Last Regular Season Game

Welcome! Time continues to fly by and the regular season has come to a close. We have moved into the playoffs, but my time here in Australia is sadly winding down- I just hope to prolong my stay by winning some games. It has already been two weeks since my parents and sisters departed and they are home, safe and finally adjusted back to the “real” life. I, too, have adjusted back to the “not so real” life, but have started teaching at the high school again after three weeks of vacation.

A few days after my family departed, and it was sad to see them go, a new American arrived on their coattails. Michael’s good friend from Kentucky, Wes, arrived with his new wife Marni. Wes came to Kalgoorlie a couple years back with Michael and found a girl and so the story is written. I am amazed by the number of Americans I have come across in this town, but most of them have been from Kentucky! Wes was not alone in finding a girl in Kal, Michael found a beautiful woman as well. I find myself listening to different tongues when around the four of them. Wes and Michael both talk with the southern twang in their voice and the girls both obviously have an Australian accent – it’s quite entertaining.

Two weeks ago we played Wanneroo in our final regular season home game. The night before I attended my first ever quiz night. The proceeds from the night were to be donated for cancer research and members of the community organized themselves into 40 or so tables consisting of 6 people per table. Each table was hoping that they captured the most collective brain power in their groups to answer the most questions correctly through 10 rounds of questions. Unfortunately for this Yankee about 98 percent of the questions revolved around local and Australian history. With the assistance from Crewy, our club president, my table didn’t finish too far off the lead.

Heading into the Wanneroo game we had previously dismantled Stirling and had regained some confidence and swagger. The game held significant weight in determining the final league standings prior to the playoffs. There were several different playoff scenarios dependent on our outcome – we could finish anywhere between 5th and 8th place. Unfortunately Wanneroo prevailed when the final buzzer sounded.


We trailed by 2 points going into the half and came out a bit flat to start the third quarter. Wanneroo put a run on us and expanded their lead to 15 points by the end of the quarter. We put a bit of a run on in the 4th, but were only able to get the lead down to 9 points – the final margin. I finished the game with 23 points and 7 rebounds. With the loss to the Wolves we dropped to 7th place in the standings and as a result we were slated to square off with the Willeton Tigers in the quarterfinals of the playoffs.



We have played our first round game, but I will wait to write on that next week when we have the result of the best of three series. I hope this post was enjoyable and that it finds you doing well, enjoying all that life has to offer and that you are thankful for the people and blessings you have. Until next week!