A Birthday, A Rematch, Two Champions


GraceAnne turned 13 on Saturday! Yay Grace! I still remember the first day I met her... she was just a squirmy little blip on a sonogram. Much bigger and more amusing now 14 years later.

St John's beat Louisville last night and has a rematch tonight with UConn in the Big East Tournament semi-finals. Should be a great game. Grace got to workout with Laura at St Johns last Thursday and we'll see her again this Thursday. Hopefully she will have a BIG smile!

Yesterday GraceAnne's Swarm team won their sixth game in 8th-9th grade Island Garden Super League in a blow-out. The win clinched a spot in the playoffs which begin March 14th. First AAU Tournament is March 24th-25th.

Congratulations Ashleigh on winning the Nassau County A Championship!
Grace's friend and teammate Ashleigh Sheerin's North Shore Varsity team won the Nassau County A Championship on Saturday. Congratulations to Ashleigh and to my alma mater North Shore. The game will be televised this afternoon. Grace and I are looking forward to watching it before the St Johns UConn game. North Shore next plays Glenn, the Suffolk County A Champion, at Farmingdale on Friday for the Long Island Championship, if they win they go upstate... very exciting!

After Grace's game yesterday we went to CW Post to watch St Anthony's beat St John The Baptist for the Long Island Catholic High School Athletic Association AA League Championship (hope I got that right...). Grace's teammate Tristyn Hudson's sister, who also happens to be her coach Allen Hudson's daughter (see how I did that) plays for St Anthony's. Congratulations Taylah! It was a fun game with St John's nipping at St Anthony's heels all the way up until the final minute. Could have gone either way but the favorite eventually pulled it out.

Next Swarm game Thurs.... ooops! Just realized Grace will have to reschedule her workout at St Johns...

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