Saturday, March 22, 2008
Frank Brings You The Sports
As promised, I would like to provide an update as to the progress of Maribel’s team in the Championship Tournament.
Her team was rewarded with a number 2 seed in her region. Since all number 1 and 2 seeds get to host the first weekend of the tournament, the first three games are played at Maribel’s school. There were three games on Thursday. The first two games did not involve Maribel’s team, and the attendance for those games was about 500 people per game. For Maribel’s game, the gym was packed (it seats about 4,000).
Maribel and her mates won the first game, 80 to 39. Maribel had 18 points and 14 rebounds, and did not play the last seven minutes of the game. The second game, on Friday, was against a much better team. Maribel’s team won, 86 to 60. Maribel had 30 points. It helped that she was five inches taller than the tallest player on the other team.
Today was an off day. We spent the day watching the Men’s and Women’s Division I tournaments on television, and watching Maribel’s team practice. They looked crisp and confident. They reached this game last year, and lost a close one. This year, they are determined to make the trip to Kearney, Nebraska, to play on the final weekend. I’ve watched their upcoming opponent, and they are quite good, but they don’t have anyone who can shoot like Maribel’s co-captain, Amber, and they don’t have a post player as good as Maribel.
There are probably a lot of places to visit in March that are more fun than Kearney, Nebraska. However, there will be no place that I’d rather be. We are all unbearably excited. I doubt that anyone in our family will get much sleep tonight. It would be nice to get a spanking from Angela to help relieve the stress, but, alas, Colette is staying in the same room as we are, so that will be possible. But tomorrow will be here soon, and then we will know if we are Nebraska bound.
I’m not a superstitious person, but I’m going to refrain from using the term “fantastic” until the championship in hopes of bringing them luck.
Her team was rewarded with a number 2 seed in her region. Since all number 1 and 2 seeds get to host the first weekend of the tournament, the first three games are played at Maribel’s school. There were three games on Thursday. The first two games did not involve Maribel’s team, and the attendance for those games was about 500 people per game. For Maribel’s game, the gym was packed (it seats about 4,000).
Maribel and her mates won the first game, 80 to 39. Maribel had 18 points and 14 rebounds, and did not play the last seven minutes of the game. The second game, on Friday, was against a much better team. Maribel’s team won, 86 to 60. Maribel had 30 points. It helped that she was five inches taller than the tallest player on the other team.
Today was an off day. We spent the day watching the Men’s and Women’s Division I tournaments on television, and watching Maribel’s team practice. They looked crisp and confident. They reached this game last year, and lost a close one. This year, they are determined to make the trip to Kearney, Nebraska, to play on the final weekend. I’ve watched their upcoming opponent, and they are quite good, but they don’t have anyone who can shoot like Maribel’s co-captain, Amber, and they don’t have a post player as good as Maribel.There are probably a lot of places to visit in March that are more fun than Kearney, Nebraska. However, there will be no place that I’d rather be. We are all unbearably excited. I doubt that anyone in our family will get much sleep tonight. It would be nice to get a spanking from Angela to help relieve the stress, but, alas, Colette is staying in the same room as we are, so that will be possible. But tomorrow will be here soon, and then we will know if we are Nebraska bound.
I’m not a superstitious person, but I’m going to refrain from using the term “fantastic” until the championship in hopes of bringing them luck.
