Basketball Season

It's February - which means basketball has finished for the girls (Cambry - JH manager and Delaney - biddy ball), and is winding down for the third. Caiden only has about 3 more games this season, and it is amazing how much I am disappointed about that. We have enjoyed watching Caiden grow and improve this year with his team. The team as a whole has been fun to watch - they seem to mesh well, play hard, and look like they really enjoy playing the game!

The biddy ball season ended last weekend with some scrimmages due to a couple of games being cancelled because of weather. Delaney's team scrimmaged the 4th grade girls, and then the 5th grade teams scrimmaged their high school buddies. Afterwards - donuts for everyone! We kind of hope this becomes a tradition. Unfortunately, Delaney's buddy, Kaleigh Guhr was at piano contest so she was unable to be there. Caiden did have a chance to catch up with his buddy, Dawson, a third grader.

Athena, Elaina, Lydia, Jo, Quinli, Delaney and their
faithful coaches: Porclein, Chelan, and Caiden
(not sure why Caiden is so serious!)

Best buds!

The buddies were recognized at a home basketball game - Kaleigh and Delaney, Caiden and Dawson (#36).

Caiden's team won their JV tournament easily this year - that hadn't happened in quite a few years! They went 3-0!

That old guy's still got it!

Extra practice after the tourney!

Caiden has a good lay-up at the end of this video:

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Surprise!

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