Track

So i was really enjoying being able to come after school. Lay back and relax. And then track had to start. But I've now realized how much fun it is. It's just a more fun (funner?) atmosphere. Everyone's so happy and smiley and chill. It's terrific! I do the sprinting workouts, then I go and do High Jump, long, and shot. Oddly enough, my sophomore coach is the high jump coach.... although she's never high jumped. She did do pole vault though so I guess she kind of knows what she's doing. She's fun to have around though. Except once, when I was High jumping, I went and jumped and fell off the other side. Every one was cracking up. She said "That was stupid" and left it at that. She is unfathomable.... But other than that I've got nothing to do... except catch up on math homework. I used to like it, but then it got hard so... not so much fun anymore. that's all for now!

Our Last Game

Yesterday we finished off our season against American Fork with a one point lead. It was the most intense game I've ever played in. This is how it went down...
We were down by four with about 30 seconds left on the clock. AF was throwing the ball in under our basket. I was gaurding the girl who was throwing it in so I was jumping up and down, going crazy. She went to throw it over my head, but i tipped it and went up for a shot. I missed, but I got fouled. Now we've got about 20 seconds left. Thanks to my dad for telling me to get a new free throw routine I made both my free throws. AF went to throw the ball in again and Brookie T. (our 3 point shooter) fouled her. Luckily we still had a couple of fouls left until AF was in bonus so they took it out on the side line. We now have seven seconds left, and we're down by two. I was on ball, freakin out again, and she lobbed it up and Haileigh (a post) tipped it then chased after and got the ball. She passed it in to Jen (also a post with phenomenal skill) who went up for a shot, and as the buzzer rang, made a shot and was fouled. Now we're tied with no time left on the clock, and Jen has one shot to win the game. It was so intense seeing her go up to the free throw line. She went through her routine.... took a deep breath, and took the shot. SWISH!!! The crowd (on our side anyway) went insane, we all ran onto the floor and tackled Jen. So we finished off our season with an 11-9 record. SWEET!

Basketball, Basketball, and guess what! More Basketball!!!

This season has been so much fun! At least I realize that now since we've got one practice and one game left. Since I haven't really talked about this at all, I guess I'll just sum it up. It started out with tryouts. There were two freshman, (who didn't really try out, we just pulled them up) seven sohpies, ten juniors, and two seniors. All in all we had about 21 players if I can count right. We started out practicing seperately. Sophomores would practice in "the upstairs gym" or Landmark High, and JV and Varsity practiced together in the girls' gym. It was working out great that way... until someone got hurt... and then someone else got hurt.... and another, and another..... until now. We have about fifteen girls to play on three different teams and now sophs practice with JV/varsity. It's fun. The coaches are awesom. Head Coach and sophomore english teacher, we have Johnson. She puts the "laughter" into "Man-slaughter". She's a marathon runner so... lots of conditioning, but it's only a sidedish to our full course meal of fun. Not to mention she is hilarious!!! Next we have Cramer. JV coach and history teacher. I'm pretty sure every guy in our school has a "crush" on her. Anyway I feel like she is the most sane one... Don't know for sure yet, but as far as i've seen she's relatively normal. Next is Coach A. Well, well, well. Sophomore coach and teaches UCBT. She's quite hilarious and short, but I won't judge. She's made this season so much fun... for the most part. :) And let's not forget Nikki Brown. Fresh out of high school, she has been Coach A's assisstant coach for the sophomores. She is awesome (except that she strips the ball from me every time I try to go up) and she's always making us better. Sometimes I don't think she's knows what she's doing, coaching wise, but she'll figure it out. I love 'em all.
The players are great and they all have their own personalities, despite the fact that half of them are out because of injuries. There is a new school opening up next year, Maple Mountain. It's a little sad because Salem Hills just opened last year, so we lost some players then, but now we may be losing more. :(. Sad day!!! Well that's about all. The house is coming a long. If you want to see pics go check out my dad's blog. It's got some AWESOME paintings!! *wink wink. Enjoy!