The Junior Girls would like to thank Rebecca Robinson for chaperoning and Lyle Friesen for driving the bus all weekend! I know the girls appreciated both of you and all your help and support! Thanks as well to Cierra for joining us as Manager and doing all the stats for the games!
Congratulations to all our players! We had a lot of fun, played some great games, met some good people, and enjoyed a successful weekend! The girls were well-behaved in the hotel, enjoyed each other's company, and worked together well on the floor. We had a nice pizza social hosted by the home team on Friday night. Later, some of our girls competed successfully in the team Skills Competition - NVSS teams placed first and third overall! Before our games Friday, we stopped for pasta at Boston Pizza. Saturday, we visited Tim Hortons between games, and on our way out of Williams Lake we had some Dairy Queen to celebrate our success on the way home!
There were only 2 small difficulties to mar an otherwise perfect trip - Ameera was sick on Friday morning and missed the trip, and Carrie was unwell Saturday night on the trip home. I hope you both feel better soon!
We divided our team up for this weekend event, fielding 2 teams so that Columneetza could run an 8-team tournament! Our Grade 9 team played very well, losing 2 close games to Columneetza and Correlieu before Coach Randi and her girls found a winning formula in their final match against Williams Lake. The Grade 10 team was happy with their effort - after winning 2 games handily, they earned an exciting 4 point victory over a tough and competitive Williams Lake Secondary to take the championship!
It was great to have Ron and Darlene Fawcett down on Saturday to watch the girls play. On their way home from the coast, the Eglis also stopped to say 'hi', and check up on Nicole! Many of the girls were on the phone or texting family to let everyone know how we did - I know because of the number of faces buried in a blue-white light after each game and on the bus home! :)
I was sorry that our Grade 10 team missed the opportunity to play the Columneetza home team this weekend, but we will see them again at the NVSS tournament in January and may get a chance then! We will also be seeing Columneetza at the Immaculata tournament in Kelowna in February.
In upcoming news - we will field a squad against D.P. Todd ( P.G.) this coming Friday and Saturday (Dec.2-3). We have arranged for an Activity bus, and Ron Fawcett has agreed to drive Friday night. We do not yet have a driver for Saturday, Dec. 3.
If there is anyone who could drive for us on Saturday, please let me know asap!
Our season will heat up a bit more this month, as we play a 'home' game against Burns Lake on Tuesday (Dec.6), a tournament at Duchess Park, P.G. (Dec.9-10), and our final pre-Christmas basketball game will take place in an 'away' game against Fort St. James on Tuesday (Dec.13).
