Catch up post....

Hey everyone. I am sorry that I haven't been doing a good job keeping up with my blog. I was thinking about coming on here and making up a bunch of excuses about why I haven't been updating you on my life over here...Like, 'I have been very busy', or...'We were traveling a lot', or...'I have been busy Christmas shopping'. Although all those things are true, it isn't the real reason why I haven't been posting blogs over the past couple weeks. The truth is that we have been working very hard on the court as a team and playing some good games, but have come up on the short side of the score several times. It isn't as fun for me to write updates on here when we have lost :) But I guess that isn't fair to those of you who check my blog and never see a new entry.

Since my parents left at the end of Novemeber, we have had several games where we played well but came up short. There was one game in there where we got blown out by a team that we had no business losing to by that much, but other than that miss-step we have been battling hard. We played some teams that are ranked at the top of our league and fought hard with them. The last game in particular we were playing Veroli at home. We got off to a great start and had a 13 point lead near the end of the second quarter, but we gave up some ground going in to the halftime break only up by one possession.

The second half started well as we extended our lead, but again we stumbled towards the end of the quarter by giving up costly turnovers that they turned into timely baskets. We found ourselves down by a few possessions going into the final quarter. We fought hard throughout until the final buzzer, but we couldn't get on a role to dig out of the hole that we made. The final score was 82-92. We played fairly well against a very good team, but it hurts to keep losing while fighting so hard. We are staying together though and staying possitive. We have two games left before Christmas break. Tomorrow (Sunday) at home and then the following Sunday on the road.

I hope everyone is enjoying this Christmas season. Stay warm and keep your loved ones close! God bless you all.

P.S. If you would like to know more details about my life over here, or my individual performances, or any other questions you might have...you can email me at winkelman2209@aol.com. Thanks.