District Runner Up - South Warren Middle School - 7th Grade Girls

Floor burns, broken toenails, knots, weak ankles, (all of Karson's current ailments) sweat and perseverance paid off this weekend for our 7th grade girls.  Our basketball team finished strong this weekend at the District tournament defeating Franklin Simpson in the first game, a nail-biter semi-finals game with Allen County and the finals with Bowling Green.  Bowling Green always has a strong team and clobbered us in the finals.  We already knew it was probably going to be that way - so I told Karson to have fun and do her best not to get hurt.  No amount of prepping though can prepare you for a good ol'fashion'd butt whoopin'.  BGJHS ran up the score almost immediately in the first quarter, and I could tell Karson was fighting back the tears.  She has so much heart and is so competitive.  Thankfully, their coach stopped pressing us and did some subbing from the bench.  Whew!  The girls played their best but were no match for the Purples, 47-22 final score.  That's ok!  We will take the 2nd place finish and hold our heads up high for a wonderful season!

Karson snagged 9 of the 22 points in the finals and was pleased with her game.  She and Coach Manion celebrating!

Karson has quite a few Purple friends - she and Whitaker have played competitively against each other since 1st grade and have become friends through the years.  She's a phenomenal athlete and very kind.  She and Karson sent the sweetest texts to each other after the game.  Sportsmanship at it's best!  We went to Pizza Hut with the Vernon's (Tucker at center) after the game which made the night even better!  We're thankful the season is over.  Karson has been pulling double duty the last two weeks with BRAVO practice and basketball.  It'll be nice to focus on volleyball moving forward.  We have a tournament this weekend!