is a (roughly) translated article from a Spanish paper today!

"Coppenrath emphasizes the importance of gaining the Prince Cup by maintaining the same level of teamwork."

Taylor Coppenrath, post player of the Basketball Lucentum Alicante, emphasized the importance of beating Melilla for the the Prince Cup, for not just the value of obtaining the title for the organization, but mainly " to continue with winning teamwork" in that is the strategy trained by Oscar Quintana. "To gain the Cup is important for us, not for being the Cup, but to continue in winning dynamics. Our objective is to win to continue being competitivos" Coppenrath declared. The American player, in this sense, considered positive that the Lucentum is going to play well this weekend, regardless that the rest of teams of the LEB - except for the Melilla, are going to enjoy a rest due to mid-season break; because, in his opinion, the team needs is " to continue working hard, not rest". He recognized that to gain the Prince Cup the team would give "a statement of authority" facing the rest of clubs of the LEB, although he does not consider that anyone is going to consider them " the favorites to ascenso" by the mere fact to gain this title. "I do not believe that the winner is guarenteed to advance, because the past year Breogán won and continues in LEB" he argued. "Two victories of advantage on our pursuers are not enough. We must continue gaining each game to increase the difference with the rest of the teams and to secure our objective to ascend directly to the ACB" , he added. Finally, with respect to the game on Sunday against the Melilla, he thought that the score will not be as forceful as the one from the first game of the league (104-75). "Each game is different" pointed out Coppenrath, each game can be "difficult" and he recognizes that, at the last time: "I was surprised by the comfortable victory over Melilla for us at home".

Prince Cup- - Coming Up!

Taylor's next game is at home on Sunday, 2/01/09, at 11:00 am Eastern time.

This is a mid-season game for the Prince Cup; first place team vs second place team!

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "Lucentum Alicante" game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen. Taylor is #15, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces...

the roster is available at: http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=ESP&Team=2004

the team website is: http://www.cblucentum.com/indice.htm

click on "El Equipo" ("the team" in Spanish) on the left to see the roster there...

Yesterday's Game

Here is a rough translation about Taylor's game yesterday from Babel Fish:

"The Clinics Corner paid a lot to a bad beginning (0-13) before the lead team and lost the options to surprise those of Quintana in the Corner of the Victory. The players of Alicante, led by Coppenrath, raised a very serious party from the initial minutes, although later protagonism was for the outer players. The Malagan team tried to overcome in the last the quarter, where it knew to unfold his better game, and a 15-2 partisan who was able to endorse with over-exertion to the visitors sirivó to send the party to the prorogation. Nevertheless, those of the Clinics Corner arrived fused at the overtime and they only wrote down 3 points in these five minutes that served so that the Lucentum signed its victory. With this victory, the present leaders of Liga mathematically obtain to the passport for the Glass Prince. MVP: Taylor Coppenrath, that in spite of being surpassed in valuation by players of the Clinics, was determining for the victory of his team becoming the inner reference. His numbers: 14 points +5 rebounds."

Sounds like Taylor had a fantastic game! :)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! We hope you and your loved ones have had a wonderful holiday and were able to spend time with family and friends.

Taylor is back in Alicante and ready to play ball! His next game is tomorrow (Sunday) at 6:30am EST.

Here is a link to the video stream:

http://www.febtv.com/

find the list of games on the right side; click on the "Lucentum Alicante" game; that will open up the video of the game inside the TV screen. Taylor is #15, usually wears high white socks with black ankle braces...

the roster is available at: http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=ESP&Team=2004

the team website is: http://www.cblucentum.com/indice.htm