Provincials

With Barkers team winning Silver and Remys team winning Bronze- both teams were invited to Provincials this year!

Provincals is in Edmonton at Saville Community Sports Centre. Have you been there?

It is insane- it features 

12 Full-size FIBA Basketball Courts 

25 Volleyball Courts 

Ortona Gymnastics Facility 

Competition Gym with seating for 2500 

30 Badminton Courts 

8 Indoor Tennis Courts 

10 Curling Sheets 

Fitness Centre

Imagine all that- now picture a inadequate parking lot, in winter in freezing Edmonton. HAHA

What a weekend.

Friday started off great with both of them winning their first game. Barker played at 12:30pm which was kinda a bummer- having to drive through Calgary in rush hour. But the drive up was uneventful- Barker and Remy just chilling on the way. Barkers game was fun to watch- they boys took the first half before they were in their stride- but they got there. We headed of to Montanas for a late lunch with his team- where the boys were boys... A stop to check into the hotel- the boys wanted to swim for a bit- but the hotel pool was terrible so they lasted all of 5 minutes before they were over it.

At this point Remy was getting ready to play her game at 6:30 but she did NOT feel well. She was fevered and really tired. A big drink of water, some food and a Advil and she was ready to play. Got back to Saville centre and parking was a nightmare- after looking for a spot for 20 minutes I finally let Barker and Remy out- told them what court to head to and I kept looking! Finally finding a spot in the overflow a 10 minute walk away. It was nuts- I walked into her game as it was starting.  She played really well- like one of her best games of the season with lots of baskets and steals- they won handily but by the time it was over Remy just needed sleep. Back to the hotel where sleep was hard to come by with kids running the halls and Remy fevered and uncomfortable.

Saturday games started for us at 10am and so we were there ready to go by 9:20am. With time to watch Baylee Bennett play a bit before heading to Remy's first game. Remy's team had a rough Saturday- they played 3 games games- 10am, 3:30pm and 8:30pm. Not winning one- 2 of the games were close and the girls played hard (half the girls crying in the second game)- but the reality is- they are a young and small team. They have one taller girls, with lots of little point guards. By the late game they were all exhausted. It was the bronze metal game of provincials but they were slaughtered.  Remy was super super done by the end- she needed a couple days to recover. 

 

  Barker played 12:30pm and 5:00pm. The 12:30 game was soo stressful to watch. The game was super close they entire time. It was 46-44  as the third period was ending. They played hard with LOTS of fouls and a really fast pace game ending with a win 56-52. Barker played but not a ton. It was a huge team and he had a hard time getting to the basket.

The Gold Metal game at 5pm was against the same team we played Gold for in Cities. 

Airdrie. 

The game started off and you could just tell both teams were tired. The game was super low scoring with 19-14 for Airdrie at half time. 

This is when Barker came out of his shell and decided to just freaking rock it. Between the third and fourth period Okotoks found their second wind and by 2:45 left in the game they were up 52-31. Barker played the best he has played all season. He made 12 baskets not including foul shots and rocked the socks off the other team. It was crazy fun. 

Congratulations boys.