The Final Score

Yes, Sir.  When it was all said and done,
the Kougars came out on top!

Just like the gymnastics team, they were

"the cream of the crop"

"the icing on the cake"

"the tip of the iceberg"

the Mike of the Krzyzewski (huh?)

Here are some highlights. . .

We're #1
Tia, Emmylu, Alex

Coach Annette
The former Miss Floodwood Minnesota.
Oh just look how far she has come!

There were some pretty happy Mom and Daughter Combos after the game.
The Dads? 
Well I did see a few of them standing off in the distance casually wiping a tear or two from their eyes.
How sweet!
I let them have their "private time."

Here are some of the Moms. . .

Marti and Mom

Kayla and Mom

Taylor and Mom

And Sisters. . .

 I couldn't resist sharing this one with you.

It makes me a tad weepy.

In a good way.

O.K. here is the story inside a story.
Tess (on the right) is a junior starter on the team.
Her two sisters played bb in the state tourney back in 2004,
which was the last time the Lady Kougars went to State.

WELL, her two sisters traveled from all ends of the earth
to be at the game to watch Tess play.
It was a family reunion of sorts,

with a very happy ending, I might add.
Weepy, it just makes me weepy.

O.K.,
here's my theory on why we came out on top. . . 

We had better shoes
 They matched.

We had better hair
Just look closely.
It poofed. It twisted.
It crinkled. 
They had cute little headbands.
It poofed. It poofed. It poofed.
(It did all things my hair does not.)
Yes, we had better hair.

We had a better band
Well, we HAD a band.
The other team did not.
They had cheerleaders.  We did not.
That didn't seem to matter, now did it?
We had a better band.

We had better fans
Oh look, that's Rosie from The Pines.
A future Kougar.

 

We had more finesse
Enough said.

We had better moms
and better dads
and better brothers
and better sisters
and better grandmas
and better grandpas
and better aunts and uncles
and better cousins
and better dogs
and better horses
and better. . . .

We made more free throws
Marti was in for "two" on this one.

We were smarter than they were
Academic All-Stars!

And my final reason for coming out on top. . .

We scored more points than they did!

End of Story.

We're goin' to STATE!

Congratulations, Lady Kougars!

Thanks for the memories.

from the range, peace,
kathleen
the handy girl

an added note...

My friend, miss jones, took some of the pix on the blog today.

She said I could post them.

So there.

Thank you, miss jones.