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Michele, just wanted to tell you how glad I am my daughter is part of your AAU program. She will be in her third tourney this weekend when most of her friends haven't even played 1 yet. Its Great!

I wish to extend a big thank you to Coach Dean for the Monday work outs. Ed was GREAT, the work outs helped make it a good season. Thanks Coach Dean.

Just a short note on behalf of myself and all my girls to say thanks to you, Ricky and all the Panther parent volunteers for a great tournament and nice weekend. A special thank you for you Michele, you keep everything organized and running smooth. You make the Panthers organization look very good to us coaches. See ya in the spring!

It's really exciting seeing all of these girls play so hard. I really feel that she is on a great team. We're so glad that we made the right choice for her. I think Rob is an excellent coach. He teaches constantly.

He loves the way he is coaching the team. He talks to him every chance he gets after the games. Several of the other parents that I talk to are very happy with our team this year and are already talking about next season. Not only do they like the coaching staff but they feel that the quality of basketball players is very good. I've heard some stories of their past experiences with AAU and they are happy with the Lady Panthers thus far as we are.

Thanks to you Michele for all that you do. Your hard work in running the organization truly shows. The uniforms look great and so do the package deals. The girls really look awesome on and off the court.

Many of my friends have said, "are you crazy driving to Lowell for basketball?" But I tell them that the club is incredibly well-run and well-organized. I think we all lucked out having you and Ricky for coaches. I get such a kick out of watching Ricky on the bench. He laughs with the kids and you just know that he thoroughly enjoys coaching and I'm sure the girls feel that, too. And you, Michele, you always have the most positive things to say to all the girls when you're coaching. You're like a one-woman fan club for each and every girl. I couldn't have asked for a better season for her. Great coaches, a really nice group of girls and a nice group of parents. It doesn't get much better than that!

We would like to thank the Panther organization, she had a very good season, what she learned this past three months is more then she learned the past 5 years, Coach Paige was outstanding, if I had to write down what I thought a coach should be to teach girls at this level, Paige would have fit the bill to a (T), any other coach after this has a tall order to fill. Rick and Michele the Panthers have been wonderful, thank you both and thanks for given her a chance to play.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank both you and Ricky for the great time we have had this year. This was by far the best experience that we have had with basketball. Up to this point we've been surrounded by people that didn't know how to run things and some incredibly bad coaching but that certainly wasn't the case this year. She enjoys doing this as she gets to play with and against some of her friends that are on the Bay State Magic Elite. We do plan on coming back next year!

Also wanted to drop you a note of praise, this was Jamie's first yr playing AAU and I can't thank you enough for the great experience she had. This organization is extremely well run, thank you for all your hard work!! Paul Sanz was a great coach, he was very pleasant, very professional and the girls loved him while learning a lot. Same for Walter, Paul's assistant. I know it's early and Paul is not sure what he will be doing next year and we hope he comes back but I know all of the girls and parents would like to continue up as a team regardless.

I am the coach of a U12 team and wanted to thank you for the well-organized state tournament.

We have nothing but respect and appreciation for Coaches Paige and DeFrancesco, the players, and the Panthers organization as a whole....you really make people feel like this is one big family.

Michele, you know that you are doing a fabulous work with the website. The Panthers have one of the best websites out of the other AAU team sites that I visited.

I'm writing to thank you (Ricky) for being an active and attentive coach and teacher. Even with a big lead in the second game today, you were teaching the girls about how to improve their play.

Thank you very much for all your support this season. Personally, we completely enjoyed our time with the Lady Panthers. We can’t say enough good things about our team and COACHES. You and Ricky do a fantastic job running this organization and we feel very fortunate to be a part of it all. We look forward to returning next year.

Hi Michele, I want to thank you very much for all your help with this weekends tourney. You went above and beyond the norm. Directions were excellent our rooms were excellent, we played four very competitive teams. It was exactly what we were hoping for . Thanks again!

Thank you Lady Panthers for a well run tournament. For the first time in a while we have had four great games with matched competition to our teams level. The facilities are beautiful and the directions were right on. We definitely will be returning for another tournament.