NOTE: This blog is written by Emily Broos (U19 WBB), Ashley Broos (U16 WBB), and Ruth Broos (their mom) from Chandler, Arizona. They are traveling in the Schwarzenegger Group. –
SATURDAY – Saturday in Austria started of beautifully. 19U is to play outside in the Fan Zone hoping to pull a win and stay in contention for a medal. It’s was sunny with a slight breeze as the girls played. Unfortunately the day didn’t turn out so well. In the meantime, 16U was playing 30 minutes later at St Ruprecht. I missed the game as I was watching 19U. But no worries, I would get an update text, “We won”. With 2 games complete, it’s time to meet up with the girls for game 2. Win or lose, a seed was secure to make it to the semi-final round. But the girls never let their guard down and won. Now the 3rd game, the semi-final game. Must win to play for championship and that’s where they are focused: GOLD! At night, some players went to the Players Party while others stayed with their chaperone for the evening of enjoyment. Everyone playing on Sunday was to return to the hotel early for a good nights rest. Big games on Sunday so you’ll have to wait for the next update…
FRIDAY – Today was exciting as we started girls basketball tournament play. Both teams played at St Ruprecht, Klagenfurt Austria. 19U is 1-1 and they struggled during game 2. 16U is 2-0, looking good. We Americans are spoiled with air conditioning as we felt like we were playing ball with the girls. As we realize that the Austrians would survive a natural or man-made disaster long than us. They don’t rely on air conditioning and their skills as farmers and hard labor workers, not necessarily Info Tech, have taught them or prepared them as better survivalists. You know we are Americans as we got lost on the public transit system. We took the right bus but no one knew the actual stop we needed and therefore ended up at the Erin location. Half of us jumped off the bus knowing we made an error. While the other half had no clue we departed but found themselves closer to home than we ever thought if we’d just stayed on the bus. Eventually, we made it back to the hotel. Tonight was Opening Ceremony. 36 countries were presented during the events. How awesome it is that our children don’t have to be super athletes to compete and make friends with other countries. A lifetime of friendships and wonderful memories are being made.
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