Hanna's 18th Birthday

All Star Basketball Game

At the end of every basketball season, the coaches all vote for the top 20 players in the league. Then they divide the girls into two teams and play an all-star game.

The girls don't really play defense on each other and they just shoot a lot of three-pointers, and they usually get to 100 points.

But it is an honor to be chosen. Hanna, Madison Leishman, and Madison Barfuss were all chosen from Cardston High School. Then at the end they give awards. Hanna was chosen as a first team all-star.

Go Hanna! 

Ellie Wilde, Hanna, a girl from Winston Churchhill, Jenna Taylor, Montana Berezay, a girl from Chinook. Front row is Madison Barfuss, Madison Leishman, Lauren Payne, Ellie Wilde

(All of these other girls are from Magrath).

Coach Shelly Quinton, Maddie, Maddie, Hanna, Coach Jeff Johnson

Hanna & Montana Berezay

And with that - Hanna's high school basketball career has come to an end.

Lucy's Basketball Season

Lucy was excited for grade 8 basketball season. 

Her first tournament was at Gilbert Patterson. They lost to Stirling, and then beat St. Francis and Nanton so they were the consolation champs.

The next tournament was in Medicine Hat - her first overnight tournament.

They won their first game in overtime. Then they played Barnwell which had a couple giants and they lost. They won the third place game. It was a fun weekend.

Carly and I were on our way to Medicine Hat to watch Lucy's tournament when we decided to see if Annie-Jo would want to come with us. So we stopped in Taber on our way and picked her up. We had a fun time. We stayed at a different hotel than the team, but we went and swam with the team. Carly was freaked right out that we were going to get in trouble for it. But it was so busy no even noticed. Hanna had two games so Austin stayed home to watch her.

Lucy also had a tournament at G.S. Lakie. They won their first game against R.I. Baker. Their next game was at 8:15 am so they had to leave at 6:30 am. Austin took her in to drop her off at the bus and then decided he was going to watch her. So he came home, changed his clothes and drove to Lethbridge to watch her first game. Then they lost to Stirling and won their third place game. We had a southern circuit rodeo that Saturday so we missed her last game. 

Lucy's team is really fun to watch. During their regular season, they only lost 3 games - one to Raymond in overtime and twice to Stirling.

In divisional playoffs, they beat Spring Glen and Raymond and lost to Stirling. Yes, we played Stirling five times and got closer to winning each time. She ended up second in divisionals.

Then it was time for zones. They played against Raymond and won by quite a bit. Her team played outstanding.  Hanna was playing at the exact same time at LCI so we were watching Hanna online when we were at Lucy's game. 

Lucy's team played against Gilbert Patterson in the zone final. Her game was once again at the exact same time as Hanna's game - and it was Hanna's senior night so we went to Hanna's game and got updates for Lucy's game. It was a hard battle, but Lucy hit two 3-pointers at the end that brought her team within 3 points. But then the other team built a lead again and Lucy's team lost. Aunt Sarah and some of her kids were there to support Lucy, and Jewel Hardy sent updates and pictures. Lucy got player of the game!

 

Lucy, Skylie Holland, Nya Pierson, Hallie Litchfield, McKenna & Tori  TailFeathers, the managers

Coach Burt, Kamree Schaffer, Brooklyn Hardy, Taylor Heninger, Hallie Anderson, Camee Card, Katie Leavitt and Raygen Norton another manager

Senior's Night

Senior night. The last home game of Hanna's basketball career. 

The coach gave a tribute to each player. Coach Shelly Quinton said -

Hanna Nunn.

This team has a lot of speed and quickness and Hanna really adds to that style of play. She creates a lot of fast break opportunities because of her speed and quickness on both ends of the floor. She is also deadly from the three-point line. I think we all remember that Magrath buzzer beater in grade nine. She loves to spot up for that shot so this makes her tough to guard. She loves to compete and will give it her all every time she steps onto the court. She always stays positive and works hard in practice each day to get better and better.

The senior moms made each girl a matching quilt so we presented them at senior night (but really they just gave them back to us to hold during the game). Luckily we had Maureen Barfuss as one of the moms who loves to quilt. She found a pattern, ordered the fabric, and we went to her house and cut the squares. Then Maureen sewed my quilt while I stood next to her and ironed the seams. I am not a gifted seamstress and I knew my seams wouldn't line up if I tried to sew it. Thank goodness for Maureen.

We played against Raymond for seniors night. Luckily all of our girls played so well, and we won the game 76-60. This was the last game of our regular season, and we were in second place in league and Raymond was in third. If we would have lost, we would have been bumped to third place. We were so glad for the win.

The boys also played against Raymond and won. 

Cardston Elementary School performed a dance they had learned during half time of the boys game. Carly was a leader of the dance - This is My Life.

Play Hard Ball Hard Squad

 This friends named themselves the Play Hard Ball Hard Squad. They have been good friends the last couple years. Bryn Nelson, Tyler Berry, Hanna, Mike Olsen, Maddie Barfuss, Mitch Olsen, Maddie Leishman, and Taylor Barfuss.

Coach Shelly Quinton, Hanna, Maddie Leishman, Melissa Carter, Maddie Barfuss, Tenley Schaffer, Coach Jeff Johnson