Well, the NCHEAC state homeschool basketball tournament didn't go as well for us as we had hoped.  We went to Greensboro yesterday morning ready to stay overnight in a hotel for 2 days of tournament play. In the early afternoon game, Sarah's girls varsity team lost a heartbreaker in overtime against a team they had beaten easily earlier this season. That put them in the Consolation Bracket, and they won that game pretty easily yesterday afternoon.  Eric's JV team had their 1st game at 4:30 against the Hawks, so we expected a tough match, and it was. The game was tied at half time,  but Eric fouled out early in the 4th quarter, and one of our best players was recovering from the flu and just wasn't making his shots, so we couldn't keep up with the Hawks in the 2nd half.  The JV consolation game was at 8 PM against the Storm, another tough team.  Craig was feeling sick and very tired after that first game, and then he twisted his ankle, and a minute later, Eric was down on the floor with a sprained ankle. The other boys played valiantly, but Storm ran away with that game. 

So the area hotels got a slew of room cancellations and the Lighthouse teams headed home at the end of the day. 

Good thing we bought a pair of crutches last year!  Amanda was using them last weekend after twisting her ankle, and now Eric is to be off his foot for a week.  I did take him to the doctor this morning, since he was in a great deal of pain last night and had trouble getting any sleep.  But she was confident nothing was fractured.  She said he MAY be able to play on it next Friday night, when the varsity has one more tournament to play in.  They were called this week and asked to be in a small school tournament after another team cancelled. We'll see.  

Check out Lea's blog to see how the Hawks did in the tournament. Her son plays on the middle school and JV teams ( and some varsity too )

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