Keeping Up

Haven't been keeping up lately. GraceAnne has three varsity games this week, Mon., Wed., Fri.. Natives are getting restless. The team is 4-4 but some of the losses were very ugly, especially the most recent one this past Friday. Focus didn't seem to be there. Teams should show a steady progression over the course of the season, especially teams this young, this talented.... parents appear to be considering bringing pitchforks and torches to games. Coach looks like a deer in the headlights. I'm staying out of it. That said, this week should be a good test of whether they have actually regrouped after what sounded like a good Sat. morning practice.

Earlier in the week GraceAnne took a trip up the the Westchester Civic Center with Stone to watch LuHi play Irvington and later St Anthony's against Ossining. Both top LI teams lost in competitive games. Great for Woody to see players like Saniya Chong, Brittni Lai and Lexi Martins... they've worked hard to get to the next level. That's what Grace needs to do if she hopes to get to the next level as well. After those two games they headed back to Baldwin to catch Tom Catapano's Bruins against North Babylon.

Also went down to Princeton last week to watch our Tigers beat Drexel. Wonderful, fantastic, phenomenal to see Courtney Banghardt, Milena Flores and especially Megan Griffith! Princeton coaching staff is tremendous. Megan was so positive and seemed so happy it made me smile just thinking about it for the next few days. Princeton and Jadwin gym always seem to help me recharge and I know Grace feels the same.

Pro-Hoops workout with Jay Hernandez on Sunday. Grace Stone came along this week and it was fun to see her working on her game! Great kid! Woody and Stone, always pushing themselves to get better.