LEST Day 1 Recap

After heading down to Portland after school yesterday, today marked the first day of the Tournament.  Our Gold Team (8th graders) played in the morning.  We played against a team from California that our Blue team lost to last year (by a lot).  So, we didnt know exactly what to expect.  The guys came out and played an awesome game, with a lot of energy and we raced away with the game.   We were a bit worried when we learned just before the game that our starting center had cracked open his head diving into the swimming pool the night before and was at the ER until 2am getting 13 stiches...Yikes!  Luckily he didnt have to play a lot and had a chance to rest.  The win puts the Gold team into the Semi-finals against a team from Kalispell MT.  Wish us luck!

The game of the day was when our Blue Team (7th Graders) played against Peace Bremerton.  It was right after the Gold game so we raced over to the other Gym to watch.  When we arrived we were down 8-0 and fell behind by as much as 13-0.  It wasnt looking good.  However, the team rallied back, played SUPER hard and was able to get the lead on two free throws with 46sec left.  We made one last basket after a turnover to put the game away...Might have been the most exciting game I have seen in a long time!

Unfortunatley the girls team didnt win their game.  We didnt have a chance to watch it, but they played hard and gave it their best.  They play for the consolation tomorrow.

That's it for now.  More tomorrow.