now that's excitement

I'm watching the Republican Presidential Candidates' Debate this evening and it's being pretty exciting. Tomorrow evening my family and I will watch the super bowl and I'm sure it will have its exciting moments.  But for sheer  nail biting, edge of the seat tension and excitement you can't beat the basketball game I saw this morning. At 9:00 am the sixth grade girls' basketball teams from St. Charles (my granddaughter's team) and St. Vincent's met to decide the conference championship.  Let me tell you these gals know how to hustle.  Sixth graders play four 6-minute quarters and these two teams were very well matched.  The scoring went like this: at the end of the first quarter the score was tied 2 to 2.  I did say these were high tension games, not necessarily high scoring.  By the end of the first half the St. Vincent Panthers had pulled ahead, 7 to 4.  At the end of the third quarter St Vincent still led but the gap was closing - St. Charles Cardinals 9, St. Vincent 11.  By the way the St. Charles Cardinals' colors are red and white, bringing back fond memories of Ball State's mascot and colors. In the fourth quarter the Cardinals pulled ahead 13 to 12.  In the last two minutes St. Charles led 17 to 15. Then it was tied 17 to 17.  Then, in the last three seconds St. Charles scored again and won, 19 to 17!!! Yeah, hooray, much celebration on our team's side.  My granddaughter now has her first basketball trophy and plans to play again next year.  She still doesn't get a lot of playing time in each game but she's learning and is doing much better than when she started. You go girl.