Basketball update

We had an exciting first day of Upward basketball today. Rachel's game was first, and she looked good. By that I mean that she had the jersey with the matching hair bow and basketball shorts. She got off to a rough start when she showed up with her reversible jersey showing the yellow side. The coach told her, and the rest of the team, to switch it to the purple side. Then when both teams found their benches, we discovered that the purple team was playing the purple team. It turns out that she (ok, Mom) was right all along, and we were the yellow team. With that crisis solved we played. Rachel's team has a couple of pretty good players, so we jumped to a big early lead, at one point scoring 18 unanswered points. There was never a serious challenge to the lead, and we won going away 40-14. Rachel played stifling defense between the social visits with the opposition. She also found the time to pour in 2 points. An admirable effort for her very first game. After the game she was awarded the team honor of "best offense"!
The second game was not as one-sided as the opener. Drew's team had a shaky start, scoring only 4 points in the first six minutes. The good news was that all those points were scored by Drew. He showed a good head for the game, and had a solid all-around performance. His defense was also sound, and he grabbed several rebounds. Early in the game he even deflected a pass with his head. While the team finished stronger than they started, they were unable to fight their way back and they lost 29-40 in a game closer than it sounds. Drew finished with 6 points. We are eagerly anticipating next week's contest.