First Times Three

First

It's been a long day... but it's been a good one. Savanna played her first two games of basketball as a Leo Hayes Lion today and it was a day of firsts for her. She's a pretty good basketball player... she could be very good if she gave it her all and lived the game, but she doesn't and that's very okay. She has lots of other interests and she's a pretty well rounded kid. She was pretty aggressive on the court as evidenced by the four fouls she was called on in the first half of the first game. Needless to say with the reffing as it was, she was called with number five late in the third quarter and history was made with first number one... she fouled out of a basketball game. That's never happened to her before. I was proud of her... it showed an aggression on the court that she often lacks and needs to play a good game. Hopefully she can do that more often without all the fouls.

Second

Very late in the fourth quarter of the second game, Savanna got hit, went down and stayed down. She just layed there and I heard her crying, which she never does on the court, so after she was down about a minute, I went out to see what happened. She got the wind knocked out of her when she was hit by two other girls from both the back and the front. Her second first of the night as she never had this happen to her and had no idea what it was or how to deal with it. I coached her through it and she was fine. I, on the other hand, had another gray hair as a prize.

Third

She caught her breath just in time to shake hands with the opposing team and line up for the player of the game announcements when number 11 was called as player of the game for the Lions. I was thrilled... as I imagine she was since this was the first time ever that she was to get player of the game. First number three and the best was definitely saved for last.

She played good basketball tonight... learned a couple of things and was rewarded for a good job on the court. She's a great kid and a pretty good basketball player and I'm very proud of her. And, I'm definitely her number one fan on and off the court!