The Last Game

The last game of our season, the last game for our seniors to play at the College of Mount St. Joseph the last long road trip until next year. The Bluffton Beavers that have made a great strive to make it to the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. At one point they were last in the conference they ended a 15 game stretch 9-6. This road trip was about 3 and half hours away. It was a double header both females and males were playing so obviously we took the charter bus. For all players weren't allowed to go on the trip only the players that were selected to dress varsity but, it seemed as for the women all players went. When we first played Bluffton at our home court we beat them by one point by a game winning jump shot by our starting point guard Travis Huffman. At the end of the first half we had a comfortable lead 43-26 but, that lead wasn't to comfortable after teh second half started. Bluffton kept on chipping away point after point eventually with three minutes and thirty nine seconds left the Bluffton Beavers tied the game up. Since it was the Beavers senior night the crowd was going crazy rooting their friends and maybe even family members on. With 29 seconds left they took the lead. Coming down to the last seconds we had one opportunity to excel and win the game but unfortunately Travis misssed this time. So the game was won by the Beavers 69-68. What a hard fought game it was. It's sad to see two teams work as hard as they could and eventually one has to lose by only one point.

The Last practice

The last practice of our terrible season. A season that we all should be disappointed in. Our current standings in the HCAC is 2-13 dead last. We have no help to make the tournament. I guess this was a practice to have fun. We played many games such as knockout, shooting games and even dodge ball. The winning team of dodge ball were going to get a free bottle of gatorade. During practice people were laughing, playing around, it seemed as if everyone just gave up. Even though the coaches told us that they didn't give up but i got the idea that they actually did but, they couldn't tell us. I felt sad for the seniors because our previous game our head coach didn't play them at all. One of the seniors told me "that he felt like he gave up on me." More about our last practice or more about my last practice with the college of Mount St. Joseph. This practice was only a hour long if that. I guess he was trying to get us in and get us out as fast as he could.

Mental Practice

A mental practice... What is a mental practice, What is the purpose of a mental practice are just some of the questions that was going through my head. February 12, 2009 was a day of a mental practice. Mental practice was a practice according to coach was when we sit down and watch our previous game. The previous game that we lost to Defiance by 4. While watching we are suppose to go over all the wrong and right things that we did. A mental practice was a practice where we can rest our body's. A mental practice i find was pointless. While watching our previous game in the film room i look to my left, i look to my right and see have of our players asleep. Now how can we get better by falling asleep during this time. Some people look at is if they didn't play so they don't need to watch it. While others fall asleep just because they gave up on us this season. There was a few though that stayed up to watch and criticize what happened.

Senior Night

What a game to remember our last home game for both the JV squad and also the varsity squad. Unfortunately both squads didn't come up victorious. The JV squad pulled down a great victory over Franklin University while the Varsity was defeated. Junior Varsity won a close game by 4 points while Franklin Varsity unit defeated us by 13 points. We honored two seniors today before the game took place. Seniors Mitchell Goldschmidt (Ft. Loramie, OH/Ft. Loramie) and Chris Cioffi (Williamsport, PA/Loyalsock Twp.) who gave it their best in their last home game at the Mount.Visiting Franklin College shot 67 percent from the field today, and converted 24-of-31 free throws en route to a 91-78 victory over the Lions. The Mount, who has dropped seven straight games, falls to 6-17 overall, 2-12 in the HCAC while the Franklin Grizzlies go to 15-8, 12-2. In this game we were led by Michael Romes who contributed for 16 points while Travis Huffman chipped in with 13 points. We were led by game high rebounder Kyle McCord with 10 rebounds. I guess we have to look next year for our senior night while we will be honoring 5 seniors Travis Huffman, Michael Romes, Kyle McCord, Robby Lykes and Mike Mechler. Good luck in the future, future seniors!

Losing Streak

When will we ever win a game. It seems like we haven't one a game in years. We actually haven't won a game in nearly a month. I'm tired of losing, i hate losing, i just hate the feeling of losing. People ask me what our record is i'm embarrassed to even tell people about our record. We are an outstanding 6-15 to make it even worse we are 2-10 in our own conference. A conference by the way where i see no outstanding athletes or good teams. Why can't we win? Is it the players, coaches, or maybe is it just the referree's? My opinion i don't blame the coaches nor the officials. I blame the players if we are so called good enough like we say we are we can win majority of our games but, evidently this isn't true! We have lost 5 in a row and the chances of breaking this streak is going to be tougher because all the teams we play have beaten us already before. Unfortunately there is a chance we can end the season with a 10 game losing streak! By all means we need a win now or as soon as possible! Please someone help us!

Where we play

The Harrington Center where the men's basketball team plays, where the women's basketball team plays, where the men's baseball team practices at and also where the wrestling team holds its matches at. Why can't just a basketball court be used just for basketball. Can't they understand that by playing baseball on the court can damage it by creating dents, dust and unlevel areas. I thought a basketball gym's purpose was to host basketball events not baseball or wrestling events?

The Long Bus Ride

Not one, not two, not three but hours it took to get to Manchester Indiana. I would have thought that the bus ride would be relaxing but, it was far from relaxing. Even though we took the charter bus some well all underclassmen had to share a seat with another teamate. There was little room to even lay back and go to sleep. Another issue was that we weren't on the bus alone. The women's team came with us. They were so loud on the bus like they couldn't stop talking. Talking about a whole day gone we had to be at school at 8:20 in the morning. We didn't get back to school till 12:30. So about 8 hours on the bus! What a morning, afternoon and night on the bus.