She shoots! She scores!!!!!

Wow, wow, wow, wow, WOW!!!!! What a day the Miles girls had playing ball today!

Here Oni is checking in right before the game starts... Warming up- working the ball....

And they were off- Oni started as center again- and was paired with number 20 here- who was on her like Velcro.....

Only today- she didn't get nervous- she found her spine- and WOW- did she have a great defensive day.... I could see a little of myself in her expressions when she was dealing with this girl...

"Sister- you better get off me, or I WILL run you over....."

Same girl- trying to strip the ball from Oni- and Oni having nothing to do with that noise- "give me back that ball!"... and look at Oni's teammate .... the look on her face says "ooooooohhhhhh girllllllll you need to let go of that ball!"

Oni racing the ball back up the court...

taking a well deserved water break in the 3rd....

She shoots- and she scores!!!!!!! I'm sure that people outside on the street could hear Ronnie and me screaming when she hit that jumper! It was the last goal scored for that game!

Our team doing the happy dance!

Coach Mike was beside himself with pride! He sees so much potential in Oni- and it seems like the light finally came on for her this game!

And on three..... "Go Red Hot Fire Monkeys!!!! Whooooo!"

Sadly- the scoreboard says the other team won today- putting their record at 0-4....BUT- our girls won hands down on defense- and they had the other team running- and sort of confused for a good part of the game.... And seriously- are these the faces of a team who felt like they lost???? Really?????

A few hours later- in a gymnasium far, far a way..... Gabbi's game was getting ready to get under way. Here Gabbi is listening to coach Scott before they warm up....and get ready to play some D

And play they did!!! Check out the octopus arms on Gabbi's teammate S here- holy cow!!! These are 6 year olds!!!!! This girl gave Gabbi hell the entire game... she was good- and she was all over Gabbi girl!!!

Here daddy tries to offer Gabbi some counsel on how to handle that girl....And she grabbed the ball and shot and made HER first game goal! Again more screaming and yelling from the Miles....

My goodness we are so proud of how far the kids have come in such a short time- and that they played hard and stayed far more focused than in the games past. Good stuff!