Regions

We traveled to Florence today for the Special Olympics regional tournament. It was an early start, but we survived. The other teams were bigger and more aggressive than any we'd seen in our local district, but our team played well. Xander was happy with the end result.

Game One ...



Xander bringing the ball up the court ...



Xander going up against a defender ...



Bringing it up again ...



Drills with Coach Leslie between games ...



Game Two ...





Game Three ...



Defense (we've been working hard to learn this skill) ...



Another basket ...



And another basket ...



And the crowning moment ... the shiny gold medal as region champions ...



With our awesome Coach Leslie ...



Team cheer ...



#1 ...



Love for our local competitors and runners up in the region ...



Kissing the shiny medal on his way back home ...