Today, the Barron Maroon, Abby's 5th Grade Traveling Basketball Team, traveled to Lindstrom, MN--which is officially the town with the cutest water tower ever!
I just love this teapot (or coffee pot, as some say) water tower so much, that every time we drive through Lindstrom, I tell the kids that we should move there so we could live in the town with the cute little teapot water tower! That, and the fact that Lindstrom is one of the cutest little Swedish towns you could come across, just makes you want to stay...
but, I digress...~~~
Today, our purpose for our trip to Lindstrom was NOT to admire the water tower (but you can be sure I did!), but to play our very first competitive basketball tournament as a team! This is the first year our team is playing with
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The girls did have time between games to have some fun together...
(Keisha, Abby, Kristin, McKenna, and Erin)~~~
And, the Squirrel took that opportunity to show me her "Game Face"--
I wonder if that intimidated the offense???
~~~The Squirrel played well today, although there is definately room for improvement--for all of the girls! We know what we need to work on in practice these next few weeks! (Jamie and I are coaches, along with Dean, one of the other dads...)
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Since I have you as a captive audince, and it is my blog, I will now entertain you with several pictures showcasing the Squirrel's athletic prowess...
Since I have you as a captive audince, and it is my blog, I will now entertain you with several pictures showcasing the Squirrel's athletic prowess...
(Yeah, the coach took a few minutes to snap some pics, 'cause the coach is a mom first!)
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A Speedy Squirrel---driving to the basket!
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A Speedy Squirrel---driving to the basket!
~~~A Squirrel at the free-throw line...
(don't worry--she didn't go over the line! In this league, they are allowed to go two feet in front of the regulation line, as indicated by the tape on the floor.)
~~~A Shooting Squirrel--demonstrating questionable shooting form-note the leg kicked out behind for added "oomph"!
~~~A Scrappy Squirrel--fighting for a loose ball...
~~~A Scrappy Squirrel keeps fighting for a loose ball--even after the whistle blows! Good thing she wears those knee pads!
~~~Our team played hard, yet still has a lot to learn and work on in practice. We played four games today, and saw the "short" end of the scoreboard for all those games. Our record today earned us a sixth place silver ribbon--here is our team displaying their reward for their hard work...
~~~Even after all of that running and hard play, the girls still had a little bit of silly left in them for some "ugly" pictures for me...
~~~...because what's a day of basketball if you can't say at the end of the day that you had fun?!
~~~We now have a few weeks of practice ahead of us to prepare for our next tournament which will be on December 12 in Ladysmith.
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A bit of info for anyone interested in attending a tournament:
11-14 in Chisago City/Lindstrom
12-12 in Ladysmith
1-9 in Minong
1-23 in Poplar
1-28 in Spooner
2-20 in Osceola
3-6 in Chippewa
(Abby is not scheduled to play in the Spooner or Osceola games)
***There are 15 girls on our team this year. Because of the large number of girls, the girls have been "split", and each girl will be playing in a total of four tournaments, with about 10 girls going to each tournament. We had a total of 7 tournaments scheduled. Because of this, Abby is not scheduled to play at the Spooner and Osceola Tournaments. The last tournament in Chippewa is an optional tournament.
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2 comments:
Wow, your games are scattered all over the place! I hope we can make it to at least one of Abz games while 'Up North'.
Keep up the practices, I'm sure that you will be able to be on the high side of the scoreboard soon.
Great going Abz!! You look like an "all-star" out there!! Your Auntie was once an "all-star" in a magazine!!
:-)
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