LEST Recap

OK...so I kinda missed the Day 2 recap, so we need to wrap it all up here.

Day 2 was "Zoo Day" as we have started to coin it. It started with an early breakfast at the hotel then off to the Gym for the Semi-final game for Gold. We were playing a team from Montana that was a lot taller and faster, but we felt good about our chances. I'll spare you all the X's and O's and cut to the chase...we lost a close one. We came out with a lot of energy but about 1/2 way through the 2nd qtr, we lost a key player to injury. From there they pressured us and we never could quite recover. The loss put us in the game for 3rd place the next day.

Meanwhile the blue team, who won on day 1 (but couldnt advance) played another great game. It was back and forth the whole game, and they ended up winning by 1 point! The coolest part was that since the team they played couldnt make the game the next day, they allowed our guys to play for Consolation. They were super excited.

The girls team also had a great day, coming out on fire and never looking back for their 1st win of the season. The Win kept their hopes alive for 3rd place in their division. Drama also performed, as well as spellers, piano, etc....it was a "Zoo" of a day two!

Day 3 was all about "Victory"....except for the Boys Gold team. The guys played Zion, a team they beat earlier in the season, and although they came out strong, seemed to get sidetracked by a number of things. It didnt help that we lost the same key player to injury again in the 2nd possession of the game. We just couldnt manage anything on offense, and they were hitting almost everything they put up. So, the Gold team went home with nothing :-(

The Blue team on the other hand played by far their best game of the entire season. They showed a ton of patience, took good shots, played great defense, and in the end were victorious to capture the consolation prize! 3 days, 3 wins...and a trophy! The story for the tournament was our girls team, who just the day before earned their 1st win of the year, also played their best game so far and won 3rd place! They were SOOOO excited.

After all the BBall was done, we headed over to the Concordia campus for the awards. Drama took 2nd, Grant got a blue ribbon in Piano (and we think 1st overall, since his name was announced first), 2nd in spelling, Consolation in Knowledge Bowl, etc. Overall a very successful LEST.

LEST means the end of the bball season. Cary and I had a fun time coaching. Every year is always a bit different and you never know what to expect come LEST. Definitely have to thank Steph for all her patience since this is pretty time consuming with practices, games and then the tournament.