SHE SHOOTS...SHE SCORES!!!!

My sister is the captain of the varsity basketball team at St. Francis and this past Saturday, my parents and I watched her play the first game of the season. We've watched their team play before and well, they're not pros that's for sure. They appear rattled and out of sync with each other a lot of the time. And this past weekend, when the score at half-time read 24-4 (they were 4), we were sure this game would end depressingly. However, there came a glimmer of hope after the opposing team scored 12 un-answered points. Tin's friend Lissette scored 4 minutes into the second half (they play two 20-minute halves) it seemed as if a fire had been lit right under them. One of the girls from the other team shot one into THEIR basket making it 36-8 and then the game for our Lady Knights really began. My sister had hooked it in for 2 more points, then followed it with a 3-pointer from her best friend Josie. Then they caught up until it was 36-23. They lost 38-23 but it was okay. They played their hearts out those last 15 minutes and our whole side was cheering until the buzzer sounded.

I know some of you think I like to punk Tin a lot, but you also know how amazed I am by her all the time. And that night, I was as ecstatic as ever that someone got a taste of her skills as a baller. Tin's a bit of an artist and she can be really quiet, but she's a jock, make no mistake about that. She had scored 11 points by the end of the night and couldn't be more excited at their performance as a team. Maybe next time the fire'll be lit right at tip-off, but for now, we'll revel that it was ever lit at all.