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| Playing defense on inbounds |
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| Elyse is guarding this Mammoth! |
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| posting up against "Mammoth" |
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| another big girl from Charles City |
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| Nice Elyse! |
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| Going for 2 in blue |
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| nice elyse! |
As everyone else, life is spent building that tolerance back up for the bleacher butt watching basketball games. Alex has had a little time off and gearing up for his next tournament the 17th. It will be the team's last one and then they start 7th grade boys basketball at school. He is so, so, so, so, excited for that! Last night during half time of the varsity girls game, he was out doing the "dollar a shot"- you pay a dollar, shot a 3 pointer, and get 2 back if you make it. He made 6 so he was pumped! Funny how we gave him the dollars to play but we did not reap any of the benefits. :) We are anxious for him to start as he is spending lots of time in the gym, practicing with Kyle, and lifting/footwork every day after school at the high school. He is a trooper!
Elyse's team, varsity, is now 3 and 2 overall. As mentioned before, they started out strong and then went into a rutt losing to Waverly and then to South Winn. We won't even comment about the South Winn game except for the fact that Elyse found out how much her coach can yell...and she better have a tough skin....:) But she continues to do well, as others, but loving the challenges and the pushes she has been getting. Defense continues to be her favorite. I don't know where they all came from, but there are some BIG girls in our conference. Wow! Two games have been against 6'2" girls - only an inch taller than Elyse but probably 25 pounds more. Hesitate to take it up against them??? Yes, she is! :)
A funny thing did happen last week against the big girl from Waverly. 6'2" big girl and strong! Elyse went in and was playing hard defense, wasn't even in 30 seconds, and got called for intention foul for pushing too much and "grabbing the girls' jersey". Her coach was furious as the officials and told her to keep doing it! She had a look on her face like "What the heck just happened?". Luckily the girl missed her two free throws, but they did get the ball back. Elyse walked in the door and we all started laughing. She quickly ran down to email her Lightning coach to tell him what happened. He responding with some funny comments and then told her to remember she isn't "down south" playing any more! :) Too funny!
She did get to play a few minutes of JV last night for the first time (just part of 2 quarters) to get as much play time as she can (they can play 6 quarters a night), which she enjoyed because she was back playing with her "original team" and "besties" of sophomores! She's still not sure where she fits in exactly, but she's staying positive....and "enjoying the journey", as her Lightning coach would say! :)
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