Twos a Charm

This weekend Drew played in 2 different basketball tournaments.  Due to injuries and family trips planned for the weekend, the team needed a couple more players to fill each tournament roster.  Drew lucked out and got to play in an extra tournament.   

On  Saturday, the team won the Pine Island basketball tournament.  Drew made a game winning shot with about 1 second left in the first game of the tournament.  The next two games were not as close...thank goodness.

On Sunday, another group of boys played in the Rochester Lourdes tournament.  They won all three games pretty handily.  It was a fun weekend of basketball.... not much got done at home.  Oh well.. that is what July is for!  Here are a few pics from this weekend.

 Pine Island Champions

Rochester Lourdes Champions

The Elk Stops Here

Drew competed today in the District "Hoop Shoot" contest at Pacelli High School in Austin.   He  competed against 4 other local champions (Owatonna, Winona, Austin, & Worthington).  

It was another nail biter... just like in Rochester.  Drew and Johnny Hernandez from Owatonna each made 17/25 free throws.  They were tied for first place.  Each had to shoot 5 more free throws.  The winner moves on to the state contest in Huntchinson.  The loser... goes home.  Even with approximately 200 people in the stands....you could hear a pin drop.  Hernandez calmly drains all 5 of his bonus free throws.  Now its time for Drew to shoot his 5.  Drew hit his first 4 shots... but missed his 5th.  After he missed his last shot, the crowd cheered loudly for both of the boys.  

Drew handled the pressure so well!  We are very proud of him!

 Drew insisted on wearing his Detroit Lakes Lakers t-shirt.  Go Lakers!

 Drew receives his 2nd place trophy from Curt Schumaker at the awards luncheon.

Drew with his hardware!

Here is Drew shooting his first 3 free throws of the competition.

Andrew's Basketball Season Begins

Its January, so that means it must be travel basketball season.   Drew has 17 players on his team so they divided the team into 2 equal squads.  Drew's team played in Randolph and the other team played in New Richland.  Both teams earned 2nd place in their tournament.  Very talented bunch of boys!  Drew had a lot of fun but he was very exhausted by the end of the day.  He slept all the way home.  Here are a few pics from the day.

Check the Calendar...

It is hard to believe.... the high in Stewartville today (January 10) was 54 degrees! We took advantage of the warm weather to get a jump start on the 2012 baseball season.  Check out a couple of short video clips to remind all of us that the weather truly was a homerun.

Drew wins the Elk

Drew had a great day today at the annual Elk's Hoop Shoot contest in Rochester.  Drew was one of twelve 10/11 year olds competing for championship honors.  Drew calmly hit 8/10 in the first round of competition.  In his next round he made 11/15 finishing 19/25.  At that point he was tied for first place which meant a tie breaking round.  He made 4/5 free throws in the tie breaker to win first place.  He will now compete in the district competition on January 22nd in Austin, MN.  Here are a couple of pictures from the day.  

 

 Here is Andrew shooting his last 9 free free throws.  

Pay special attention at the very end of the video.... its a "Discount Double Check" baby.