TOURNAMENT!!!!!

Zachary's first game was at 5:00. If they won, they play again at 8:15. If they lost, they would play at 7:00. The first game, they played Crossroads 10 (a homeschool group). They won that game 34-16 (we think that was the score). The Crossroad kids were very well trained, but very short. We think they were 10 year olds, but aren't sure.

I forgot to mention that we are the team in red. Zachary is #34.

Here is Zachary waiting for the rebound. Notice how short the other teams' players were.


Intense instructions from the assistant coach.


After winning the first game, we ate our packed picnic lunch and waited until 8:15 for the second game. For the championship game, they open both courts and we will be playing on a full court for the FIRST time! Most of our games have been on church gyms or elementary school gyms. The guys should be thoroughly exhausted by the end of the game. The previous game started late, so our game would be late too. We started after 8:45. We ended our game around 9:50. It was a long night.

The guys are getting ready for the tip-off, notice how tall Zachary's opponent is to him. Zachary lost the tip-off, but only missed it by half a finger length. That is how far Zachary can jump - like springs on his feet.


The following are videos of the game. This will give you a taste of how the "Eagles" play.


See how the white team steals the ball from us:





Third quarter score - we were winning:


Since we were winning at the end of the 3rd quarter, the other team got scared (jk), and put their taller guys in. When they did that, we started to lose. The final score:


If you think that wasn't enough, after the games and a 1 1/2 hour drive, Zachary had a youth group all-nighter to attend. We picked him up this morning (Saturday) at 7:30. We thought he should take a nap, but he didn't think that was a good idea. This afternoon, they go to Trinity for their third "Chemistry Connections" class. I hope they don't fall asleep in the middle of that.