Final Basketball Trip

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After deciding at the last moment to go with me, Mary, Buster, and I headed from South Lyon, Michigan to our first stop on our final basketball trip for the year. Originally we had planned a two part trip, with me going down on the Amtrak train, staying at the Indiana house from Monday 2/27 to Monday 3/5. Then after a train trip home, Mary and I would drive down together and stay at her sister's home in Mishawaka Indiana till the 13th of March. We would stay there while her sister Lois and husband Mark Black would take a vacation and we would keep Mary's Mom company.

Instead we went together for the entire trip. We headed first to Elkhart Christian Academy where our girls faced some very tough opponents. The elementary girls with Libby were able to eke out a win, 15 to 9, but the Junior High girls fell behind early in the game, and the lead of the opposing team only grew as the game wore on.


Junior High teams are made up of 7th and 8th graders, and sometimes girls from other ages are allowed to play up or down if the other team and rules permit it. We always encourage our girls to play up if possible, and never down, to bring our girls up their skills, rather than focusing on the win.  In our case we had at least two of our 6th graders play up just to make a full roster. 
Delaney, left, 6th grade, Katlin, center, 8th grade, Ely, right, 7th grade
Combine that with the fact that we only had one 8th grader, and this made for a very young team. This normally didn't hinder us, for several of the girls had played together since the second grade, and their favorite pastime was taken on older, bigger teams and shutting them down.
But this time was different. The opposing team had 6 8th grade girls, and may have played down a 9th grader to fill their roster. Yes we allowed it. It gives our girls the chance to play higher skill levels.
Allie, my 13 year old 5' 4" grand daughter is standing between her friends Kaylin Brody, 6 foot one inch at age 13, and her sister Anna Brody, age 11. They joined the MCAC this year. It's their first year of basketball, and they are already making a powerful contribution.
I knew we were in trouble when they stole the ball from us almost as much as we stole the ball from them. (Stealing the ball is our specialty.) Final score for the Junior High was Elkhart Christian - 31, our team 9. Allie made 7 of those points. 6'1" Kaylin also made a basket. More to come later.


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