Streatball

This weekend I got to play in a 3 on 3 tournament in the Plaza Del Castillo called "Streetball." They had half of the plaza blocked up and 3 short courts with 6 hoops set up. It was so fun! A ton of folks from the club in Zizur were there, but I played with Irene's team. We actually went 2-3, but ended up getting 4th place. I guess you can win money and fabulous prizes if you finish in the top 3 spots and we almost had 3rd place. Next year.

I took a tumble in our second game. I was cutting across the key and got pushed, I guess. I didn't really feel it but everyone keeps telling me I should have fought the girl. Mostly I was just embarrassed and laughing. I have a sweet battle wound though. We won that game, heh heh heh. Some action shots... This was our 3rd/4th place game and here, I was cutting outside to hit a 3 I guess. I'm not sure why.

Here I'm posting up against Anna, from the regionales in Zizur. She promised me beforehand that she'd be hitting me the whole time. What do you think... a foul? Not in Spain it's not.

In this one, our little guard from my team in Zizur, Patri, is carrying the ball. What a rip off! I know she's only tiny, but I think I'll push her on Monday at the scrimmage.

So, we finished 4th, but still got trophies. Here I am going up to receive mine and kiss the president of Navarra's basketball federation. I was cold, so I needed the hat. This is actually my orphan look. When Iñaki saw it, he said, "oh look, a little orphan going up to kiss the president." Ha ha ha! Really though, it's a big orphan, not a little one.

As we inspected our trophies after receiving them, we noticed something strange... "streetball" was spelled "streatball." It just makes the trophy that much cooler in my opinion. Here's me with my team after the big finish... Me in the upper left then Maria, then Laura, Irene in the red sweatshirt and Christina to the left of her. Christina played with us in the morning, but felt pretty sick, so her twin sister, Maria played with us in the afternoon. Double trouble.

Irene and Laura and I went out after to celebrate. Irene brought her trophy, which resulted in at least 2 shots being bought for us.

But, don't worry, the shots here are more often just sweet liqueurs than hard A. We poured some of our drinks into the cup and took sips too. It was a fun time. I didn't want to stya out too late though, because Alexis had his communion on Sunday, so I headed home early. I met up with the ringer team that won the whole tourney on my walk out of the bar and chatted for a second. Nice girls, just too tall : ) Hugs hugs hugs! I'm going to see you all in less than a month, ahhhhhhhhhhh!