wanted that. We all decided to wear our orange jerseys since they had been our ‘luckiest’ throughout the season. For me, that meant wearing white, as I play a different position (libero) that requires a different jersey colour. We arrived at the venue and decided to have another dance party to get us pumped. Our dance ritual was first dancing to Fireball with a parent, then Lip Gloss with our coach. Soon after, we started our game as normal, warming up, doing lots of stretching, and discussing the game plan once again. Everyone was super nervous and excited at the same time. The first set of players lined up at the end line to be whistled in.
It’s Road Work Season We haved everything you need for Road Safety! We were all playing amazingly well. I remember seeing everyone’s emotions change from nervous to excited. I think this helped us gain confidence and made us believe in ourselves. Before we knew it, we won that game, then a second, third and all of a sudden we found ourselves at the gold medal match! We fought so hard, pushing them to a third set. However, they eventually pulled through, winning by two points. We knew this wasn’t something to hang our heads about since we had won a silver medal at nationals!
We were all so excited to bring this piece of hardware back to St Thomas, but we would have never made it this far without our coaches, parents/guardians, teammates and most of all, our sponsors. On behalf of the 2023-2024 16U St Thomas Express Bullets, we would like to say a special thank you to M&M Food Market, Kettle Creek Swans, The Columbus Club, Impressions Printing, Hayhoe Homes, Doug Tarry Homes, HD Painting, Streib Trucking & Excavating, and Mattress Brands International!
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