Tonight Gabrielle (or Gabby as she is known to her teammates) played in a school basketball game against a team from the Australian state of South Australia. Because Century High School couldn't have this game count as one of its' 25 'allowed games', it was a JV contest. The regular Century varsity starters didn't play, but Gabrielle, who 'swings' between varsity and JV got to play a lot. For the game she made one free throw and gathered five rebounds. Century ended up losing the game 43-32, but not because of Gabrielle. The team had a tough night getting the ball to go through the hoop.
The team from Australia is at the beginning of a 3 1/2 week stay in the Portland area. Tonight was the first game for the team from down under. When the games are all finished, they will spend some time touring California and Hawaii. Gabrielle said that the girls on the team were very friendly, as were the two coaches I talked to. Before the game, the Australian girls presented our girls with a little, stuffed Koala Bear and an Australian beanie.
Above are some photos from the game. Gabrielle wears number 12.
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Nice blog dad!! Sounds like you had a fun new year. That's cool that Gabrielle played a team from Australia.
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