Sectional Finals

What an exciting day!

Gage's family gathered for the big game.

Parents Kyle & Heather,
Aunts Lora & Angie, Grandma Lois & Great Aunt Wanda

Gage arriving, game face on.

Cousin Anders, Sister Ruby & her pals had their seats picked out

Cousin Emily (Red Jacket) and her crew

Cousin Noah home from North Dakota, with little buddy Jude

Brother Jack home from college with little brother Jude.

Soon it was time for the opening tip off.

The Luck Cardinals played a great first half, with few mistakes and many great plays.

It was intense, Jude's expression says it all.

Gage was firing the three pointers from way behind the arc.

Gage had a bunch of rebounds, I'm not sure of the exact stats.

The shot that brought the crowd to their feet was this 3 pointer at the halftime buzzer.

Up by 5 at halftime.

In all the times we have played McDonell in tournament play, I don't remember that we ever led, during the whole game...but in this game, the Cardinals led the entire first half.

My niece Emily was making a statement about the fairness of this game location.

Gage never gave up, nor did any of his teammates.

The second half was more physical and maybe the refs could have called a few more fouls.
The refs are always an easy scapegoat.

 So, the end result was not what we wanted.

The good news is, only 2 members of the team were seniors, so the starting 5 will all be back next year.  I think I'll book a room at Madison now for next year's state tournament.

Cardinal Pride is strong! 

Aunt Lois (the other great aunt) sent me a couple of photos today from the Chippewa Falls paper.  I'm the one with the camera in my face in the 1st photo and the ball in front of my face in the second.