The original six (Laressa, Sissy, Carla, Laurel, Shamsheer, and Jenelle) have been playing together for 3 years, and we're pretty tight knit on the basketball court. The whole team from oldest (grade) to youngest is: Jojo, Laressa, Shamsheer (12th), Sissy, Carla, Jenelle, Laurel, Ramneet, Audrey, Kari, Jessica (10th), and Shayla (9th)
After the first practice, one of the new girls decided it wasn't her thing and quite. Down to 11.
Last Thursday, genius Jenelle was having a race with Joey from one end of the gym to the other. This was all dandy and fine, but she is so competitive that she didn't slow down at all before running into the wall. Her arms didn't like being used as cushion and one of them rebelled. So Jenelle is down with a broken arm. Down to 10.
Then... [sigh] Tuesday we had a PE field trip to a trampoline gym. It was really neat! It had a place for playing dodgeball and a foam pit to do all sorts of fun flips into. Do you have a bad feeling about this? I do too. I was last in line to give my consent form to the front desk, so other people had already been jumping when I first came into the trampoline court. Immediately I noticed a group huddled around someone in the middle of the room. "Shucks!" I thought, "Someone already got hurt. Too bad for them." But as I bounced closer, I realized who it was. "Noooo! Not Shamsheer! Anyone but Shammy!!!" She's the best at stealing balls at the top of the key and getting them down the court. She had landed half on the trampoline and half on the border and seriously injured her ankle. We put ice on it quickly, but it still swelled like a balloon. She and her sister Ramneet had to leave right away to go get an xray. We don't think its broken, but it was already too swollen to tell for sure. Down to 9.
Oh, and Laurel is having trouble with her ankle too, so she can't really run very much at this point, but that'll get better. She just has got to be really careful and take good care of it.
[sigh] what a year!
So the question is: Whose next?
I love my basketball team so much!
Never forget: Giraffes and Squirrels, the Apple Tree story, "I tink she died", human baseball, stalking _______'s "hubby" Michael, and all the other crazy initiations. (Haha especially Laurel's wonderful acting skills :D) We are going to have so much fun initiating these new members at the Friendship Tournament!!
Just to update on the calamity of our team,one of our sophomore teammates, Kari, compressed a disc in her back while at the trampoline gym. So she has been walking around school with a pillow to sit on, and she can't run or play basketball.
ReplyDeleteAlso, we were playing intramurals yesterday and my fellow senior Jojo hyperextended her right elbow in a desperate grab for the rebound. It is slightly swollen and it hurts to shoot the ball.
*sigh* what is to become of our team?
On the bright side, it looks like Shamsheer's ankle might be good enough to play on by the time tournament rolls around. =D
Wow, what a string of disasters! Be careful, Laressa! You don't want to get hurt!! I hope you guys can have a teamful of healthy folks to play for your tournament! When is it?
ReplyDelete