Semifinal States Game.

 

What a fun ride!!!!  These boys are taking us to the Semifinals States game!  We could not be more proud of them all!

We left school on Monday at 1:30 in a coach bus and rode in style to Applebees and then strolled through Bass Pro Shops before the game!

Dave Witmer sent us all off with a prayer!

We drove to Applebees and ate lunch there.  Then we walked across the parking lot and strolled Bass Pro.

Driving in a charter bus is way better than a school bus!  Arriving at another high school that these boys have never seen before is exciting, nerve racking and new each time!

I love how Austin and Ben became friends and cheerleaders together the last few games!

Our nerves were wild and then I was passed this paper.  Someone said that Coach Grable gave this to each of the boys before game time.  It's so powerful!  When I took the time to read it the next night, I sat and cried.  Not because it was sad, no, but because we are so blessed to have so many good people around us that speak into our kids lives!!!!!

Teach captains aways meet with the refs and officials before the game begins.

After the national anthem is sung and the introductions for each player happened, the boys huddled and were ready for game time!!!!  Goodness, we were a bundle of nerves once again!

When they announced Berlin Brothersvalley at Chambersburg High School (where we were playing), the girls acted bored!  😂 When they announced the Warriors, they were up and cheering their hearts out!

The Warriors started out strong!!!!  10-4 lead!

We saw this view many, many times throughout this season!

Proof that us parents were one of the biggest fans and cheerleaders!!!!  We loved it!!!!!

They worked so hard at every game!!!!!!

Three pointer!!!!

Sweat, tears and a lot of energy was all out on the court this night!!!!!

Sometimes coach sat.  Sometimes he paced the sidelines.  Sometimes he was up, out of the seat and hollering plays for the guys to do!!!!

We were behind in the fourth quarter and watching the starter come off the court one more time was emotional.  They gave it their all, their best!  We are so proud of them all!!!!

The last minute was given to the bench players to finish the game.

That's the end of this season in our life.  Matthew competed so well!  They all did!  I loved how this team was a team and not just a one or two man game!  They all helped win each and every game!  We were only one game away from the final, finals but we are so pleased at how these boys played!  We love you Warriors!!!!

They took their seat the last minute of the game.  25 wins. This was their first loss of the season.  There is no other school in their division that can say that!  It's incredible!!!!!

The game ended with the score at 63-45.  This was our first and last loss.

I was telling him that there is no other school in their division that has a record of 25-1!!!!  Good job, Matthew!!!!!!!

Coach Mike Schatzmann did an amazing job coaching these boys!  Matthew loves this man and honors him!  He worked extremely hard and did his very best to please him!  It was an honor for our family to get to know Mike and Gloria and Waltz and Brenda!  This basketball team, the families, the fans all became close friends of ours!  Thank you, thank you, thank you EVERYONE!!!!

Love these people!!!!!

GO WARRIORS!

Seniors of 2023!!!!

Power team right here!!!!!!

Warriors of 2023!!!!!!

We always waited for the guys to come out of the their locker room.  The last few games, there were interviews first and wait went longer.  It was always fun to clap and tell them how well they played!!!!!

We loaded the bus one more time and rode home.

We are not ready for this long season to be over because we loved it so much!  Austin was so tired of games each week and he loved to have cousins join the cheer team!  Ashlyn loved going along!  Jeremiah and Hadassah were faithful fans!!!!  I will miss this so much!

It was so late but we stopped by McDonalds for everyone to fill up.  The boys were hungry!!!!!

And this is why Austin got tired of all the games.  It was a lot!  He got tired of all the sitting and riding!  He fell asleep on the way home.

This is the end of basketball competition for Matthew at this level.  We enjoyed every moment of it!

Good job, Warriors!

I cannot remember the last time that I felt so exhausted!  Maybe after Hadassah's wedding????  I am so tired and trying to really get any extra rest that I can get!  It was one late night after the next!  My adrenaline is now gone.  It's Thursday and I am still dragging in energy a bit but on the mend!

Thank you everyone that came out to cheer this team on this season!  It's been the best ride ever!!!!!!