Nationals

  Nationals...........................well I was pretty disappointed we didn't win we lost by 2 points to a not so nice team who stalled the ball for almost the whole game. But lets start from the beginning because it wasn't all bad!

  Thursday we headed down and we stopped for lunch at Wendy's. Then we stopped at a gas station and I bought a book to read on the rest of the way down. When we got to the hotel we were the first ones there so my siblings and I played two hand touch football which was fun. Then my sister and I played arcade games, after that people started showing up and we played ping pong together. After ping pong we ate dinner and went to bed. I was sooooooo nervous it took me hours to fall asleep.

  Friday morning the boys played at 9 am so I went to that since I help coach the boys the poor guys lost. After there game we went to an activity type thing they were putting on for the teams. Some of my teammates did shooting contest and then there was a devotional. After that we went to the hotel and took a nap since our game was late. After our nap we had dinner and headed to the game which started at 9. We won our game by 20 or so points. Then we went to the hotel and went to bed.

  Saturday the boys played at 8;15 I didn't get to go to that since I had to sleep in since our game was late. After breakfast we headed to our game which was at 10;15 we won this game by only three points it was a tough game!!! Wining this game put us in the championship game.

  The championship game started at 3;30 so when we got to the gym the nerves were so high, all we wanted to do was win. We got in the game and we were 7 points behind with 2 and a half minutes left in the quarter they stalled the ball out that entire time my team and I were getting annoyed but our couches said let them stall it out because we were really tired so we would just go full out second half. We get into the second half and they stall every time they get the ball not to mention they have been cussing us out the whole game and there crowd is booing our team.  We played as hard as we could I ended up fouling out with 3 minutes to go in the 4th quarter, so they put our 8th grade sub in for me to run my position as point guard. We ended up losing by 2 points it was tough to lose!!

  But all I can say in the end is my team played with there full hearts and we played hard I am proud of each and everyone of my teammates and I can't tell you how proud I am of the 8th grader who filled my shoes when I fouled out, she showed the other team tho she may be small she can play just as hard and just as well as any high schooler.  I am also so thankful to God for keeping us injury free.

  I thank God for letting us have that season together and I cant wait to get out there next season give it my all and glorify God!!!