So Close Yet So Far.

Two very close games today with both going down to the last shot. During the morning, Stephen, Andrew and myself headed to the College TV Station to shoot a 1/2 hour segment on basketball and in particular our tour to the USA. The segment was called Basketball Downunder and will be available on utube soon. when I have the link I will post it for you. Graham Vienet has also been doing some handy work from back their in the Land of Oz and has fond the following links on some of the games so far:

http://www.mtshastanews.com/sports/x1757255462/Thursdays-Holiday-Tournament-results-and-Friday-schedule

http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/sports/x1714276013/Basketball-Mount-Shasta-Bears-beat-Australian-team?photo=0


http://www.siskiyouyouth.com/category/mtshasta/


http://www.mtshastanews.com/sports/x1757255462/Thursdays-Holiday-Tournament-results-and-Friday-schedule

http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/sports/x1714276013/Basketball-Mount-Shasta-Bears-beat-Australian-team

http://www.siskiyouyouth.com/mt-shasta-holiday-tourney-day-1-2/


The JV team made their way to Etna again, which is a one hour drive from Mount Shasta, to play Mount Shasta in the semi-final. The boys played very well with the SV students as well as the locals chanting Aussie Aussie Aussie throughout the match. It came down to the last shot with CGS needing a three pointer to send the game in to overtime. Unfortunately though the shot lipped out and we lost 47-44. We then made our way back to Mount Shasta for the SV game against Wyreka. Once again the stadium was packed with several hundred people, broadcast on local radio and played to the chants of Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi. Once again it came down to the last shot with an inbound pass for CGS with 2 seconds left on the clock. The shot went up, rolled around the rim, and lipped out again. we lost the game 49-48. All players contributed well.

We then made our way to the local high school dance and all went well. The boys met several nice locals and danced with the players they had been playing against for the last few days. Once again the chants of Aussie Aussie Aussie filled the room, with P Diddy playing in the background of course. Tomorrow is our last day in Mount Shasta with the JV boys playing off for 3rd and the SV boys playing for 7th. Enjoy the photos attached from the last week on tour.