The first game was ok- for some reason it was really hard for the diggers (kevin's team- we are from Idaho, so diggers seemed like a great mascot) to get going. Kevin was amazing- everyone said they had never seen someone play defense like that. He also had some assists and steals and three pointers. They had a rough night shooting-7% from outside the key- yes seven. He was all over the place. The game went into overtime but in the end they came out on top.
The second game was a lot of the same. Probably closer to 5% but that one I don't know for sure. No one could buy a bucket and the other team couldn't miss if they tried- I think they even tipped in one of our shots on a rebound. Again, Kevin played a great defensive game and had a sweet three point shot to bring them within one at the end of the game. It was hard to watch them struggle and not be able to do anything about it. They ended up losing by 8 or 9 with having to foul at the end. To make the loss worse, there was a guy sitting behind us from the other team who had an extremely foul mouth and several guys asked him to stop talking like that with all the children around. There were probably 10 kids under the age of 8 sitting with us. He laughed and said he could do whatever he wanted and repeated the explatives. So, suffice it to say we ended up with a police escort out of the game, and so did he. We meaning the people that were with us- it really wasn't just dad this time. No punches were thrown or anything like that but it was pretty stupid anyway. The guy was such a jerk. But- back to the game- we lost and everyone was heartbroken.
The third game was much better. I think they played better in this game than in any other game during the tournament. Still, they never could get rolling like they had during the district tournament. They got down by as many as ten points but never quit fighting and won the game. Kevin played really well again and had some threes and great defensive plays. They won the third place trophy which is a huge accomplishment considering it has been 9 years since the school has even been able to go to the state tournament.
All in all, we had a great time. Misty came with her kids on friday and watched the game. Walker can't quit talking about swimming at the hotel. I just loved to be there and cheer on kev. Having Landen there made it complete. He is such a sweet husband to support my family the way he does, it means a lot to me to be there as much as I can and when he comes it is that much better.
So, despite that horrible heartbreaking feeling of knowing you can win and losing instead, it was a great tournament. I know that feeling goes away after a while because I don't even remember what happened at the state tournaments that I played in. I remember we lost but that's it. It might take a while but eventually we find out what the really important things in life are.
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i love going to games, it's even funner when its family. thats too bad they lost though. sounds like a good tourney tho. and no i haven't started on p90x yet. i really want to, it just coming up with the money to get going. i'm excited tho. we need to get together again soon! love you guys
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