Warriors vs. Grace River Forest

In case you've lost count, today's game was the 5th game in 8 days.  But if exhaustion didn't effect how we played, then injuries definitely did.  We started out short one of our players, and had to pull out a few more during the game due to additional injuries.  But the Warriors fought hard and gave it a good effort, in spite of the odds.  As you view the pictures, you'll see the balance was a bit uneven in this match.  We were outsized in more than one dimension!  However, each game is another lesson learned, more experience gained, and it's more fun than homework or working on that science project, right???





We actually started out well.  We got the first basket and kept Grace hopping for awhile.  I don't think they expected much out of our little band of players, but we surprised them and stayed ahead of them for the first several minutes of the game.



By the end of the 1st quarter, Grace recovered and started putting the pressure on.





Hmmm...either the players have to slow down or someone needs to buy me a new (better!) camera!!!





Sorry for the blurry image.  Yes, it reads 24 to 8.  The 2nd quarter didn't go too well for us.





Problem number 2: The other team kept getting in the way of my shots!





Ouch!





Another blurry picture, but who really wants to see the score anyway?  
However, on the bright side, we kept their gain in this last quarter to three points while we gained seven, so that means we won the quarter at least!

 Warriors don't quit and it was good to see them give their best effort all the way through to the end, in spite of the injuries and other setbacks.  There's been a lot of progress in that regard.  The other things we definitely improved on in this game was our free throw shots.  I don't have any stats at this point but I'm pretty sure that we increased our percentage of baskets this time around.  Way to go!