It's Just A Game

We road-tripped down to Wisconsin Dells today for double-header hoops action between Assumption and Barneveld.

This non-conference match-up is a huge rivalry for the girls especially, since Barneveld beat us by 4 points for the state championship in 2014 and we beat them by 4 points for the state championship in 2013. Always intense.

Now hubby and I had never been to the JustAgame Fieldhouse. (Cool name, eh?) Quite an impressive facility in downtown Dells. Depending on the event, it accommodates 6 full-length basketball courts or 10 full-length volleyball courts. Plus it has 4 locker rooms, a handful of concession stands, a sporting goods store and a Hall of History. They must haul in people (and cash) all year. Wow.

The Wisconsin basketball historic displays were pretty cool. They highlighted everything from last year's championship teams and all-state players, to Wisconsin high school kids who went onto college careers and overall lists of successful players and coaches.

In one of the hallways, Jim noticed this board, which included coaches with the most wins.

Upon closer inspection, you see why it is special? My old science and biology teacher – oh, and girls basketball coach – Mr. Messar made the board! He's been coaching since I was in high school so, yeah, that's a lot of years.

Not to age myself.

Back to hoops action...

As expected, the girls game was a close one with constant lead changes between the Royals and the Golden Eagles. Pretty darn nerve-wracking. But, Assumption came away with the win by 1 point! Awesome.

The boys game followed immediately after. The Royals jumped out to a quick lead but Barneveld closed the gap quickly in the second half. That became another nail-biter. Again, Assumption was victorious though!

Good times.

We had ridden with friends with a daughter on the team. On the way home we stopped somewhere south of Rome and north of Adams at a bar called Mo's. Excellent food! Pretty sure none of us needed supper tonight.

I felt like taking a nap but instead got motivated to get some scrapping stuff in order. Camp Crop-A-Lot is only 2 weeks away!

Time to get MY game face on!