Back from Regionals

We had a very nice time in Sitka. Our basketball teams did not place as high as we had hoped, but they played hard and were good sports. I am very proud of each and every one of them. Lucione and Alexys received the Good Sport Award. That means they played fairly and with a good attitude all season long. Alexys made the All-Conference Team which is based on play all season long and is decided by all of the SE Alaska 3A coaches. The boys lost their first game and immediately went into the consolation bracket. They won their second game. So depending on who you ask, they either got 4th or 5th. The girls won their first game and moved onto the semi-finals where they lost. They played for 3rd place and lost that game, too. So they ended up at either 4th or 5th. The bracket wasn’t marked and some think losing the 3rd place game puts you at 4th but some think the winner of the other game should get 4th. Either way, the girls did better than last year. They didn’t make it past the first round last year. Next year should be even better.

We were with my in-laws enough that it felt like a family trip, but not so much that we got sick of each other. We were all in the same hotel (11 of us total) and 5 of them were right across the hall from me.

Sitka is a nice little town and I wish I had more time to explore. We missed one game a day in order to have a late lunch/early supper. Other than that, we were at every session Wednesday through Friday. Saturday we went to the shooting competitions and drill team adjudication. We took a break to do laundry then went back to the gym to listen to the Mass Pep Band because Lucione and Alexys were participating. We didn’t watch the SE Championships. We went to a movie instead.

Wild Hogs was a pretty funny movie. :o) The theater was small and I was sort of embarrassed at how loud Michael was laughing, but it actually made the movie even more fun. He had spent the prior 3 days irritated with the refs at the games so it was good to hear him HAPPY.

I’m at work and my first class is about to arrive so I need to stop here. I’ll come back later when I’m home and try to add some pictures.

Oh yeah! It snowed the whole time we were there and now it’s snowing here at home! :o)