First Game/First Win Of The Season

It's almost 5 pm and Sue and I are making the most of our day off today by pretty much just laying around. It's a great day off because we won our game yesterday by close to 20 points over a rival of the club. Judging by the reaction of all of the Haskovo locals after the win I'd compare the rivalry to Northwest and Missouri Western. I think there is a lot of history between the two clubs. It was nice to have such a comfortable lead most of the game.

Okay so I know I'm going to have to talk about how I played eventually. It will be easier for me to talk about it after this game because there really wasn't much good to talk about. Basically I couldn't get the ball to go in that round thing they call a basket. But here's the cool thing.. We won by close to 20. I don't think I remember being so nervous before a game. I'm always nervous before games to a certain extent but it was almost to the point where I felt like throwing up. Hopefully that settles down before next game!! It was fun running up and down that court though and I honestly wouldn't trade that for anything.

Okay enough of that, like I said before the town was very excited about our win. We were playing in Sofia, which is pretty far away from Haskovo, and the crowd was made up of a lot of our fans. After the game a man who grew up in Haskovo, and was some elite referee in the Olympics, came into the locker room because he had something to say. He told us that a long time ago there was a tradition of success in sports in the town, and this is the first time since then that he believes that it's back. The President of the club also came in and was very proud. It was very cool to hear that. I have a feeling this is a lot more to this town than just basketball.

So basically we started the season off on a great note. I didn't individually perform well but as a team we were outstanding. Unfortunately, I think we may have lost our starting point guard to an ACL knee injury in the 3rd quarter of the game. She is just coming back from the same injury on the same knee so it's very upsetting. I don't know what the official prognosis is yet so I'm crossing my fingers that she's okay. Aside from that I'm so excited about what this season will bring and bringing women's basketball back to Haskovo!

Thanks for reading.. And thanks to those of you that show unconditional faith in me. You keep me going.

Until next time,
Jess