Chase's basketball season

Chase had a great basketball season.  It was amazing to see how much he and his team improved over the months.  Coach L. has been wonderful.  She has taught them so much!  She's been very positive with the boys.  It was hard to get any "action" shots of Chase.  He's really improved on his dribbling, shots and defense.  He's a mean defender!  By the end of the season, he would take some shots on the basket, and dribble more.  It was so great to see his confidence improve.  

Chase's team had a surprising upset during the tournament.  For their quarter final game, they played a team that had beat them by 20 points.  They were ranked third and we were ranked sixth.  We were worried it was going to be another blow out but Chase's team put their skills to the test.  They stayed ahead until the last 10 minutes and then  the other team caught up to them.  But their team fought so hard and was able to pull off the win.  The other team did not have very nice players and parents on it.  They were lacking in good sportsmanship.  So it was priceless to see their shocked faces when our little team beat them.  It was awesome!!!  Our boys were ecstatic!!!  We couldn't believe that we made it to the semi-finals. It was a huge improvement over last season.  (Last season we only played one game in the tournament.)  After our exciting win, the team went to Ice Burg to celebrate our great season.  Coach L. got trophies for all the boys.  She presented them one at a time and pointed out each boys strength.  It was great!  Chase was so excited to get another trophy.  The semi-final game was the next morning and unfortunately we didn't win.  We played a team that beat us last time by 20 points so we were excited that they only beat us by 10 for the final game.  We were still on a high from our quarter final game.   We were so proud of Chase's team and how hard they fought! 

Chase's team:  The Blaze (starting on the left: Dan, Luke, Coach L, Evan, Joran, ?, Chase, Reed, ? and Luke's Dad)

Coach L. presenting Chase with his trophy. She's been a wonderful coach!