Another one down

Yesterday Bonnie and I wrapped up our third season as basketball coaches here at GSIS. It was a rough year for both programs because our school passed the 300 student limit required to stay in the lower division of our athletic conference. This meant that we had to step up and play with the big boys and girls in Division one. Though the caliber of play from most schools (one of the military base schools is really good) still didn't match that of a normal US high school basketball team, it was still a big jump for our students.

Bonnie's girls team went from winning the Division 2 tournament last year to placing 9th (last) in Division 1 this year even though she returned all of her players. I like I said, it was a big jump. The highlight of her season was in the final regular season game when the team got their first (and only) victory of the season. It was tough for her and the girls to go from the mountain top to the valley.

The boys team proved itself to be a little more competitive and placed 7th in the conference tournament. To sum up a crazy tournament we played 4 games in 2 days, one went into overtime and our final game went into double overtime. Our two senior boys got to go out in dramatic fashion with that double OT game to take 7th place.

We enjoyed our time coaching but we are eagerly anticipating the extra free time that will be coming our way now that the season is over.