After an extra hour of sleep, it was rise and shine, without the shine. It rained a good part of the night and although cloudy, the plan for this morning was to make up the games that had been rained out on Saturday.
First we enjoyed breakfast and then morning meeting. Camper of the day awards were given out and then we had the pleasure of listening to Coach Stowers.
Today's talk started out on the subject of Teamwork. Coach Stowers began by defining "Teamwork". He continued with "we should genuinely believe the value of a team's success is worth more than individual sacrifice". Sacrifice should be encouraged and rewarded. Coach mentioned the orange "TEAM" bands (or bracelets) that have been given out... TEAM, some say, stands for "Together Everyone Achieves More".
Coach Stowers also talked about failure. Failure is an opportunity to begin again, only more intelligently. Failure makes you look at yourself and analyze. You can either give up and stay down, wallow in self defeat or get back up and move on to the next sport. The message he wanted to send to the boys today was that they shouldn't linger in the losses. He went on to say that these lessons will be useful in everyday life as they experience more and continue to grow.
These ideas are important to us as we move into "Championship Week". How we look at each other and how we look at failure will be key to having a great final week.
Later that morning we were able to make up some games missed Saturday due to thunder. It was a busy mid morning. The campers had lunch and a long rest period today to ensure some questionable lunch time weather had passed and then it was off to some more conference games.
Dinner this evening was grilled chicken breast, broccoli, cheesy potatoes and mini apple pie. Yum! We celebrated two birthdays today (a day early). These boys have gotten real good at singing the birthday song!
The evening games got started, but had to be called early due to thunder again. The rain began to really pour down by 8pm. We had gotten the boys up the hill for showers and then huddle meetings just in time.
Below are the standings going into championship week. Things can change drastically during this week. We'll keep you updated!
2008 Conference Totals
East 53 - 40
West 44 - 48 - 1
South 43 - 49 - 1
Midwest 45 - 48
Basketball
East 9 - 6 PA West 7 - 8 PA
UNC 4 - 1 165 Oklahoma 0 - 5
Virginia 0 - 5 Texas 5 - 0 121
Penn State 5 - 0 131 USC 2 - 3
South 7 - 10 PA Midwest 8 - 7 PA
LSU 4 - 2 173 Michigan 4 - 1 143
Florida 2 - 3 157 Ohio State 1 - 4
Duke 1 - 5 Notre Dame 3 - 2 119
Football
East 10 - 5 PA West 6 - 11 PA
UNC 4 - 1 33 Oklahoma 0 - 6
Virginia 2 - 3 Texas 3 - 3 59
Penn State 4 - 1 102 USC 3 - 2 34
South 9 - 6 PA Midwest 6 - 9 PA
LSU 4 - 1 81 Michigan 2 - 3
Florida 4 - 2 45 Ohio State 1 - 4
Duke 1 - 3 Notre Dame 3 - 2 71
Hockey
East 11 - 6 PA West 8 - 7 PA
UNC 5 - 1 Oklahoma 2 - 3
Virginia 3 - 2 17 Texas 5 - 0
Penn State 3 - 3 USC 1 - 4
South 10 - 5 PA Midwest 2 - 13 PA
LSU 3 - 2 13 Michigan 1 - 4 20
Florida 4 - 1 Ohio State 0 - 5
Duke 3 - 2 18 Notre Dame 1 - 4 16
Lacrosse
East 8 - 8 PA West 6 - 9 PA
UNC 4 - 1 11 Oklahoma 0 - 5
Virginia 1 - 5 Texas 5 - 0 7
Penn State 3 - 2 14 USC 1 - 4
South 5 - 10 PA Midwest 12 - 4 PA
LSU 3 - 2 16 Michigan 2 - 4
Florida 1 - 4 Ohio State 5 - 0 3
Duke 1 - 4 Notre Dame 5 - 0 7
Soccer
East 9 - 6 PA West 9 - 6 PA
UNC 2 - 3 Oklahoma 1 - 4
Virginia 3 - 2 Texas 4 - 1 13
Penn State 4 - 1 15 USC 4 - 1 18
South 3 - 11 PA Midwest 10 - 7 PA
LSU 1 - 4 29 Michigan 4 - 1 14
Florida 1 - 4 22 Ohio State 4 - 2
Duke 1 - 4 23 Notre Dame 2 - 4
Softball
East 6 - 9 PA West 8 - 8 - 1 PA
UNC 3 - 2 Oklahoma 1 - 4 - 1
Virginia 1 - 4 Texas 4 - 1 12
Penn State 2 - 3 USC 3 - 3
South 9 - 5 - 1 PA Midwest 7 - 8 PA
LSU 3 - 2 25 Michigan 4 - 1 9
Florida 3 - 2 19 Ohio State 2 - 3
Duke 3 - 1 - 1 14 Notre Dame 1 - 4
