Friday night was my daughter's debut on the Varsity basketball team. She plays both JV and Varsity this year - playing two quarters in JV and then sitting the bench in Varsity.
We traveled over an hour to watch Friday's game - in a small town called Athens. Allie had a great JV game - very solid. Rebounds, steals, points. It was a good game for her, and they killed the Athens team. Great victory.
Then it was time for the Varsity game. The team came out to their song, running their opening formation in workout suits. I had tears in my eyes seeing Allie out there. We've been watching her play basketball for over 6 years, all leading up to this point. It was awesome to see.
As we figured, she didn't play. But we know that. She didn't even take off her warm up jacket. Until there was just under 3 minutes left in the game. We were up by over 20 points, and Allie and Brittany (the other bencher) were put in! I was so excited for her! It didn't take long for her to rack up a rebound - her first official stat as a varsity player! My pride in her was growing!
THEN...
The ball got passed to her, and she was wide open - so she shot, and SUNK a 3-point swish! It was awesome! All of the parents on our side knew it was her first varsity game, so the sidelines erupted. Parents giving her whoots and claps. After the game another mother came over to congratulate her.
I am ridiculously proud of her. To be able to keep her wits about her in her first game, enough to not be afraid to jump for the rebound, or try the shot. She's not a normally strong 3pt shooter, but that didn't stop her from trying.
It was an amazing night - one with many points of tear filled eyes for me. She's growing up so quickly, it's the moments like this I'll cherish forever.
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