checking in

off to owattana tomorrow morning for a holiday weekend girls hockey tournament. should be fun--hotel supposed to have a water park, and the hockey crowd is usually entertaining to hang out with.

emma's team had a game here tonite in town (against irondale). they tied 1-1 with emma playing what her coaches called her best game of the year. she had a number of very strong plays on defense, including one or two she could have gotten penalties on.

ben's team had a game and won, too. Ben got to play about 5 minutes and scored four points including a jumper from the free throw line and a little hook shot put-back after an offensive rebound. at the JV game, his friend Wyatt had an unbelievable game scoring 25 points on the strength of 7 of 8 shooting from 3 point range. they went to see Como beat St. Bernards in the annual Rice Street hockey cup after their games and it sounded like they had a good time in the somewhat rowdy crowd.