Basketball and a.... Lion!

What an awesome Day! Got a message this morning that a friend's husband had gotten a mountain lion last night (there is a mt. lion hunting season.) She said I was welcome to go look at it if I wanted. It was on the porch of their house about 10 minutes from us. So I called Rob, next door, to see if he wanted to go look at it with me, and he said of course! It was pretty freaking cool! What an amazing animal! They are apparently always watching you when you are in the woods, and you just never see them. Super sneaky. Always in the back of my mind when Mt. Biking. It's paw was the size of my hand, and it was about 6 feet long!

I have been in several overtime games with Middle School basketball teams, and have always come out on the losing end. Took care of that one tonight! We were playing the #1 team (Summit) in the league at our house. Played great the first half, and then laid a goose egg the 3rd quarter while they scored a bunch. Down by 7 to start the 4th quarter. Some aggressive steals off the press and a timely 3 and we tied it up with 4 seconds left!!! Held them on defense and into overtime where we took control until they drained a 3 with less than a minute left in overtime to cut it to 1. They fouled us immediately, and we drained our next 2 free throws to seal the win! Great win! Great team effort to comeback! Great fun!!! Love coaching this age level! 2 more practices then the league tourney and the season is over!