Just got home from watching Gabi's 4th basketball game at ICE and she did AWESOME today! She is learning so much and has come so far already. We are very proud of her! Unfortunately, her team was beat today 19-29 but I can tell you, what an improvement. From what I have seen thus far, out of the four teams competing, the one we played today seemed to be the best. So, we will see how things progress. Unfortunately, next weekend Gabi is in a wedding and the following weekend is Individual Wrestling State that we plan to go to. I believe there is only one more game after that so I am glad that she did so well today. Gabi had 6 points out of the 19 they scored. She made 1 basket for 2 points and 4 free throws (out of 6) which means she was fouled three times. Ben and I laughed so hard when the game was over and she said to me and Ben, "I overexaggerated like Luke Harangody (her fav ND player) does to get more points!" And we were most impressed with how aggressive she was! The coach even said they learned a few plays but told Gabi just to go as fast as she could, that they couldn't stop her. Check out the videos below to see how quick she is as point guard. And the one where she makes 2 for 2 free throws. I have to chuckle watching Gabi run into her own team mate when she is done though. She has truly come a long way and is really enjoying basketball. I think Gabi is most excited that she is involved in a sport and loves the fact that we are supporting her now like we have been supporting the boys in wrestling and football. So very proud of my girl!
Rooting for Trenton from afar today as he is in Wisconsin at a wrestling tournament. Since he has weighed in at 149 lbs. he was unable to wrestle 141 lbs. this week and he feels like he pays for that. Because he gives up so much weight and if you see some of the guys wrestling 149 lbs. you would see exactly what I mean. He was very discouraged to tell us that he went 2 and out today. We had to reiterate to him that he is back to the bottom of the food chain again...a freshman. The experience truly does help. We told him to hang in there and continue to work hard but I think it fell on deaf ears. With the combination of his losses, not feeling well and his knee blowing up again, he just was ready to give up today. It makes me feel bad because I think he does better when we are with him to watch. I just wish I could be in several different places at one time and at the blink of an eye, but I can't and it's tough for me to digest. But, needless to say, we are always proud of Trenton and how hard he works. That stubborness is part of who he is. And as for Mishawaka...our team is advancing 13 out of 14 wrestlers to semi state. Tyler went to support his team and help coach Darius (his replacement at 145 lbs). So proud of all of them, but especially my own three children today.
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