Battling Sisters

Finally, after 2 weeks of practice, and 2 more weeks of preseason games.. it is time for the season to officially begin. And tonight, it began quite well, as the girls faced the unknown rival of Sisters. Due to the massive restructuring of the Oregon School systems, moving from a 4 tiered school size system to a 6 tiered system, many of the leagues were reorganized. For instance, in our league we lost Creswell and Siuslaw, but then picked up Sisters, near Bend.

What this means is that we have a league match up against a team we know little about. This creates uncertaintly.. how good is the team.. how will they affect the league? All unanswered questions.. And so the team headed over the hill in the new Marist bus, complete with a "senior citizens" sign atop the bus, still unchanged from it's previous owner.

Luckily, everything worked out well... the Marist girls came on strong and solid and beat Sisters in 4 games. Sure, Sisters appeared to be a strong team that who will push us hard, but we did prevail in the league opener.

For me personally, the night was.. odd. Working to save gas money, I hitched a ride over the pass with a parent. That meant I got to ride the bus home. Now, it wasn't as bad as it could have been.. I was expecting an old fashioned, uncomfortable school bus. Instead, I got the new "chartered bus" style, with entertainment system, cozy seats, even a bathroom. My how things have changed! But some things just DON'T change.. things like how a bunch of high school girls can talk.. at 900 miles an hour, at 9000 decibals, while sitting only 6 inches from each other. The only real problem.. the windshield wipers stopped working on the way home, going over the pass.. and yes, it was raining. I just sucked myself into my laptop to video edit and tried to not look at the driving...